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Northern Virginia trolleys
The Northern Virginia trolleys were the network of electric passenger rails that moved people around the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., from 1892 to 1941. They consisted of six lines operated by as many as three separate companies connecting Rosslyn, Great Falls, Bluemont, Mount Vernon, Fairfax City, Camp Humphries and Nauck across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia.[1]
| Washington-Virginia Railway | |
|---|---|
Mount Vernon trolley terminal between 1910 and 1920 | |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1892 |
| Ended operation | 1941 |
(1) The Washington-Mount Vernon line of the Washington-Virginia Railway (the "Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railroad");
(2) The Rosslyn branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway (to the east of Arlington House);
(3) The Great Falls Division of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway (the "Great Falls Electric Railroad"); and,
(4) The Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway (the "Glen Echo Electric Railroad")
Orange = Washington, Arlington & Mount Vernon Electric Railway.
Blue = Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (WA&FC).
Yellow = Nauck (Fort Myer) line of WA&FC.
Light green = W&OD Bluemont Division.
Dark green = W&OD Great Falls Division.
After early success, the trolleys struggled. They were unable to set their own prices and found it difficult to compete with automobiles and buses. As roads were paved and improved, they gradually lost customers. A final blow came in 1932, when they were forced to give up their direct connection to Washington, D.C.; much of the system was shut down that year. The Great Depression led to further contractions of the system. The last passenger service was terminated in 1941.
Northern Virginia's trolleys were originally operated by three companies that all planned to operate within the District of Columbia, but were never integrated into the Washington streetcar network. Two companies were founded in 1892: the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company and the Washington, Arlington and Mount Vernon Railway. Their tracks were laid when most of Northern Virginia was undeveloped and had few streets and roads. As a result, the trolleys mostly operated on private right-of-ways that their companies leased or owned. After they began operating, a number of communities developed along their routes.
In 1910, following bankruptcy, they merged into one system, the Washington-Virginia Railway. Twelve years later, that company went into receivership.[2] In 1927, two companies emerged. They were eventually purchased or transformed into bus companies and by the end of 1939 were no longer operating trolleys. A third company operated electric cars from 1911 to 1936 as the Washington and Old Dominion Railway; then from 1936 to 1941, and again briefly in 1943, as the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad.
At its peak, the system consisted of lines that ran from downtown D.C. to Fort Humphries/Mount Vernon, to Fairfax via Clarendon and to Rosslyn; from Rosslyn to Fairfax and Nauck; From Alexandria to Bluemont via Bon Air; from Georgetown to Bon Air and from Georgetown to Great Falls.
The major lines of the Washington-Virginia Railway converged at Arlington Junction, which was located in the northwest corner of present-day Crystal City south of the Pentagon[3] and in Rosslyn at the south end of the Aqueduct Bridge, near the spot where the Key Bridge is now. There it had a terminal next to the Rosslyn station of the W&OD.
From Arlington Junction, the W-V Railway's trolleys crossed the Potomac River near the site of the present 14th Street bridges over the 1872 Long Bridge and then, beginning in 1906, the old Highway Bridge. They traveled to a terminal in downtown Washington along Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and D Street NW, between 12th and 13+1⁄2 Streets NW, on a site that is now near the Federal Triangle Metro station and the Old Post Office building within the Federal Triangle.
The W&OD Railway terminated in Georgetown at a station on the west side of the Georgetown Car Barn after crossing the Potomac River from Rosslyn over the Aqueduct Bridge. After the Francis Scott Key Bridge replaced the Aqueduct Bridge in 1923, the W&OD was no longer allowed to cross into D.C. Instead, Washington streetcars crossed the river on the new bridge and entered a turnaround loop within Rosslyn. There, passengers could transfer between trolleys whose lines separately served Washington and Northern Virginia.
Most of what remains of the system was affiliated with the W&OD, whose right-of-way has been turned into two trails, a park, part of I-66, and Old Dominion Drive. Little remains of the W-V system: three stations; a rail yard that is now bus garages; an old abutment where the Fairfax trolley crossed over the W&OD; part of a bridge over Accontink Creek in Fairfax; and, in a few places such as the gap in Center Street in Fairfax, embankments or cuts. The most prevalent remnant of the W-V system are the roads built on the right of way, most notably Electric Ave, Potomac Avenue, Wittington Blvd and parts of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and E. Boulevard in Fairfax County; Kenmore St., Eads St and parts of both Walter Reed Dr and I-66 in Arlington County; and Commonwealth Ave in Alexandria.
Alexandria Passenger Railway Edit
Before the electric trolleys, there was the horsecar line of the Alexandria Passenger Railway (APR). Starting on July 12, 1873, the APR ran two horse-drawn cars on tracks that ran from the Ferry Wharf, west on King Street and then south on Peyton to the old stone bridge over Hooff's Run. The company failed and the railway shut down on September 4, 1874. Several other enterprises to run passenger rail in Alexandria were launched and abandoned over the next couple of decades.[4]
Washington-Virginia Railway Edit
The Washington-Virginia Railway (W-V Railway) was, for 15 years, the company that controlled two of the three electric railways in Northern Virginia as well as the Alexandria and Suburban Motor Vehicle Company (A&S), which it had created. The W-V was chartered in 1910 to operate an electric line from Bluemont to Vienna, which it never did.[5] Instead, in that same year it took control of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway and the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railways.[6]
In 1912 it merged with the Washington Utilities Company, but in 1913 that merger was barred by federal law.[7] Following that failed merger, the railways were transferred back to the W-V Railway and the Washington Utilities Company was shut down.[8]
In 1924, the company went bankrupt and in 1927 the two railways were separated and sold at auction, and the bus line was sold as well.
Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Edit
Washington-Mount Vernon line Edit
History Edit
The Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway was chartered in 1890 as the Alexandria and Fairfax Passenger Railway as a faster way to reach Mount Vernon than the steamboats that had been used since Mount Vernon opened to the public in 1860. It changed its name to the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Verno began operating between Alexandria and Mount Vernon in 1892.[4][9] Desiring to become an interurban railroad, it updated its charter and extended the line to Rosslyn in 1896. Along that extension it reached a point called Arlington Junction, located near the present-day corner of S. Eads and S. 12th Streets in Arlington where it also built tracks to the 1872 Long Bridge allowing access to Washington, D.C.. Once across the Long Bridge, it first used the Belt Line Street Railway Company's old horsecar tracks to reach a station on 14th Street, NW in downtown.[4][9] A year later it tore those tracks out and replaced them with ones allowing for underground power. Service to DC began in May of 1896 and a few months later to Rosslyn. At the time the Rosslyn extension opened in July 1896, it was the longest electric streetcar line in the world.[10]
In 1902, the railroad moved its station, as the Belt Line's tracks were circling the block containing the site of a planned new District Building (now the John A. Wilson Building). The new station (address: 1204 N. Pennsylvania Avenue) extended along Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, and D Street, NW, from 12th Street, NW, to 13+1⁄2 Street, NW, near the site of the present Federal Triangle Metro station and on the opposite side of 12th Street from the Old Post Office building.[9][11][12][13]
In 1906, the 1872 Long Bridge's streetcar tracks and road were relocated to the Highway Bridge, a new truss bridge immediately west of the older bridge.[9][14] This span was removed in 1967.[15]
By 1906, the railway had transported 1,743,734 passengers along its routes with 92 daily runs. The route became known as the "Road of the Presidents." Passengers and others could read a 122-page Hand-book for the Tourist Over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway that described in detail the railway's routes and stations as well as the landmarks, history and geography of the area through which the railway traveled.[16]
In 1910, the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway merged with the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway under the control of the previously created Washington-Virginia Railway.[5]
The rise of the automobile, bad decisions and economic hard times would lead to the demise of the railway.
The US entered World War I in 1917 and then the Army created Camp Humphreys in early 1918 to train all engineers. At the time the only way to reach it was by boat so in July the railway agreed to build a 5-mile extension to the camp. Money was forwarded to them by the War Department and the U.S. Railroad Administration and they purchased 49 new cars with it. While they originally planned to finish the work in 60 days, they were only able to build about 4 miles, and only electrify a few hundred feet, before they ran out of financing. Meanwhile, a standard gauge railroad connection from the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad opened in July and the Richmond-Washington Highway was paved in October, reducing the need for the electric rail. When the war ended on Nov 11, 1918, the incentive to invest in the line largely disappeared and, as a result, the line sat disused for years. At the end of 1920, the US Government cut a deal to finish the line and operate service on it, paying rent to the streetcar with an option to buy it. By that time the company was already reorganizing.[17] During the spring of 1921, troops at the engineering school finished the line. The corps of engineers bought a single yellow, Brill-Mack rail gasoline rail car and trailer and ran the line for about a year, before stopping service because it was too costly. The project left the railway with a million dollars of debt.[18] The debt, competition from automobiles resulting from the paving of the highway and the construction of new roads, led the company into receivership in 1923. It continued to operate in receivership until 1927.
In early 1925, Robert L. May received a charter to operate a bus line between Washington and Alexandria. Prior to that the W-V railway had formed the Alexandria and Suburban Motor Vehicle Company (A&S) to run buses between Alexandria, Potomac Yard and the Virginia Theological Service.[19] At the time, many correctly predicted that it would lead to the end of the Washington-Virginia railway, though the A&S was given permission to go to Washington 10 months later.[20][21]
In 1927, the two railways were separated and sold at auction, the Washington-Mount Vernon line (AKA the Mount Vernon Division) becoming the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway.[22] At the same time the A&S was sold to the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington AB&W) Transit Company.[23]
The next year, Congress passed legislation to build the George Washington Memorial Parkway and they later began negotiations to purchase the line between Alexandria and Mount Vernon as the parkway would follow the route of the railway in several places and the land at the terminus was needed for the park planned along the road. In early 1930, it was announced that the line south of Alexandria, which had long been losing money, would be abandoned, scrapped and the land sold to the federal government.[24] On February 4 they petitioned the state for authority to abandon the 8 miles of line, following which the federal government paid $150,000 for it.[25] A few days after announcing the abandonment, the owners announced a deal to sell the tracks, trolley wires, incidentals and rolling stock, including a once state-of-they art luxury car used to carry Presidents and other dignitaries to Mount Vernon, for scrap metal. Scrapping of the line began on 1 March 1930.[26]
In May 1930, the railway was sold to Robert L. May and merged with the bus service, with both reducing service and raising prices.[27]
In 1926, the federal government began planning for Federal Triangle. By 1931 it was decided that the DC terminal and a portion of tracks for the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington railway would need to be removed to make way for the project.[28] The company sued to prevent this, but lost their case and an appeal to the Public Utilities Commission to use a different route. In early 1932, after being threatened with having their charter stripped and being promised compensation, they agreed to end service to Washington.[29] The last trolley between Arlington Junction and downtown Washington ran on January 18, 1932, two days after the George Washington Memorial Parkway opened. Its operations were replaced with buses from Arlington Junction to a new bus terminal in DC and the tracks between the Bridge and Arlington Junction removed to widen Route 31.[30][31] For a brief time it operated as the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Arlington railway, but it was granted permission to suspend service which it did on April 9 of that year.[32] The tracks and other equipment in Alexandria and Arlington were removed except on the paved streets of Alexandria, and in the fall Alexandria negotiated for the removal of the tracks in the city.[33][34][35] However, in 1934, finding the cost out of reach, Robert L. May negotiated the transfer of the right of way to the city in exchange for not having to remove them.[36]
Not much of the line remains. Some streets follow the right-of-way and the path of the trolley turnaround at Mount Vernon remains as a traffic circle at the south end of the Parkway, while the former rail yard in southern Arlington now serves as a Metrobus yard.
Route Edit
After crossing the Potomac River, the trolleys entered Arlington County (named Alexandria County before 1920) to run southward near and along the present route of Interstate 395 (I-395). They then reached Arlington Junction. At the Junction, the line's route diverged from that of a line that traveled west to Fairfax City and which connected to others that served Arlington National Cemetery, Rosslyn and Nauck. After leaving Arlington Junction, trolleys on the Washington-Mount Vernon line continued south along the present route of S. Eads Street while travelling largely on the grade of a towpath on the west side of the defunct Alexandria Canal.[37][38] Near Arlington's present southern border at Four Mile Run, the railroad and its affiliates constructed an amusement park (Luna Park) and a rail yard containing a car barn and a power plant.[37]
After crossing Four Mile Run into present-day Alexandria, the trolleys continued to travel south along the present route of Commonwealth Avenue. The Mount Vernon line then passed under a bridge at St. Elmo that carried the Bluemont branch of the Southern Railway and later the branch's successor, the Bluemont Division of the W&OD Railway. The lines' St. Elmo stations, located in Alexandria's present Del Ray neighborhood, gave travelers an opportunity to transfer between the railroads.[39]
The Mount Vernon line's trolleys then continued southward along Commonwealth Avenue until reaching King Street near Alexandria's Union Station. The line's trolleys then turned to travel east on King Street until they reached a station at Royal Street, in the center of Old Town Alexandria next to Market Square. They then turned again, traveled south on S. Royal Street and crossed Hunting Creek to enter Fairfax County on a 3,500 feet (1,067 m)-long bridge containing a concrete and steel center span and trestle.[40]
The railway also operated a city line that ran from the ferry wharf at King and Union to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station at Cameron and Fayette, travelling along King, Columbus and Cameron.[4]
After traveling through New Alexandria, where the line had originated,[40] the trolleys continued south through Fairfax County at speeds of up to 30 miles (48 km) per hour[40] while traveling partially along the present routes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, East Boulevard Drive and Wittington Boulevard. After crossing Little Hunting Creek, they reached a turnaround loop on which they traveled to a terminal constructed near the entrance to the grounds of George Washington's home in Mount Vernon.
At Mount Vernon, when the electric railway began service, the estate's proprietors insisted that only a modest terminal be constructed next to the trolley turnaround. They were afraid that the dignity of the site would be marred by unrestricted commercial development and persuaded financier Jay Gould to purchase and donate thirty-three acres outside the main gate for protection.
Stations Edit
The stations on the Washington-Mount Vernon Line of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway (Alexandria-Mount Vernon Branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway)[41] were (with locations of sites in 2008):
| Station | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Miles from Washington Terminal[12] | Notes | Coordinates | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Humphreys | Fort Belvoir | Fairfax County | ||||
| Mount Vernon[12] | South side of traffic circle at Mount Vernon Estate | Fairfax County | 15.8 | 38°42′39″N 77°05′12″W / 38.71078°N 77.086591°W | ||
| Oakwood | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Fairfax County | 38°42′56″N 77°05′06″W / 38.715604°N 77.084943°W | |||
| Miller | Near west bank of Little Hunting Creek | Fairfax County | 38°43′04″N 77°04′38″W / 38.717662°N 77.077172°W | |||
| Riverside[12] | Wittington Boulevard and Bluedale Street | Fairfax County | 14.7 | |||
| Hunter[12] | Wittington Boulevard and Elkin Street | Fairfax County | 14.2 | 38°43′22″N 77°03′54″W / 38.722641°N 77.064871°W | ||
| North Mount Vernon | Fort Hunt Road (Virginia State Route 629), south of Old Stage Road | Fairfax County | 38°43′30″N 77°03′34″W / 38.725032°N 77.059494°W | |||
| Grassymead[12] | East of Fort Hunt Road, north of Waynewood Boulevard | Fairfax County | 13.1 | 38°43′39″N 77°03′20″W / 38.727389°N 77.055667°W | ||
| Snowden[12] | West Boulevard Drive and Collingwood Road (Virginia State Route 628) | Fairfax County | 13.1 | Named for Isaac, William and Stacey Snowden[43] | 38°43′56″N 77°02′54″W / 38.732245°N 77.048250°W | |
| Herbert Springs[12] | East Boulevard Drive and Herbert Springs Road | Fairfax County | 12.9 | |||
| Arcturus[12] | East Boulevard Drive and Arcturus Lane | Fairfax County | 12.8 | |||
| Wellington[12] | East Boulevard Drive, southwest of Wellington House at River Farm | Fairfax County | 12.5 | 38°44′26″N 77°02′51″W / 38.740458°N 77.047399°W | ||
| Bellmont[12] (Wellington Villa) | George Washington Memorial Parkway and Alexandria Avenue | Fairfax County | 12.1 | 38°44′48″N 77°02′56″W / 38.746699°N 77.048863°W | ||
| Happy Home | Fairfax County | |||||
| Warwick | George Washington Memorial Parkway and Morningside Lane | Fairfax County | 38°45′07″N 77°03′00″W / 38.751820°N 77.049968°W | |||
| Dyke[12] | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Fairfax County | 11.3 | 38°45′34″N 77°02′56″W / 38.759493°N 77.049025°W | ||
| Oaks | George Washington Memorial Parkway | Fairfax County | 38°45′49″N 77°03′08″W / 38.763728°N 77.052108°W | |||
| New Alexandria[12] | Potomac Avenue and Belle Haven Road | Fairfax County | 9.6 | 38°46′50″N 77°03′23″W / 38.780538°N 77.056357°W | ||
| Unnamed | Near S. Royal Street and Hunting Creek | City of Alexandria | 38°47′32″N 77°02′46″W / 38.792291°N 77.046235°W | |||
| Alexandria[12][41] | King and Royal Streets | City of Alexandria | 7.7 | 38°48′17″N 77°02′37″W / 38.804647°N 77.043654°W | ||
| Spring Park (later Union Station)[12] | King Street and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 6.7 | 38°48′24″N 77°03′35″W / 38.806683°N 77.059763°W | ||
| Rosemont | Rosemont Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 38°48′36″N 77°03′39″W / 38.809874°N 77.060828°W | |||
| North Rosemont | Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 38°48′44″N 77°03′42″W / 38.812159°N 77.061598°W | |||
| Braddock[12][41][44] | Braddock Road and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 6.0 | 38°48′59″N 77°03′45″W / 38.816288°N 77.062526°W | ||
| North Braddock[41] | Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | ||||
| Lloyd[12][41] | Windsor Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 5.7 | 38°49′27″N 77°03′45″W / 38.824263°N 77.062633°W | ||
| Del Ray[12][41] | Del Ray Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | 5.6 | 38°49′33″N 77°03′43″W / 38.825834°N 77.061946°W | ||
| Mount Ida[41] | Mount Ida Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | Historical marker near site of station: The Electric Railway[45][46] | 38°49′42″N 77°03′39″W / 38.828266°N 77.060764°W | ||
| St. Asaph[12] | Commonwealth Avenue, between Forrest Street and Ancell Street | City of Alexandria | 5.6 | Served St. Asaph Racetrack. (1894–1905)[47] Historical marker near site of station: St. Asaph Racetrack[47][48] | 38°49′47″N 77°03′36″W / 38.829712°N 77.059929°W | |
| Hume[41] | Intersection of Hume Avenue, Mount Vernon Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue | City of Alexandria | Historical marker near site of station: Mount Vernon Avenue[49][50] | 38°49′51″N 77°03′35″W / 38.830749°N 77.059586°W | ||
| St. Elmo[12][41][51] | Commonwealth Avenue near Ashby Street | City of Alexandria | 4.8 | Crossing of W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division Historical marker near site of station: The Bluemont Line[52][53] | 38°49′59″N 77°03′32″W / 38.833103°N 77.058795°W | |
| Four Mile Run[12][41] | Near present intersection of S. Glebe Road and S. Eads Street | Arlington County | 4.1 | Historical marker near site of station: Transportation[37][54] | 38°50′33″N 77°03′17″W / 38.842482°N 77.054822°W | |
| Car Barn | In bus yard east of S. Eads Street | Arlington County | Formerly in rail yard[37] | 38°50′43″N 77°03′14″W / 38.8452272°N 77.0539266°W | ||
| Luna Park[55] | West side of S. Eads Street | Arlington County | Adjacent to amusement park in present site of sewage treatment plant[37] | 38°50′43″N 77°03′14″W / 38.8452449°N 77.0539132°W | ||
| Aurora Hills[41] | 26th Street S. and S. Eads Street | Arlington County | 38°51′02″N 77°03′13″W / 38.850601°N 77.053709°W | |||
| Virginia Highlands[41] | 23rd Street S. and S. Eads Street | Arlington County | Station was knocked down in 1928 to make room for station of the Jefferson District Volunteer Fire Department. That building lasted until at least 1975. | 38°51′12″N 77°03′12″W / 38.853387°N 77.053464°W | Photo from 1910 | |
| Addison[12][41][56] | 18th Street S. and S. Eads Street | Arlington County | 3.2 | 38°51′27″N 77°03′11″W / 38.8574133°N 77.0530951°W | ||
| Arlington Junction[12][41][57] | Between Army-Navy Drive and 12th Street S and between S. Eads Street and Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) | Arlington County | 2.7 | Junction with the Rosslyn Branch of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway and later with the South Arlington branch of the Washington—Virginia Railway | 38°51′50″N 77°03′12″W / 38.86393°N 77.053444°W | |
| South Washington | Near I-395 | Arlington County | 38°52′00″N 77°02′56″W / 38.866762°N 77.048879°W | |||
| Alexander Island[12][41] | Near I-395 between Boundary Channel Drive and George Washington Memorial Parkway | Arlington County | 2.1 | 38°52′15″N 77°02′40″W / 38.870788°N 77.044458°W | ||
| Washington Terminal[41] | 1204 N. Pennsylvania Avenue[11] West side of 12th Street, NW, between Federal Triangle Metro Station and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | District of Columbia | 0 | At corner of 13 & 1/2 Street, NW, and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in 1902.[12] | 38°53′41″N 77°01′42″W / 38.894603°N 77.02830°W |
Remnants of the Washington-Mount Vernon line Edit
- Roads
- Wittington Boulevard, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°43′17″N 77°04′07″W / 38.721311°N 77.068577°W
- East Boulevard Drive, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°44′18″N 77°02′49″W / 38.738362°N 77.046913°W
- Potomac Avenue, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°46′26″N 77°03′26″W / 38.773799°N 77.057191°W
- Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria. Coordinates: 38°49′28″N 77°03′45″W / 38.824513°N 77.062547°W
- South Eads Street, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°51′04″N 77°03′13″W / 38.851147°N 77.053653°W
- Metrobus yard
- Former rail yard at S. Eads Street (east side) and S. Glebe Road (north side), Arlington. Coordinates: 38°50′40″N 77°03′13″W / 38.844316°N 77.053744°W
- Metrobus
- The A&S bus company, sold to the AB&W in 1927, was purchased by the Metro Bus system in 1973 and rolled into that.[23]
- Traffic circle
- Former trolley turnaround at Mount Vernon estate, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°42′41″N 77°05′10″W / 38.711283°N 77.086137°W
- Tracks – In May 2020, during repair of a water main on King Street, a work crew of the Alexandria Department of Transportation and Environmental Services discovered old tracks buried under the pavement.[58]
Rosslyn branch Edit
The Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway constructed the Rosslyn branch, which traveled from Arlington Junction to the Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge in Rosslyn, primarily as a way to compete for Arlington Cemetery patronage.[57]
History Edit
The Rosslyn Branch began passenger service on 22 May 1896, just weeks before the Mount Vernon line was connected to it.[59] Following the merger that created the Washington-Virginia system, service to the cemetery was primarily provided by the Falls Church line, so in May of 1921 the W-V sought and received permission to discontinue service on the Rosslyn Branch. The only opposition came from workers at the Government Experimental Farm located on the east side of the track and so service was terminated.[60]
The tracks were removed in the 1930s and the right of way was taken for use by the Pentagon, its nearby traffic interchanges and an expansion of Arlington National Cemetery.
Route Edit
After leaving Arlington Junction, the Rosslyn branch traveled northwest along a route that was south of the future site of The Pentagon, crossed Columbia Pike and entered Mt. Vernon Junction. At that junction, the Rosslyn branch met the South Arlington branch, which the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railroad constructed.
After leaving Mt. Vernon Junction, the Rosslyn branch crossed the southern boundary of the federally-owned "Arlington Reservation". The site of the crossing was at that time near the southeast corner of Arlington National Cemetery, which was within the Reservation. After entering the Reservation, the branch turned to travel north along the eastern side of Arlington Ridge Road (formerly named the Alexandria & Georgetown Turnpike), which was outside of the Cemetery near the Cemetery's eastern wall.
While traveling next to Arlington Ridge Road, the branch passed the Cemetery's McClellan and Sheridan Gates. An expansion of the Cemetery later encompassed this portion of the Road, whose route no longer exists within the Cemetery.
Construction of the branch permitted visitors from Washington, D.C., to reach the Cemetery by rail for the first time. However, after leaving the trolleys outside of the Sheridan Gate at the branch's Arlington station, visitors needed to ascend a steep hill to reach most of the Cemetery's well-known features and burial sites.
After passing its Arlington station, the branch crossed the north boundary of the Reservation and turned to travel northwest until it met Rosslyn's Chadwick Avenue (now named N. Lynn Street), on which it traveled north. The branch ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railway's Rosslyn terminal.[11][61]
Rosslyn branch stations Edit
The stations of the Rosslyn branch were (with locations of sites in 2008):
| Station | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosslyn[41][62] | N. Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Arlington County | East of W&OD Railway station. 1925 photo[63] | 38°53′59″N 77°04′15″W / 38.899598°N 77.070934°W |
| Arlington[64] | Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington County | Outside of the now-demolished Sheridan Gate of Arlington National Cemetery (location now inside the cemetery)[65] | 38°53′05″N 77°04′01″W / 38.884657°N 77.067037°W |
| Queen City[66] | Near present crossing of Columbia Pike and South Joyce Street | Arlington County | Outside of the south boundary of Arlington National Cemetery | 38°52′14″N 77°03′56″W / 38.870420°N 77.065616°W |
| Mount Vernon Junction[41] | Near present east crossing of Columbia Pike (Virginia State Route 244) and Washington Boulevard (Virginia State Route 27) | Arlington County | Junction with South Arlington branch of Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway | 38°52′11″N 77°03′42″W / 38.869639°N 77.06179°W |
| Relee[41] | I-395 between S. Fern Street and S. Eads Street, south of The Pentagon | Arlington County | Named for Robert E. Lee | 38°51′56″N 77°03′20″W / 38.865642°N 77.055531°W |
| Arlington Junction[41][57] | Between Army-Navy Drive and 12th Street S and between S. Eads Street and Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) | Arlington County | Junction with Washington-Mount Vernon line | 38°51′50″N 77°03′12″W / 38.86393°N 77.053444°W |
Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway Edit
During its forty years of life, this interurban trolley company operated under a variety of names, as it expanded, reorganized, and contracted.
Washington & Arlington — 1892–1896
On February 28, 1891, the United States Congress enacted a statute that incorporated the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company in the District of Columbia, with authorization to reach Fort Myer and the northwest entrance of Arlington National Cemetery (the cemetery's Fort Myer Gate) by crossing the Potomac River on a new bridge that the company would build at or near the "Three Sisters" islets.[67] The system started in 1892 as a horsecar line with tracks from Rosslyn up the hill to the cemetery's Fort Myer Gate; this would later become the Nauck Line. In late 1895, the system was electrified. The company never built its planned Three Sisters Bridge. "Arlington" in the name referred to the cemetery and the house; Arlington County did not exist yet.
Washington, Arlington & Falls Church — 1896–1910
In 1896, the company laid track from Rosslyn through Clarendon and Ballston to Falls Church, constituting the North Arlington Branch and part of the Fairfax Line, and the name was changed to the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church (WA&FC). The track though Fort Myer was extended past the northwest entrance to Arlington National Cemetery to reach Penrose in 1900 and Nauck, just north of Four Mile Run, in 1901. That same year saw the opening of about a mile of additional track, extending from East Falls Church to West Falls Church. Work on a far more ambitious extension began at West Falls Church in 1903, bringing the line through Dunn Loring and Vienna in 1904 to reach the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax City.[68] In 1907, the W.A. & F.C. built the South Arlington branch from Clarendon to Mount Vernon Junction, where it met the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway's Rosslyn branch.[69]
In 1907, the railway was involved in a crash with an automobile that killed the motorman and injured several employees and passengers. The subsequent law suits forced the railway into receivership.[70]
Washington – Virginia — 1910–1927
In late 1910, the WA&FC and Washington, Alexandria & Mount Vernon were merged to form the Washington-Virginia (W-V) Railway, whereupon the WA&FC became the W-V's Falls Church Division.[13] They opened with the intention of extending the Nauck line to Manassass but were forced to drop that by the DC public Utilities commission.[71] The company fell upon hard times and in 1924 declared bankruptcy. In 1927, the W-V's bus company, the A&S, added a bus line that ran from Fairfax directly to downtown Washington via Falls Church and Lee Highway.[72][73] In 1927, the two rail companies were split and sold at auction and the bus company was spun off and sold to Robert May's Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company.[74][23]
Arlington & Fairfax Railway — 1927–1937
In 1927, the Arlington & Fairfax was organized by local governments and citizens to take control of the 24.27 miles of WA&FC lines after the W-V went bankrupt. At the same time they purchased 30 secondhand cars.[75] In 1932, the W,A and MV line lost the right to travel into D.C. which cut the A&F off as well. On January 17, 1932, the last Arlington & Fairfax streetcar departed from 12th & D Streets, NW, abandoning all direct service to Washington, D.C. In April the company started running buses, as the Arlington and Fairfax Motor Transportation Company subsidiary, from Clarendon straight into Washington and they proved so popular that on August 1 the company abandoned rail service between Clarendon and Arlington Junction.[76] In late 1932, they announced plans to remove the South Arlington Branch (tracks between Clarendon and Arlington Junction) which they did by 1934,[77] and in 1935 they sold that part of the right-of-way that was not part of Ft. Myer.[78][71][79] In 1934 they extended motor coach service to the edge of Falls Church and then into the town.[80]
In 1936 - after an experimental run in late 1935 - the company began to transition from electric cars to auto-railers,[81] small buses that can run on rails on flanged wheels or on roads with rubber tires image. The auto-railer's were made by Detroit's Evans Products Company, which, in exchange for a 51% stake in the A&F, spent $30,000 to rehabilitate the infrastructure, and supplied six autorailers for immediate use.[82][83] These first replaced cars on the Nauck line in the summer of 1936 and then on the Fairfax line between Vienna and Fairfax in December, making the A&F the first railroad in the United States to use them.[84][85][86][87] At the end of the year, the company defaulted on its debt and was sold at auction in January 1937.[79]
A building at Arlington Junction – about 500 feet southwest of the current intersection of Army-Navy Drive and Eads – that served as a dispatcher's office, substation and passenger waiting room was removed in 1975.[88]
Arlington & Fairfax Auto Railway — 1937–1939
In 1937, the company was sold to a committee of three Arlington residents, who changed the name to the Arlington & Fairfax Auto Railway and committed to completing the transition to auto-railers.[89] As part of the same transition, the Evans Auto-Railer Company took on a role in managing the system.[90] Later that year the transition to auto-railers was complete, with Evans spending $125,000 to replace Arlington's remaining streetcars. The auto-railers went to Rosslyn where riders had to switch to DC transit. The Arlington & Fairfax tried several times to gain permission to continue into downtown DC, but were repeatedly blocked by the established DC transit companies.[91][92] In August of 1939 the railway, citing an inability to cover operations costs and competition that prevented raising fares, announced that they were in default and that they were seeking permission to cease operations.[93] The last auto-railer ran before midnight on September 9, 1939, and the service was replaced by buses with the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company.[94] Photo of an A&F autorailer
Nauck line (Fort Myer line) Edit
Originally constructed by the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railroad, the Nauck line (aka the Fort Myer or Green Valley line) of the Washington—Virginia Railway ran south from Rosslyn through Fort Myer to an initially lightly developed area in South Arlington near Four Mile Run.[95] After leaving the railroad's Rosslyn terminal near the Aqueduct Bridge, the line travelled south through Fort Myer Junction along the present routes of N. Lynn Street and N. Meade Street.
The line then turned to the southwest and crossed the northern boundary of the Arlington Reservation and Fort Myer near today's Wright Gate. Within the Fort, trolleys on the line climbed a hill along the present route of McNair Road near the western wall of Arlington National Cemetery to reach a station (Arlington Fort Myer) located within the Fort at the present intersection of McNair Road and Lee Avenue, near the Cemetery's Fort Myer Gate (Chapel Gate of Fort Myer).
After disembarking at the Arlington Fort Myer station, visitors could enter the Cemetery near its highest elevation. This permitted visitors to avoid the ascent required when entering the Cemetery through the Sheridan Gate after traveling on the Rosslyn branch to that branch's Arlington station. After the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921, the Nauck line provided the only rail service that visitors could use to reach the Cemetery.
After leaving the Arlington Fort Myer station, the line traveled south through Fort Myer before turning southwest to cross the South Arlington branch of the railroad's Fairfax line at Hatfield Junction. Passengers could transfer between the two lines at the railroad's adjacent Hatfield station.
Soon after leaving Hatfield Junction and continuing to travel southwest, the Nauck line crossed the west boundary of the Reservation and the Fort, a short distance north of the Fort's Hatfield Gate. The line then crossed the present path of Washington Boulevard (Virginia State Route 27), south of the Boulevard's crossing of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50)
The Nauck line then traveled southwest and south while partially following the present routes of S. Uhle Street and Walter Reed Drive. After crossing S. Glebe Road (now Virginia State Route 120), the line traveled downhill near the west side of S. Kenmore Street to end at a railway turntable near the intersection of 24th Road S. and S. Kenmore Street. The line terminated a short distance north of the Cowden (Nauck) station of the Southern Railway, and later, of the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division.[96]
Nauck line stations Edit
The stations of the Nauck line (Fort Myer-Arlington Branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway)[41] were (with locations of sites in 2008):
| Station[41] | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Notes | Coordinates | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosslyn[62] | N. Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Arlington County | East of W&OD Railway station | 38°53′59″N 77°04′15″W / 38.899598°N 77.070934°W | |
| Fort Myer Junction | East of intersection of Fairfax Drive and N. Lynn Street | Arlington County | Junction with North Arlington branch of the Fairfax line | 38°53′36″N 77°04′15″W / 38.893361°N 77.070728°W | |
| Grinder | Arlington County | ||||
| Mount Washington | Arlington County | ||||
| Radnor Heights[97] | N. Meade Street and 14th Street N. (southwest side) | Arlington County | 38°53′25″N 77°04′17″W / 38.890157°N 77.071526°W | ||
| Signal Corps | N. Meade Street immediately west of the Netherlands Carillon | Arlington County | 38°53′16″N 77°04′18″W / 38.88791°N 77.071731°W | ||
| Fort Myer Steps[98] | Marshall Drive and Stewart Road, Fort Myer | Arlington County | 38°53′10″N 77°04′31″W / 38.886006°N 77.075229°W | ||
| Arlington Fort Myer (Cemetery)[99] | McNair Road and Lee Avenue, Fort Myer | Arlington County | Near Fort Myer Gate of Arlington National Cemetery (Chapel Gate of Fort Myer) | 38°52′50″N 77°04′45″W / 38.880602°N 77.0791018°W | |
| Hatfield (Hatfield Junction)[100] | In Fort Myer, southwest of the intersection of Pershing Drive and Sheridan Avenue; east of Washington Boulevard (Virginia State Route 27) and southeast of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) | Arlington County | Crossing of South Arlington branch of the Fairfax line[100] | 38°52′26″N 77°04′55″W / 38.873895°N 77.081838°W | |
| Hunter | S. Uhle Street and S. Walter Reed Drive, near S. Courthouse Road | Arlington County | 38°52′22″N 77°04′58″W / 38.872903°N 77.082656°W | ||
| Penrose[101] | S. Barton Street, between 2nd Street S. and 5th Street S. | Arlington County | 38°52′12″N 77°05′08″W / 38.870075°N 77.085425°W | ||
| Fulcher | Near S. Barton Street and 3rd Street S. | Arlington County | 38°52′13″N 77°05′07″W / 38.870203°N 77.085389°W | ||
| Munson (Bailey)[102] | Near S. Cleveland Street and 5th Street S. | Arlington County | Named for Miles C. Munson[102] | 38°52′09″N 77°05′11″W / 38.869034°N 77.086515°W | |
| Bradbury [103] | Near S. Walter Reed Drive and 6th Street S. | Arlington County | Named for Bertha E. Bradbury[103] | 38°52′04″N 77°05′16″W / 38.867797°N 77.087824°W | |
| Arlington Columbia[104] | S. Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike | Arlington County | 38°51′45″N 77°05′13″W / 38.862555°N 77.087025°W | ||
| Petty[105] | S. Walter Reed Drive and 12th Street S. | Arlington County | Named for Henry S. Petty[105] | 38°51′38″N 77°05′13″W / 38.860646°N 77.087065°W | |
| Fox[106] | S. Walter Reed Dr. and 16th Road S. (near S. Glebe Road (Virginia State Route 120)) | Arlington County | 38°51′21″N 77°05′19″W / 38.855851°N 77.088591°W | ||
| Fort Berry[107] | 19th Street S., west of S. Kenmore Street | Arlington County | 38°51′12″N 77°05′18″W / 38.853339°N 77.088201°W | ||
| Corbett (also Nauck)[108] | Between 19th Street S. and 22nd Street S., west of S. Kenmore Street | Arlington County | Named for S.B. Corbett[108] Historical marker near site of station: Nauck: A Neighborhood History[109] | 38°51′05″N 77°05′13″W / 38.851435°N 77.087082°W | |
| Peyton | 22 Street S., west of S. Kenmore Street | Arlington County | 38°50′59″N 77°05′10″W / 38.849695°N 77.086072°W | ||
| Nauck[110] | 24th Street S., west of S. Kenmore Street | Arlington County | 38°50′54″N 77°05′07″W / 38.848417°N 77.085139°W | ||
| Green Valley[111] | 24th Road S., west of S. Kenmore Street | Arlington County | 38°50′52″N 77°05′05″W / 38.847795°N 77.084800°W |
Remnants of the Nauck line Edit
- Station
- 2312 2nd Street S., Arlington, the former Penrose Station now a private residence. Coordinates: 38°52′17″N 77°05′02″W / 38.871467°N 77.084021°W
- Roads
- S. Uhle Street between S. Courthouse Road and 2nd Street S., Arlington. Coordinates: 38°52′21″N 77°04′59″W / 38.872471°N 77.083168°W
- S. Walter Reed Drive between Columbia Pike and 13th Street S., Arlington. Coordinates: 38°51′41″N 77°05′13″W / 38.861252°N 77.086975°W
- N. Lynn Street between 17th and 19th streets, Arlington
Fairfax line Edit
The Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railroad constructed the Fairfax line in 1896. When completed, the line traveled from a terminus in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse[112][113] in Fairfax City through Oakton, Vienna, Dunn Loring, Falls Church and Ballston to downtown Washington, D.C., and Rosslyn by way of Clarendon.[68]
Trolleys of the Fairfax line began their trips at the old Courthouse, located at the southwest corner of Chain Bridge Road (now part of State Route 123) and Main Street (now part of State Route 236). The cars first ran westward along Main Street and then turned north at the site of the Fairfax Electric Depot (the terminus of the line until the depot burned in 1907) onto the present route of Railroad Avenue.[114]
After crossing the present route of Fairfax Boulevard (U.S. Routes 29 and 50), the line crossed a branch of Accotink Creek and Chain Bridge Road (now Virginia State Route 123). The line then traveled northeast through Fairfax County a short distance east of Chain Bridge Road, crossed another branch of Accotink Creek, passed through Oakton, and reached the town of Vienna.
The line continued northeast in Vienna about a block southeast of Maple Avenue W. (Virginia State Route 123's present name in Vienna). After crossing Center Avenue S, the line's trolleys turned to the northwest on one of three legs of a triangular wye and crossed Maple Avenue E. After leaving the wye, the trolleys stopped at the line's Vienna station.
The Fairfax line's Vienna station was located in the center of town on the southeast side of Church Street NE, a short distance southeast of the tracks of the Southern Railway's Bluemont Branch, which became the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division in 1912. The Southern's Vienna station (which remains intact on the southwest side of the W&OD Trail) was a block northwest of the Fairfax line's station.
As the Fairfax line's tracks ended near Church Street, trolleys left their station by reversing direction. They then recrossed Maple Avenue E and traveled southeast on a second leg of the wye that paralleled the Southern's tracks, with which there was an interchange. Freight and work cars usually bypassed the station and avoided reversing by turning from the northeast direction to the southeast on the third leg of the wye.[115]
After leaving the wye, the line continued east in Vienna on Ninovan Road, paralleling the Southern's route. The line then crossed the Southern's tracks on a bridge built near Franklin in 1904. After the crossing, the line traveled east in Fairfax County along the present routes of Electric Avenue and Railroad Street (now parts of Virginia State Route 697) and within a railroad cut that is now in South Railway Street Park.[116] The line then crossed the present route of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), travelled along the present route of Helena Drive, crossed the present route of Interstate 66 and continued to travel within Fairfax County until it reached the City of Falls Church.
The line continued eastward through Falls Church until it crossed W. Broad Street (now Virginia State Route 7). The line then travelled near the north side of the Southern Railway's tracks, following the present route of Lincoln Avenue until it reached Arlington County (named Alexandria County before 1920). After crossing Four Mile Run and Lee Highway (now part of U.S. Route 29), the line continued to travel eastward north of the Run and the Southern Railway while traveling near and along the present route of Fairfax Drive, which Interstate 66 (I-66) and the Washington Metro's Orange and Silver lines have partially replaced.[117]
The Fairfax line then left the Southern's route, which continued southwest to Alexandria. Further along, the line left that of the present route of I-66, which travels northeast to Rosslyn.
The Fairfax line then traveled along the present paths of Fairfax Drive and the underground tracks of the Washington Metro. Between 1912 and its closing, the line traveled under a plate girder bridge at Waycroft that the W&OD Railway had constructed near the west end of Ballston for its Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line, which I-66 later replaced north and northeast of Ballston.[118]
After entering Ballston, the line passed a complex containing a car barn, rail yard, workshops, electrical substation and general office that the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway had built in 1910 at Lacey near the present intersection of North Glebe Road (now Virginia State Route 120) and Fairfax Drive.[118] Continuing eastward through Ballston on the present route of Fairfax Drive (now Virginia State Route 237), the line reached Clarendon, where it branched.[119]
The North Arlington branch continued to follow the route of Fairfax Drive (now partially replaced by Clarendon Boulevard) through and past Clarendon. The branch then traveled downhill on the present route of Fairfax Drive along the north side of Rocky Run, which U.S. Route 50 now covers.
Approaching Rosslyn, the North Arlington branch turned to the north at Fort Myer Junction and joined the Nauck line. The combined lines then continued north along the present route of N. Lynn Street, joined the Rosslyn branch, and ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railroad's Rosslyn terminal.[120]
Beginning in 1906, travelers on the North Arlington and Rosslyn branches and the Nauck line could transfer at the Rosslyn terminal to the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (later the Great Falls Division of the W&OD Railway), which ran a "bridge car" that crossed the Potomac River into Georgetown on the Aqueduct Bridge. After the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921 and the Aqueduct Bridge closed in 1923, travelers on the North Arlington Branch and the Nauck line would transfer in Rosslyn to the electric streetcars of the Capital Traction and (later) Capital Transit Companies, which crossed the Potomac on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
After leaving Clarendon, trolleys on the South Arlington branch largely followed the future routes of Washington Boulevard and Southgate Drive. The branch crossed the Nauck line at Hatfield Junction and joined the Rosslyn branch at Mount Vernon Junction (which received its name because the Rosslyn branch was a part of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway when the South Arlington branch first reached it). After leaving Mount Vernon Junction, the branch's trolleys traveled on the Rosslyn branch's tracks until they reached Arlington Junction, where they joined the Washington-Mount Vernon line.
After entering the tracks of the Washington-Mount Vernon line, the South Arlington branch's trolleys (some of which had originated in Fairfax City) crossed the Potomac River on the 1872 Long Bridge and, later, on the Highway Bridge. Their trips ended at the downtown Washington station.[9][11][68]
I-66 and the Custis Trail now travel from Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) in East Falls Church to Ballston on or near the Fairfax line's right of way along the former route of Fairfax Drive. Washington Metro's Orange and Silver Lines now follow the route of the Fairfax line and its North Arlington branch from Lee Highway in East Falls Church to N. Lynn Street in Rosslyn.
Fairfax line stations Edit
The stations of the Fairfax line were (with locations of sites in 2008):
| Station | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Notes | Coordinates | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Courthouse | Main Street (Virginia State Route 236) and Chain Bridge Road (Virginia State Route 123) | City of Fairfax | After 1907. There was a waiting room in the hotel called The Wilcoxen Tavern, located on the NE corner of Main Street and Chain Bridge (then known as Payne Street) until the hotel was torn down to build the Fairfax National Bank building in 1930.[121] | 38°50′47″N 77°18′25″W / 38.846355°N 77.30702°W | |
| Fairfax Electric Depot | Main Street (Virginia State Route 236) and Railroad Avenue | City of Fairfax | 1904–1907 Replaced by freight depot. Historical marker at site: Arlington-Fairfax Electric Railway[113] This was located on a separate spur that broke from the main line between current-day Moore and Oliver streets. | 38°50′54″N 77°18′46″W / 38.848409°N 77.312698°W | |
| Cedar Avenue | Cedar Avenue | City of Fairfax | 38°51′13″N 77°18′36″W / 38.853512°N 77.310083°W | ||
| Wiley | |||||
| Martinique | |||||
| Blake | Blake Lane | Fairfax County | 38°52′37″N 77°18′02″W / 38.876935°N 77.30047°W | ||
| Sanger | Fairfax County | ||||
| Oakton | 2923 Gray Street (between Pine Street and Oakton Drive) | Fairfax County | Contained a post office and general store. Built in 1905. Preserved by Northern Virginia Conservation Trust.[122] Station listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[123] | 38°52′46″N 77°17′49″W / 38.8794724°N 77.2968167°W | Oakton Trolley Station (2012) |
| Edgelea | Edgelea Road and Courthouse Road | Fairfax County | 38°52′57″N 77°17′22″W / 38.882481°N 77.289548°W | ||
| Shockey | Hidden Road | Fairfax County | 38°53′04″N 77°17′08″W / 38.884385°N 77.285643°W | ||
| Five Oaks | Sutton Road | Fairfax County | 38°53′13″N 77°16′55″W / 38.886874°N 77.28207°W | ||
| Bothwell | Fairfax County | ||||
| Lewis Street | Wade Hampton Drive SW and Millwood Court SW | Town of Vienna | 38°53′43″N 77°16′17″W / 38.895308°N 77.271373°W | ||
| Library | Library Lane SW | Town of Vienna | 38°53′49″N 77°16′10″W / 38.897012°N 77.269421°W | ||
| Courthouse Road | Courthouse Road SW | Town of Vienna | 38°53′56″N 77°16′01″W / 38.898865°N 77.266953°W | ||
| Vienna | Near Dominion Road NE and Church Street NE | Town of Vienna | Undated Photo[124] Undated photo of center-door trolley car running from Arlington & Fairfax Railway's Vienna station towards Oakton and Fairfax City[125] Undated photo looking west toward Washington-Virginia Railway station and Washington & Old Dominion Railway station | 38°54′11″N 77°15′56″W / 38.903057°N 77.265429°W | |
| Park Street | Park Street SE and Ninovan Road SE | Town of Vienna | 38°54′03″N 77°15′34″W / 38.90075°N 77.259378°W | ||
| Tydidi (?) | Name uncertain | ||||
| Franklin | Intersection of Electric Avenue and Follin Lane SE | Town of Vienna | Northeast of crossing of the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division | 38°54′01″N 77°14′41″W / 38.900247°N 77.244795°W | |
| Woodford | Electric Avenue and Woodford Road | Fairfax County | 38°54′06″N 77°14′21″W / 38.901754°N 77.239251°W | ||
| East Woodford | Electric Avenue | Fairfax County | |||
| Wedderburn Heights | Electric Avenue | Fairfax County | |||
| Enola | Electric Avenue and Cedar Lane | Fairfax County | 38°53′55″N 77°13′43″W / 38.898515°N 77.228651°W | ||
| Dunn Loring | Railroad Street and Gallows Road | Fairfax County | 38°53′52″N 77°13′28″W / 38.89788°N 77.224467°W | ||
| Robey | Fairfax County | ||||
| Idlewood | Idlewood Road (Virginia State Route 695) and Helena Drive | Fairfax County | 38°53′42″N 77°12′43″W / 38.895088°N 77.211817°W | ||
| Burr | Fairfax County | ||||
| Antrum | |||||
| West Falls Church (West End) | 1101 West Broad Street (Virginia State Route 7) near Falls Avenue | City of Falls Church | Station at stationmaster's residence. Undated photo[126] | 38°53′32″N 77°11′13″W / 38.892204°N 77.186841°W | |
| East Falls Church[41][127] | Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) (west side) and Fairfax Drive (north side) | Arlington County | Ticket depot and post office in grocery store. Undated photo.[128] [129] | 38°53′15″N 77°09′43″W / 38.887467°N 77.162079°W | |
| Ashdale (Fairfax Junction)[130] | I-66 near N. Roosevelt Street | Arlington County | 38°53′07″N 77°09′15″W / 38.885241°N 77.154053°W | ||
| Hyson | I-66 near N. Quesada Street | Arlington County | Named for I.S. Hyson[131] | 38°53′03″N 77°09′07″W / 38.884302°N 77.151854°W | |
| Heights | I-66 between N. Quantico and N. Potomac Street | Arlington County | 38°53′02″N 77°09′01″W / 38.883851°N 77.150373°W | ||
| Highland Park[132] | I-66 near N. Powhattan Street | Arlington County | 38°52′59″N 77°08′53″W / 38.883032°N 77.14812°W | ||
| Upton[133] | N. Ohio Street (east side) and I-66 | Arlington County | Near Fostoria Station of W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division | 38°52′57″N 77°08′46″W / 38.882414°N 77.146211°W | |
| Kearney[134] | N. Kennesaw Street and I-66 | Arlington County | Named for Blanche Kearney [135] | 38°52′47″N 77°08′17″W / 38.879658°N 77.137971°W | |
| Torreyson | I-66, east of Patrick Henry Drive | Arlington County | Named for A. Duke Torryson[136] | 38°52′47″N 77°08′17″W / 38.879658°N 77.137971°W | |
| Veitch Summit[41][137] | N. Jefferson Street and Fairfax Drive | Arlington County | Named for George A. Veitch[138] | 38°52′48″N 77°07′53″W / 38.879875°N 77.131405°W | |
| Mulhall[139] | N. Harrison Street (west side) and Fairfax Drive | Arlington County | Named for Bertha A. Mulhall[140] | 38°52′48″N 77°07′42″W / 38.880009°N 77.128229°W | |
| Sunnyside[141] | N. Edison Street and Fairfax Drive | Arlington County | 38°52′51″N 77°07′24″W / 38.880861°N 77.123302°W | ||
| Burch[142] | Fairfax Drive, east of N. George Mason Drive | Arlington County | Named for Mary S. Burch[142] | 38°52′53″N 77°07′17″W / 38.881347°N 77.121479°W | |
| Waycroft | N. Buchanan Street and I-66 | Arlington County | West of crossing of the Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line of the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division. | 38°52′54″N 77°07′10″W / 38.881796°N 77.119496°W | |
| Lacey Car Barn[143] | 907 N. Glebe Road (Virginia State Route 120) | Arlington County | In rail yard east of crossing of the Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line of the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division. Historical marker at site: Lacey Car Barn[118] Present site of Marymount University Ballston Center | 38°52′57″N 77°07′00″W / 38.882615°N 77.116567°W | |
| Lacey[41][144] | N. Glebe Road (Virginia State Route 120) (west side) and Fairfax Drive (south side) | Arlington County | Named for Robert S. Lacey[145] | 38°52′55″N 77°06′58″W / 38.882026°N 77.115979°W | |
| Ballston[41][146] | N. Stuart Street (east side) and Fairfax Drive (Virginia State Route 237) (north side) | Arlington County | Opposite side of Fairfax Drive from Ballston-MU Metrorail station entrance. Historical marker near site: Ballston[147][148] | 38°52′57″N 77°06′42″W / 38.882381°N 77.111707°W | |
| Bolivar (Utopia)[149] | N. Pollard Street (west side) and Fairfax Drive (Virginia State Route 237) | Arlington County | 38°52′57″N 77°06′24″W / 38.882398°N 77.106686°W | ||
| Farlee[150] | N. Nelson Street and Fairfax Drive (Virginia State Route 237) | Arlington County | Near Virginia Square-GMU Metrorail station | 38°52′59″N 77°06′15″W / 38.883066°N 77.104138°W | |
| Belaire | Fairfax Drive (Virginia State Route 237) | Arlington County | |||
| Clarendon[41][151] | N. Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard | Arlington County | Junction with North Arlington branch and South Arlington branch Circa 1910 photo of Clarendon station 1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle, showing abandoned trolley line tracks[152] Near Clarendon Metrorail station | 38°53′10″N 77°05′46″W / 38.886139°N 77.096043°W |
Remnants of the Fairfax line Edit
When the company switched to auto-railers it sold it's electric car fleet. Many of them ended up in Canada, with at least one going to the Niagara. St. Catharines and Toronto Railway.[153] Another one was sold to Ben L. Cross and used as a Diner near Centreville that was demolished by 1971.[154]
After the company went bankrupt in 1939, it sold its fleet of auto-railers to places all around the country.[82] Four of the auto-railers were sold to the W&OD railroad; two were sold to the Arcade & Attica Railroad; and one was sold to the Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad (and scrapped in 1953).[155]
Of the ones sold to the W&OD, one was used to transport train crews.[156] Others were used for general maintenance and repairs and one was converted to do repair work on the overhead electric lines for the tracks.[82] One of them was scrapped in 1946.[157]
In 1946, a portion of the right-of-way in Arlington County was purchased for the construction of Fairfax Drive, named for the railway.[158]
In 1947, the Arlington and Fairfax Motor Transportation Company, the surviving portion of the Arlington and Fairfax Auto Railroad Company, merged with the Arnold Lines (a.k.a. The Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company (WVMCC)), it's remaining assets transferred to the "A & F Corporation" and the company was dissolved.[159] The next year, the A & F Corporation was dissolved.[160] The WVMCC was purchased by DC Transit in 1964, which was then acquired by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 1973, meaning that the bus system in Arlington and Fairfax is a legacy of the A&F.[161][162]
In 1958, the Lacey car barn at the northwest corner of Glebe and Fairfax drive was damaged by fire. The building was already marked for demolition to make room for a bowling alley, but the fire sped up its demise. This car barn was built in 1912, when the line was double tracked, to replace the original one a few blocks east at the NW corner of Stafford and Fairfax Drive.[163]
- Rolling Stock
- Auto-railer Car #109. #109 was one of the auto-railers sold to the W&OD. It was acquired by the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend RR in 1955, with a platform on the roof for working on the overhead wires in East Chicago, IN.[164] Sometime in the 1950's it was sold to the Grasse River Railroad in New York. Sometime after the GRR went under in 1959, it passed into private ownership and as of 2021 was stored at Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, New Hampshire. It is the last known, remaining piece of rolling stock from the Washington-Virginia streetcars, but it has not been maintained and has been stored outside for 60+ years.[165]
- Station
- Roads
- Railroad Avenue, Fairfax City. Coordinates: 38°50′57″N 77°18′43″W / 38.84905°N 77.311885°W
- Farr Avenue, Fairfas City.
- Ninovan Road SE, Vienna. Coordinates: 38°53′59″N 77°15′03″W / 38.89965°N 77.250881°W
- Electric Avenue, Vienna and Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°54′06″N 77°14′17″W / 38.901621°N 77.23805°W
- Railroad Street, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°53′53″N 77°13′23″W / 38.897984°N 77.222997°W
- Helena Drive, Fairfax County. Coordinates: 38°53′43″N 77°12′45″W / 38.895392°N 77.212526°W
- Lincoln Avenue, Falls Church. Coordinates: 38°53′27″N 77°10′27″W / 38.890866°N 77.174277°W
- I-66 between N. Sycamore Street and N. Kennebec Street, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°52′55″N 77°08′41″W / 38.881913°N 77.144794°W
- I-66 between N. Harrison Street and N. Edison Street, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°52′49″N 77°07′30″W / 38.880293°N 77.125086°W
- Fairfax Drive, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°52′56″N 77°06′37″W / 38.88234°N 77.110199°W
- Bridge remnants
One abutment of the bridge that carried the Fairfax line over the W&OD Railway at Franklin Remaining abutment of the bridge that carried the Fairfax line over Accotink Creek/Mosby Woods Tributary - Poured concrete railroad bridge abutment on north side of Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail between Electric Avenue and Ninovan Road, Vienna. Built in July 1904, according to engravings on its east side. Coordinates: 38°54′00″N 77°14′45″W / 38.89988°N 77.245718°W
- Stone railroad bridge abutment on south side of Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail between Electric Avenue and Ninovan Road, Vienna.[167] Coordinates: 38°53′59″N 77°14′45″W / 38.899792°N 77.245849°W
- Abutments and wing walls of demolished railroad bridge over branch of Accotink Creek between Fairfax Village Drive and Cardinal Road, Fairfax City.[168] Coordinates: 38°51′50″N 77°18′16″W / 38.86398°N 77.304485°W
- Poured concrete railroad bridge over branch of Accotink Creek near the intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Fairfax Boulevard, behind the 29 Diner in Fairfax City. Coordinates: 38°51′31″N 77°18′32″W / 38.858541°N 77.308973°W
- Embankment
- Approximately 1/3 of a mile of embankment remains between Railroad Avenue and Farr Avenue in Fairfax. It contains a social trail.
- Approximately half of a mile of embankment remains between I-66 and a parking lot at 10402 Eaton Place in Fairfax. It contains a social trail.
- Trails
- Unpaved trails and trolley cut between Gallows Road and Morgan Lane in South Railroad Street Park, Dunn Loring, Fairfax County.[116] Coordinates: 38°53′51″N 77°13′10″W / 38.8976045°N 77.2193599°W
North Arlington branch Edit
Constructed by the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railroad as part of the Fairfax line, the North Arlington branch of the Washington—Virginia Railway connected Clarendon and Rosslyn.[120] The branch traveled northeast from Clarendon along the present routes of Clarendon Boulevard, Fairfax Drive and N. Lynn Streets, approximating the present underground routes of Washington Metro's Orange and Silver lines. The branch turned to the north when joining the Nauck line at Fort Myer Junction, joined the Rosslyn Branch while traveling north along the present route of N. Lynn Street and ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railroad's Rosslyn terminal.
The Rosslyn terminal was removed in late 1939, along with the W&OD station nearby, to create Rosslyn Plaza as an improved gateway to DC and to allow the George Washington Parkway to pass under the key Bridge.[169][170] The tracks around Rosslyn Circle were removed in late 1959.[171]
North Arlington branch stations Edit
The stations of the North Arlington branch (Clarendon-Fairfax branch of Washington-Virginia Railway)[41] were (with locations of sites in 2008):
| Station[41] | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Notes | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon[41][151] | N. Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard | Arlington County | Junction with North Arlington branch and South Arlington branch Circa 1910 photo of Clarendon station 1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle, showing abandoned trolley line tracks[152] Near Clarendon Metrorail station | 38°53′10″N 77°05′46″W / 38.886139°N 77.096043°W | |
| Spruce Street | Clarendon Boulevard and N. Fillmore Street (northeast side) | Arlington County | 38°53′17″N 77°05′35″W / 38.887960°N 77.093075°W | ||
| Oak Street | Clarendon Boulevard and N. Edgewood Street (northeast side) | Arlington County | 38°53′18″N 77°05′30″W / 38.888463°N 77.091641°W | ||
| Walnut Street | Fairfax Drive and N. Cleveland Street | Arlington County | 38°53′18″N 77°05′22″W / 38.888342°N 77.089419°W | ||
| Chestnut Street | Fairfax Drive an N. Barton Street (southeast side) | Arlington County | 38°53′16″N 77°05′18″W / 38.887801°N 77.088211°W | ||
| Courtlands | Arlington County | ||||
| Court House[172] | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road) and N. Courthouse Road (northeast side) | Arlington County | 38°53′12″N 77°04′59″W / 38.886797°N 77.083144°W | ||
| Murphy | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road) between N. Rhodes Street and N. Rolfe Street, Arlington | Arlington County | 38°53′21″N 77°04′45″W / 38.889095°N 77.079048°W | ||
| McCombs | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road) | Arlington County | |||
| Baltimore Street | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road) and N. Quinn Street | Arlington County | 38°53′24″N 77°04′41″W / 38.890002°N 77.078099°W | ||
| Wolz (Woltz)[173] | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road) and N. Queen Street | Arlington County | 38°53′27″N 77°04′38″W / 38.890732°N 77.077246°W | ||
| Military Road | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road), between the north end of N. Ode Street and the south end of Fort Myer Drive | Arlington County | 38°53′29″N 77°04′31″W / 38.891441°N 77.075252°W | ||
| Heights | Fairfax Drive (U.S. Route 50 service road), north of the north end of N. Nash Street | Arlington County | Named for Radnor Heights | 38°53′33″N 77°04′22″W / 38.892512°N 77.072745°W | |
| Fort Myer Junction | East of intersection of Fairfax Drive and N. Lynn Street | Arlington County | Junction with Nauck line | 38°53′36″N 77°04′15″W / 38.893361°N 77.070728°W | |
| Rosslyn[41][62] | N. Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel | Arlington County | East of W&OD Railway station | 38°53′59″N 77°04′15″W / 38.899598°N 77.070934°W |
Remnants of North Arlington branch Edit
- Roads
- Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°53′17″N 77°05′34″W / 38.887993°N 77.092837°W
- Fairfax Drive, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°53′15″N 77°05′14″W / 38.887383°N 77.087272°W
South Arlington branch Edit
Constructed by the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railroad, the South Arlington branch of the Washington—Virginia Railway connected the railway's North Arlington and Rosslyn branches when traveling between Clarendon and Mt. Vernon Junction. After most of the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921, the South Arlington branch continued along the remaining route of that branch until it reached Arlington Junction, where it connected with the railway's Washington-Mount Vernon line.[174]
Eastbound trolleys using the branch while traveling to downtown Washington began their trips on the Fairfax line and entered the branch at Clarendon. The branch traveled from Clarendon southeast along the present route of Washington Boulevard and crossed the western boundary of the Arlington Reservation and Fort Myer.
After entering the Fort, the South Arlington branch crossed the Fort Myer-Nauck line at Hatfield Junction. The branch then traveled south until leaving the Fort and other federal property within the Reservation when crossing the Reservation's southern boundary near the Fort's present South Gate.
The branch then traveled east along the present route of Southgate Road, now immediately south of Henderson Hall, Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery. After passing the Cemetery's southeast corner, the branch reached Mt. Vernon Junction, where it joined the Rosslyn branch, which was originally a branch of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Electric Railroad.[174]
South Arlington branch stations Edit
The stations of the South Arlington branch of the Washington—Virginia Railway[41] with locations of sites in 2008) were:
| Station | Location[42] | Jurisdiction | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon[151] | Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard | Arlington County | Junction with Fairfax line and North Arlington branch Circa 1910 photo of Clarendon station 1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle, showing abandoned trolley line tracks[152] Near Clarendon Metrorail station | 38°53′10″N 77°05′46″W / 38.886139°N 77.096043°W |
| South Spruce Street | Washington Boulevard and 10th Street N. | Arlington County | 38°53′03″N 77°05′34″W / 38.884281°N 77.092738°W | |
| Vinson (Lyon Park) | Washington Boulevard and N. Pershing Drive | Arlington County | 38°52′51″N 77°05′26″W / 38.880810°N 77.090468°W | |
| Hatfield (Hatfield Junction)[100] | In Fort Myer, southwest of the intersection of Pershing Drive and Sheridan Avenue; east of Washington Boulevard (Virginia State Route 27) and southeast of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) | Arlington County | Crossing of Fort Myer-Nauck line[100] | 38°52′26″N 77°04′55″W / 38.873895°N 77.081838°W |
| St. John | In Fort Myer, near the Hatfield Gate; west of the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and Carpenter Drive | Arlington County | 38°52′21″N 77°04′48″W / 38.872592°N 77.080035°W | |
| Radio | In Fort Myer; near Hobson Drive, MacArthur Circle and Carpenter Drive | Arlington County | In Fort Myer, northeast of the NAA (Arlington Naval Radio Station, now the Naval Support Facility Arlington) | 38°52′11″N 77°04′33″W / 38.869785°N 77.075915°W |
| Syphax | Southgate Road and S. Oak Street | Arlington County | Named for the estate of Maria Syphax[174][175] | 38°52′08″N 77°04′15″W / 38.868984°N 77.070959°W |
| Clark | Between Southgate Road and the United States Air Force Memorial | Arlington County | Named for John W. Clark[174][176] | 38°52′10″N 77°04′00″W / 38.869423°N 77.066631°W |
| Mount Vernon Junction | Near present east crossing of Columbia Pike (Virginia State Route 244) and Washington Boulevard (Virginia State Route 27) | Arlington County | Junction with Rosslyn branch of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway | 38°52′11″N 77°03′42″W / 38.869639°N 77.06179°W |
| Relee | I-395 between S. Fern Street and S. Eads Street, south of The Pentagon | Arlington County | Named for Robert E. Lee | 38°51′56″N 77°03′20″W / 38.865642°N 77.055531°W |
| Arlington Junction[57] | Between Army-Navy Drive and 12th Street S. and between S. Eads Street and Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) | Arlington County | Junction with Washington-Mount Vernon line of Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway | 38°51′50″N 77°03′12″W / 38.86393°N 77.053444°W |
Remnant of South Arlington branch Edit
- Roads
- Washington Boulevard, Arlington. Coordinates: 38°52′44″N 77°05′20″W / 38.878965°N 77.088846°W
Historic designations Edit
Oakton trolley station (2012)
On October 19, 1994, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) added the Oakton trolley station to the Virginia Landmarks Register (VDHR identification number 029-0477).[177] The National Park Service subsequently added the trolley station to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 8, 1995 (NHRP identification number: 95000026).[123]
VDHR staff have determined that several other properties associated with the Washington and Virginia Railway Company/Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Electric Railway (VDHR identification number 029-5470) are not eligible for listing on the NHRP. As of February 6, 2018, the staff had not found any other such properties to be eligible for this listing.[168]
Washington and Old Dominion Railway Edit
Maps Edit
- Expandable 1892 map of Washington, D.C., and suburbs, showing the route of the Washington and Arlington Railway (not labeled) between Rosslyn and Arlington National Cemetery's Fort Myer Gate: Averill, F.L., First Lieutenant, Commanding Platoon (1892). "Map of Washington, D.C. and Suburbs, Showing the Latest Streets and All the New Street-Car Routes". Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia National Guard: Engineer Corps: Engineering Platoon. Republished by the Citizens Executive Committee, 26th National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C. (1892). Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Hudson, Murray: Antique Maps, Globes, Books & Prints (www.antiquemapsandglobes.com).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and eastern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway (not labeled) between the city of Alexandria and Mount Vernon: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, Gilbert (November 1894). "Reconnaissance Map: Virginia – Maryland: Mt. Vernon Sheet". United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2020 – via Virginia Historical Topographic Maps, Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, Perry–Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
- 1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway in the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County: "The Vicinity of Washington, D.C.: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1894". Philadelphia: Griffith M. Hopkins, C.E. LCCN 88693364. OCLC 18019645. Retrieved January 20, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
- 1898 topographic map of Washington, D.C., the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County (now Arlington County), Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railroad (W.A. & F.C. E.R.R.) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway (W. A. & MT. V. Electric R.R.): "Washington and Vicinity". Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. 1898. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via University of Alabama Map Library.
- 1900 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County) and the City of Alexandria, showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway: Graham, Andrew B., photo-lithographer (1900). "Alexandria City showing connections to Washington". Alexandria, Virginia: M.B. Harlow. LCCN 89692658. OCLC 20094588. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Library of Congress.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1900 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. LCCN 89692758. OCLC 20854681. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress.
- November 1901 topographic map of the District of Columbia and northeastern Alexandria County (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railroad (not labeled) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railroad (Wash. Alex. & Mt. Vernon Electric R.R.): Outhet, R. A. (November 1901). "Map of the District of Columbia Showing Areas Recommended to be Taken as Necessary for New Parks and Park Connections". Washington, D.C.: Commission on the Improvement of the Park System. LCCN 87694473. OCLC 16869886. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
- 1904 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County), the city of Alexandria and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railroad (W. A & F.C. R.R.) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railroad (Wash. Alex. & Mt.V. R.R.): "Map of electric railroads, steam railroads and streets in Washington and vicinity". Rand McNally & Co.'s Pictorial Guide to Washington. New York and Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. 1904. p. 5. Retrieved January 13, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- 1907 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County) showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (W.A.&FC RY) and the Washington & Mt. Vernon Railway (WA. & MT. V RY): Reynolds, Charles A. (1907). "Map of Arlington and vicinity". Washington: The Nation's Capital. New York: Foster & Reynolds. p. 141. Retrieved January 13, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. RY.), the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. RY.) and the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway (G. F. & O. D. RY.): Noetzel, Gregor (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. LCCN 89692766. OCLC 20854717. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- 1915 topographic map of northwestern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Fairfax line of the Washington—Virginia Railway (Electric RR) between Vienna and the city of Fairfax and the routes of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway between Vienna and Herndon and between Difficult Run and Great Falls: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (October 1915). . Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020 – via Historic Prince William.
- 1915 topographic map of Washington, D.C., the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the routes of the Washington—Virginia Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1915). "Topography: Maryland — District of Columbia — Virginia, Washington and vicinity". Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691472. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
- "Washington—Virginia Railway system map". Washington—Virginia Railway Company. 1916. Retrieved April 30, 2021 – via Facebook.
- 1917 topographic map of Washington, D.C., the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the routes of the Washington—Virginia Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity: Maryland: District of Columbia: Virginia". Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691475. OCLC 15519039. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
- 1924 topographic map of the city of Alexandria and southeastern Fairfax County showing the Washington-Virginia Railway's route between Alexandria and Mount Vernon: "Virginia-Maryland: Fort Humphreys and Vicinity". United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. 1924. Retrieved February 12, 2010 – via University of Alabama website.
- 1925 topographic map of south-central Maryland and southeastern Fairfax County showing the Washington—Virginia Railway's route in Fairfax County to Mt. Vernon: "State of Maryland Geological Survey: Maryland – Virginia: Indian Head Quadrangle". United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. 1925. Retrieved January 23, 2020 – via Virginia Historical Topographic Maps, Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, Perry–Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
- 1929 topographic map of Washington, D.C., the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the routes of the Arlington and Fairfax (A & F) Railway, the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington (Mt V A and W) Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway: "Washington and Vicinity: Maryland: District of Columbia: Virginia". Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. 1929. LCCN 87693006. OCLC 15653164. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
See also Edit
Notes Edit
- ^ (1) Washington—Virginia Railway system map (c. 1915). Washington—Virginia Railway Company (publisher). In (PDF). South Railroad Street Park Master Plan: General Management Plan and Conceptual Development Plan. Fairfax County Park Authority. September 27, 2006. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
(2) "Map of electric railroads, steam railroads and streets in Washington and vicinity". Rand McNally & Co.'s Pictorial Guide to Washington. New York and Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. 1904. p. 5. Retrieved January 13, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
(3) Reynolds, Charles A. (1907). "Map of Arlington and vicinity". Washington: The Nation's Capital. New York: Foster & Reynolds. p. 141. Retrieved January 13, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
(4) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(5) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Alexandria and the Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.) and the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.): Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.(6) 1938 Alexander Gross street and rail map of Arlington and vicinity in J. A. Weyraugh Document Collection[permanent dead link] in website of Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Yahoo group Accessed April 24, 2009. - ^ "Congress to Act on Giant Merger Street Railways". Richmond Virginian. November 27, 1912. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway near Arlington Junction: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Alexandria and the Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.) and the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.) near Arlington Junction: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ a b c d Merriken, John E. (1987). Old Dominion trolley too : a history of the Mount Vernon Line. L.O. King Jr. p. 3. ISBN 9780960093823.
- ^ a b "New Railway Line Chartered". Alexandria Gazette. June 23, 1910. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Washington-Virginia Lines Formally Merged". News Leader. October 17, 1910. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Will Resume Old Status". Alexandria Gazette. September 30, 1913. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ "Resumes Former Name". Alexandria Gazette. October 17, 1913. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Tindall, Dr. William (1918). "Beginning of Street Railways in the National Capital". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: Columbia Historical Society. 21: 46–47. Retrieved February 2, 2014 – via Google Books..
- ^ "Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Line". The Evening Star. June 5, 1896.
- ^ a b c d Through the Most Historic Section of Virginia: Quickest, Most Convenient and Interesting Route to Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, Arlington .. National Cemetery .. via the Washington, Arlington & Mt. Vernon Railway. 1907. p. 90. from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2014 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help). - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Snowden, William H. (1902). Washington City to Mount Vernon: Stations And Distances. p. 5. OCLC 6234650. Retrieved February 2, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help). - ^ a b Washington-Virginia Railway Co. timetable in Victorian Society at Falls Church (2007). "6. An Era Ends: 1901–1915". Images of America: Victorian Falls Church. Charleston SC, Chicago IL, Portsmouth NH, San Francisco CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7385-5250-7. from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 – via Google Books..
- ^ William H. Rehnquist, William H. (April 27, 2001). . United States Supreme Court. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ Cohen, Robert (2003). . Washington, D.C. Chapter: National Railway Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ Snowden, William H. (1902). Some Old Historic Landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, Described in a Hand-book for the Tourist Over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway (3rd ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: G.H. Ramey & Son. p. 1. OCLC 6234650. Retrieved February 2, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "U. S. to complete W. VA. line to camp". The Washington Post. December 30, 1920.
- ^ "Fort Belvoir Military Railroad Historic Corridor National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Hearing Extension Plans of Alexandria Bus Firm". Richmond News Leader. March 18, 1925. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "MAY WINS BATTLE FOR OPERATING BUS LINE TO ALEXANDRIA". The Washington Post. January 30, 1925.
- ^ "Washington-Richmond Bus Approved by VA". October 1, 1925. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "NEW MOUNT VERNON RAILWAY'S CHARTER APPLICATION MADE". The Washington Post. July 24, 1927.
- ^ a b c Matthews, Lois (January 20, 1973). "Sad Goodbye to AB&W". Northern Virginia Sun. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "Mt. Vernon Line to be Abandoned". The Evening Star. January 3, 1930.
- ^ "SPEAKERS EULOGIZE LEE AND JACKSON". The Washington Post. January 21, 1930.
- ^ "Mt. Vernon Road to be Dismantled". The Evening Star. January 23, 1930.
- ^ "Interurban Line Changes Owners". The Washington Post. May 13, 1930.
- ^ "Buses Considered By Virginia Line: Alexandria Railway Officials". The Washington Post. February 1, 1931.
- ^ "HOUSE COMMITTEE MAY FACE BATTLE ON TRACK REMOVAL". The Washington Post. January 14, 1932.
- ^ "Last Trolley Run Made to Alexandria". The Washington Post. January 18, 1932.
- ^ "Closing of Highway at Bridge Planned". The Washington Post. September 19, 1931.
- ^ "May Build Road". Fairfax Herald. April 15, 1932. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "Short News Notes". Fairfax Herald. May 6, 1932. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "CAR SPACE AVAILABLE AT MASONIC PARADE". The Washington Post. May 2, 1932.
- ^ "Alexandrians Pay Explorers Homage". The Washington Post. October 13, 1932.
- ^ "Two State Jobs For One Man Held Illegal". The Washington Post. June 24, 1934.
- ^ a b c d e ""Transportation" marker". HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. September 15, 2009. from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
Near this point the Alexandria Canal crossed Four Mile Run, connecting Alexandria docks and railyards to Georgetown and western Maryland from 1843 to 1886. To the east were the turnpike and railroad. In 1896 the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway began to run electric trolleys beside the abandoned canal in this area, where it also built a car barn, repair shops and a power house. In 1906 the trolley line opened and operated Luna Park west of the tracks, providing a ballroom, roller coaster, water slide and other amusements. Parts of this complex survived until 1993, when the trolley barn was torn down after serving as a bus garage since the 1930s. Eads Street traces the canal and trolley line.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County) showing the route of the "Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric R. W." within the route of the "Old Alexandria Canal" northeast of Four Mile Run and west of the Alfred Richards Brick Co. and the Morrison Brick Co.: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ (1) Ness, Leland (2008). (PDF). Del Ray and the Town of Potomac: Del Ray Interpretive Signs. City of Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
(2) Stone, Jim. . Alexandria, VA: Del Ray Citizens Association. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2010. - ^ a b c . Welcome to New Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Washington-Virginia Railway: Geographical List of Railway Stations in Arlington County. 1924. p. 50. LCCN 25001549.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e f Locations of stations in 2008, from comparison of contemporary and 2008 street maps
- ^ Mannarino, Tammy (January 9, 2019). . Backyard Mount Vernon. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020 – via WordPress.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County, Virginia), showing the Braddock Station of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ Image of "The Electric Railway" historical marker near site of Mount Ida station in Ness, Leland (2008). (PDF). Del Ray and the Town of Potomac: Del Ray Interpretive Signs. City of Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ "Electric Railway" historical marker near site of Mount Ida station (location and partial text of marker) in alsdmf (May 19, 2010). "Del Ray Interpretive Markers". from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ a b Image of "St. Asaph Racetrack" historical marker near site of St. Asaph station in Ness, Leland (2008). (PDF). Del Ray and the Town of Potomac: Del Ray Interpretive Signs. City of Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ "St. Asaph Racetrack" historical marker near site of St. Asaph station (location and partial text of marker) in alsdmf (May 19, 2010). "Del Ray Interpretive Markers". from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ Image of "Mount Vernon Avenue" historical marker near site of Hume station in Ness, Leland (2008). (PDF). Del Ray and the Town of Potomac: Del Ray Interpretive Signs. City of Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "Mount Vernon Avenue" historical marker near site of Hume station (location and partial text of marker) in alsdmf (May 19, 2010). "Del Ray Interpretive Markers". from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing St. Elmo Station: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ Image of "The Bluemont Line" historical marker near site of St. Elmo station in Ness, Leland (2008). (PDF). Del Ray and the Town of Potomac: Del Ray Interpretive Signs. City of Alexandria, Virginia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "Bluemont Line" historical marker near site of St. Elmo station (location and partial text of marker) in alsdmf (May 19, 2010). "Del Ray Interpretive Markers". from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ Coordinates of "Transportation" historical marker: 38°50′34″N 77°03′16″W / 38.8428977°N 77.0545435°W
- ^ Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Luna Park station of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.): Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County, Virginia), showing Addison Station: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b c d (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing Arlington Junction: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing Arlington Junction: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ Cullum, James (May 15, 2020). "Historic Streetcar Tracks Found During Water Main Repair in Old Town". ALX Now. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "New Line to Arlington". The Washington Post. May 22, 1896.
- ^ "Cut Off Rosslyn". Alexandria Gazette. May 5, 1921. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County) showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and Mt. Vernon R. W. on the southeast side of the Georgetown & Alexandria Road within the "Arlington Reservation", between the Potomac River and the "National Cemetery": "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and the Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.) on the southeast side of a road within the "Arlington Reservation", between the Potomac River and the "Nat'l. Cemetery": Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ a b c 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the "Rosslynn" station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway near the Aqueduct Bridge: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1925 photo of Rosslyn February 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 12, 2008. From "Washington, D.C., Past and Present", Oneonta Press website, Peter R. Penczer, Arlington, VA February 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 12, 2008.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County, Virginia), showing the Arlington station of the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ Office of the Depot Quartermaster General (August 14, 1912). "Enlargeable map of Arlington National Cemetery showing original location of Sheridan Gate and Arlington station (lower right)". from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015. At Schara, Mark (2012). . Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway near Queen City station: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County) showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway (W. A. & Mt V. Ry.) near Queen City station: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ "Washington and Arlington Railway Company". Laws Relating to Street-Railway Franchises in the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1896. pp. 157–164. Retrieved January 31, 2014 – via Internet Archive..
- ^ a b c Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Ry. 1907. p. 88. from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2014 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Local News Briefly Told". Fairfax Herald. March 15, 1907. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Receiver for W., A. & F. C. Ry". Fairfax Herald. October 4, 1907. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Memorial Bridge Approach Opened". The Washington Post. April 10, 1932.
- ^ "W.-Va Railway Get Franchise". Fairfax Herald. May 8, 1925. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "New Bus Service Started". Fairfax Herald. June 12, 1925. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Want better Rates". Fairfax Herald. November 4, 1947. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission Reports Volume 184. Washington, DC: US GPO. 1932. p. 629-634. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Car Line Service to be Abandoned". The Washington Post. July 31, 1932.
- ^ "School Board Seeks $65,000 In Arlington". The Washington Post. August 31, 1934.
- ^ "120 Foot Roadway Likely in Arlington". The Washington Post. December 6, 1932.
- ^ a b "Trustee's Sale". The News-Observer. December 31, 1936. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "Bus Service to Falls Church". Commonwealth Monitor. May 5, 1934. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Falls Church". The News-Observer. August 29, 1935. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Arlington's Autorailer Experiment". Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ . Friends of the W&OD Trail. Archived from the original (photograph) on September 21, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ^ "More Auto-Railers Put in Operation". The Arlington Sun. December 11, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ "Auto Trailers". Fairfax Herald. July 24, 1936. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ "10 Auto-Railers for A&F Due Delivery in October". The Sun. September 10, 1936. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ "Auto Railers Come to Town". Commonwealth Monitor. December 12, 1936. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "Gone – But Not Forgotten". The Evening Star. December 22, 1975.
- ^ "Railroad Sold". Fairfax Herald. January 15, 1937. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "A & F Railway sold under deed of trust". The Sun. January 15, 1937. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ "Auto-Railers Again Seek Route to D.C." September 24, 1937. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
- ^ "Permit to Run New Type Bus Is Sought Here". The Washington Post. March 18, 1936.
- ^ "Auto-Railer Seeks to Abandon Service". August 11, 1939. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Auto-Railers to Stop". The Fairfax Herald. September 8, 1939. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the "Washington Arlington & Falls Church Electric R. W." between Rosslyn and Nauck: (1) "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.) between Rosslyn and Nauck: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the "Washington Arlington & Falls Church Electric R. W." near Nauck: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.) near Nauck: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Washington-Virginia Railway within the Radnor Heights area: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Myer Steps station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Arlington station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b c d 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing two routes of the Washington—Virginia Railway crossing at Hatfield: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Penrose station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Miles C. Munson: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway within and adjacent to the property of Miles C. Munson: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Columbia station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Henry S. Petty: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Fox: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.(2) 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Fox station on the Washington-Virginia Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing Fort Berry near the Washington-Virginia Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ a b 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Nauck station on the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway west of the property of S.B. Corbett: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. . HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
..... It was the electric railway, which came to Nauck in 1898 that spurred development of the neighborhood. The Nauck line of the Washington, Arlington, and Fairfax Railway ran parallel to what is now South Kenmore Street and there was a station located south of what is now the intersection of 19th Street South and South Kenmore Street. ......
Marker is at the trailhead of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail at S. Shirlington Road near S. Four Mile Run Dr. - ^ 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Nauck station on the Washington-Virginia Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Green Valley station on the Washington-Virginia Railway: Marshall, R. B.; Sutton, Frank (1917). "Washington and Vicinity". United States Geological Survey. LCCN 87691474. OCLC 15519038. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ (1) The Fairfax County Courthouse: A Brief History (Official Fairfax County government site) November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 15, 2008
(2) Photograph of Historic Fairfax County Courthouse by George Petropol, Manassas, Virginia February 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 15, 2008 - ^ a b . HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
The Arlington-Fairfax Line connected Fairfax with Washington D.C. from 1904–1939 and briefly terminated near this location until 1908 when it was extended to the courthouse after the original station was destroyed by fire. The new stop served both as a passenger station and a stop for tourists to visit historic sites. A freight depot replaced the station near this location spawning a small commercial center, the remnants of which remained until 2009. A bedroom community grew along Cedar Avenue where the trolley made a stop after leaving this location. .... Marker is in Fairfax, Virginia. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Virginia Route 236) and Railroad Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
- ^ Johnson, II, William Page (Fall 2003). (PDF). The Fare Facs Gazette: The Newsletter of Historic Fairfax City, Inc., Vol. 1, Issue 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ Stuntz, pp. 245,246,264
- ^ a b Photographs of unpaved trails and trolley cut in Figures 14 (Walking along the trail) and 20 (The trolley cut showing erosion and a path with a 15’ – 20’ depth) in (PDF). Fairfax County Park Authority. September 27, 2006. pp. 16, 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the "Washington Arlington & Falls Church Electric R. W." between Falls Church and Ballston: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.) between Falls Church and Ballston: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ a b c . HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
In 1896, the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway began running electric trolleys from Rosslyn to Falls Church on the present routes of Fairfax Drive and I-66. By 1907, the line linked downtown Washington to Ballston, Vienna, and the Town of Fairfax. In 1910, the railway built at this location a car barn, rail yard, workshop, electrical substation, and general office. In 1912, the rival Washington & Old Dominion Railway began crossing the tracks on a bridge 200 yards west of here, traveling the present route of I-66 from Rosslyn. The line to Fairfax closed in 1939, but Metrorail's Orange Line follows its route through Arlington. ..... Marker is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. Marker is at the intersection of Fairfax Drive and Glebe Road (Virginia Route 120), on the right when traveling west on Fairfax Drive.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the "Washington Arlington & Falls Church Electric R. W." between Ballston and Clarendon: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.) between Ballston and Clarendon: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ a b (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the "Washington Arlington & Falls Church Electric R. W." between Clarendon and Rosslyn: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the route of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.) between Clarendon and Rosslyn: Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ "Soon to Disappear". Fairfax Herald. April 25, 1930. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ a b (1) Trompeter, Brian (July 22, 2011). "Owner Offers Conservation Easement for Former Trolley Station in Oakton". Sun Gazette. Retrieved February 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
(2) "NVCT Preserves the Historic Oakton Trolley Station". Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. July 14, 2011. from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
(3) "Oakton Historic Trolley Line Preserved" (PDF). Connection. Connection Newspapers. August 17, 2011. p. 4. (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2012. - ^ a b (1) . National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
(2) "Oakton Trolley Station: National Register Information System ID: 95000026". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
(3) . Virginia-Fairfax County. National Register of Historic Places. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
(4) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. February 17, 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
(5) Stefan, Adrienne; Macklin, Tom (July 11, 1994). (PDF). United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2012. and - ^ Undated photo of Vienna station of Washington-Virginia Railway, Vienna, Virginia March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 12, 2008. From . Accessed March 12, 2008.
- ^ Guillaudeu, David A.; Foreword by McCray, Paul E. (2013). Washington & Old Dominion Railroad. p. 37. ISBN 9780738597928. OCLC 811603181. Retrieved October 31, 2018 – via Pinterest.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Taylor, Cathy (2012). Undated photo of Washington-Virginia Railway Co. station at Shephard House, at 1101 West Broad Street, on the West End. p. 56. ISBN 9780738592626. OCLC 792878886 – via Google Books.
Shephard House, at 1101 West Broad Street, served as both a station and stationmaster's residence on the West End. By 1903, real estate agents, subdivision developers, and potential residents of Falls Church were using the trolley services extensively, seeing development and promotional opportunities with the service providing flexible access to previously remote locales.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help). - ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the East Falls Church station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the unnamed East Falls Church station of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.): Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ Taylor, Cathy (2012). Undated photo of electric railway station at Wm. B. Thompson Groceries in East Falls Church. p. 55. ISBN 9780738592626. OCLC 792878886 – via Google Books.
The trains were still slow and cumbersome with the junction change at Alexandria, but electric railway tracks were laid parallel to the train tracks in town, reaching East Falls Church in 1897 and extending along Lincoln Avenue to West End by 1901. Wm. B. Thompson Groceries also housed the electric railway ticket depot and post office.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ . Fairfax Underground. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Fairfax Junction station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway adjacent to property owned by I.S. Hyson: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the unnamed Highland Park station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Highland Park station of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (W. A. & F. C. Ry.): Noetzel, Gregor; Boteler, G. G. (1907). "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia: formerly part of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: G.G. Boteler. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via Library of Congress website. - ^ 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Upton station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
- ^ (1) 1900 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (now Arlington County), showing the Kearney station of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
(2) Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County, Virginia (n
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The Northern Virginia trolleys were the network of electric passenger rails that moved people around the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington D C from 1892 to 1941 They consisted of six lines operated by as many as three separate companies connecting Rosslyn Great Falls Bluemont Mount Vernon Fairfax City Camp Humphries and Nauck across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia 1 Washington Virginia RailwayMount Vernon trolley terminal between 1910 and 1920OperationBegan operation1892Ended operation1941Map all coordinates in Northern Virginia trolleys using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates 1901 map showing early trolley lines in ArlingtonDiagram of 1915 electric railroad routes near the later routes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway showing 1 The Washington Mount Vernon line of the Washington Virginia Railway the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railroad 2 The Rosslyn branch of the Washington Virginia Railway to the east of Arlington House 3 The Great Falls Division of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway the Great Falls Electric Railroad and 4 The Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway the Glen Echo Electric Railroad Enlargeable diagram of Washington area trolley lines Orange Washington Arlington amp Mount Vernon Electric Railway Blue Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway WA amp FC Yellow Nauck Fort Myer line of WA amp FC Light green W amp OD Bluemont Division Dark green W amp OD Great Falls Division After early success the trolleys struggled They were unable to set their own prices and found it difficult to compete with automobiles and buses As roads were paved and improved they gradually lost customers A final blow came in 1932 when they were forced to give up their direct connection to Washington D C much of the system was shut down that year The Great Depression led to further contractions of the system The last passenger service was terminated in 1941 Northern Virginia s trolleys were originally operated by three companies that all planned to operate within the District of Columbia but were never integrated into the Washington streetcar network Two companies were founded in 1892 the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company and the Washington Arlington and Mount Vernon Railway Their tracks were laid when most of Northern Virginia was undeveloped and had few streets and roads As a result the trolleys mostly operated on private right of ways that their companies leased or owned After they began operating a number of communities developed along their routes In 1910 following bankruptcy they merged into one system the Washington Virginia Railway Twelve years later that company went into receivership 2 In 1927 two companies emerged They were eventually purchased or transformed into bus companies and by the end of 1939 were no longer operating trolleys A third company operated electric cars from 1911 to 1936 as the Washington and Old Dominion Railway then from 1936 to 1941 and again briefly in 1943 as the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad At its peak the system consisted of lines that ran from downtown D C to Fort Humphries Mount Vernon to Fairfax via Clarendon and to Rosslyn from Rosslyn to Fairfax and Nauck From Alexandria to Bluemont via Bon Air from Georgetown to Bon Air and from Georgetown to Great Falls The major lines of the Washington Virginia Railway converged at Arlington Junction which was located in the northwest corner of present day Crystal City south of the Pentagon 3 and in Rosslyn at the south end of the Aqueduct Bridge near the spot where the Key Bridge is now There it had a terminal next to the Rosslyn station of the W amp OD From Arlington Junction the W V Railway s trolleys crossed the Potomac River near the site of the present 14th Street bridges over the 1872 Long Bridge and then beginning in 1906 the old Highway Bridge They traveled to a terminal in downtown Washington along Pennsylvania Avenue NW and D Street NW between 12th and 13 1 2 Streets NW on a site that is now near the Federal Triangle Metro station and the Old Post Office building within the Federal Triangle The W amp OD Railway terminated in Georgetown at a station on the west side of the Georgetown Car Barn after crossing the Potomac River from Rosslyn over the Aqueduct Bridge After the Francis Scott Key Bridge replaced the Aqueduct Bridge in 1923 the W amp OD was no longer allowed to cross into D C Instead Washington streetcars crossed the river on the new bridge and entered a turnaround loop within Rosslyn There passengers could transfer between trolleys whose lines separately served Washington and Northern Virginia Most of what remains of the system was affiliated with the W amp OD whose right of way has been turned into two trails a park part of I 66 and Old Dominion Drive Little remains of the W V system three stations a rail yard that is now bus garages an old abutment where the Fairfax trolley crossed over the W amp OD part of a bridge over Accontink Creek in Fairfax and in a few places such as the gap in Center Street in Fairfax embankments or cuts The most prevalent remnant of the W V system are the roads built on the right of way most notably Electric Ave Potomac Avenue Wittington Blvd and parts of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and E Boulevard in Fairfax County Kenmore St Eads St and parts of both Walter Reed Dr and I 66 in Arlington County and Commonwealth Ave in Alexandria Contents 1 Alexandria Passenger Railway 2 Washington Virginia Railway 2 1 Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway 2 1 1 Washington Mount Vernon line 2 1 1 1 History 2 1 1 2 Route 2 1 1 3 Stations 2 1 1 4 Remnants of the Washington Mount Vernon line 2 1 2 Rosslyn branch 2 1 2 1 History 2 1 2 2 Route 2 1 2 3 Rosslyn branch stations 2 2 Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway 2 2 1 Nauck line Fort Myer line 2 2 1 1 Nauck line stations 2 2 1 2 Remnants of the Nauck line 2 2 2 Fairfax line 2 2 2 1 Fairfax line stations 2 2 2 2 Remnants of the Fairfax line 2 2 3 North Arlington branch 2 2 3 1 North Arlington branch stations 2 2 3 2 Remnants of North Arlington branch 2 2 4 South Arlington branch 2 2 4 1 South Arlington branch stations 2 2 4 2 Remnant of South Arlington branch 3 Historic designations 4 Washington and Old Dominion Railway 5 Maps 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksAlexandria Passenger Railway EditBefore the electric trolleys there was the horsecar line of the Alexandria Passenger Railway APR Starting on July 12 1873 the APR ran two horse drawn cars on tracks that ran from the Ferry Wharf west on King Street and then south on Peyton to the old stone bridge over Hooff s Run The company failed and the railway shut down on September 4 1874 Several other enterprises to run passenger rail in Alexandria were launched and abandoned over the next couple of decades 4 Washington Virginia Railway EditThe Washington Virginia Railway W V Railway was for 15 years the company that controlled two of the three electric railways in Northern Virginia as well as the Alexandria and Suburban Motor Vehicle Company A amp S which it had created The W V was chartered in 1910 to operate an electric line from Bluemont to Vienna which it never did 5 Instead in that same year it took control of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway and the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railways 6 In 1912 it merged with the Washington Utilities Company but in 1913 that merger was barred by federal law 7 Following that failed merger the railways were transferred back to the W V Railway and the Washington Utilities Company was shut down 8 In 1924 the company went bankrupt and in 1927 the two railways were separated and sold at auction and the bus line was sold as well Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Edit Washington Mount Vernon line Edit History Edit The Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway was chartered in 1890 as the Alexandria and Fairfax Passenger Railway as a faster way to reach Mount Vernon than the steamboats that had been used since Mount Vernon opened to the public in 1860 It changed its name to the Washington Alexandria and Mount Verno began operating between Alexandria and Mount Vernon in 1892 4 9 Desiring to become an interurban railroad it updated its charter and extended the line to Rosslyn in 1896 Along that extension it reached a point called Arlington Junction located near the present day corner of S Eads and S 12th Streets in Arlington where it also built tracks to the 1872 Long Bridge allowing access to Washington D C Once across the Long Bridge it first used the Belt Line Street Railway Company s old horsecar tracks to reach a station on 14th Street NW in downtown 4 9 A year later it tore those tracks out and replaced them with ones allowing for underground power Service to DC began in May of 1896 and a few months later to Rosslyn At the time the Rosslyn extension opened in July 1896 it was the longest electric streetcar line in the world 10 In 1902 the railroad moved its station as the Belt Line s tracks were circling the block containing the site of a planned new District Building now the John A Wilson Building The new station address 1204 N Pennsylvania Avenue extended along Pennsylvania Avenue NW and D Street NW from 12th Street NW to 13 1 2 Street NW near the site of the present Federal Triangle Metro station and on the opposite side of 12th Street from the Old Post Office building 9 11 12 13 In 1906 the 1872 Long Bridge s streetcar tracks and road were relocated to the Highway Bridge a new truss bridge immediately west of the older bridge 9 14 This span was removed in 1967 15 By 1906 the railway had transported 1 743 734 passengers along its routes with 92 daily runs The route became known as the Road of the Presidents Passengers and others could read a 122 page Hand book for the Tourist Over the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway that described in detail the railway s routes and stations as well as the landmarks history and geography of the area through which the railway traveled 16 In 1910 the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway merged with the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway under the control of the previously created Washington Virginia Railway 5 The rise of the automobile bad decisions and economic hard times would lead to the demise of the railway The US entered World War I in 1917 and then the Army created Camp Humphreys in early 1918 to train all engineers At the time the only way to reach it was by boat so in July the railway agreed to build a 5 mile extension to the camp Money was forwarded to them by the War Department and the U S Railroad Administration and they purchased 49 new cars with it While they originally planned to finish the work in 60 days they were only able to build about 4 miles and only electrify a few hundred feet before they ran out of financing Meanwhile a standard gauge railroad connection from the Richmond Fredericksburg amp Potomac Railroad opened in July and the Richmond Washington Highway was paved in October reducing the need for the electric rail When the war ended on Nov 11 1918 the incentive to invest in the line largely disappeared and as a result the line sat disused for years At the end of 1920 the US Government cut a deal to finish the line and operate service on it paying rent to the streetcar with an option to buy it By that time the company was already reorganizing 17 During the spring of 1921 troops at the engineering school finished the line The corps of engineers bought a single yellow Brill Mack rail gasoline rail car and trailer and ran the line for about a year before stopping service because it was too costly The project left the railway with a million dollars of debt 18 The debt competition from automobiles resulting from the paving of the highway and the construction of new roads led the company into receivership in 1923 It continued to operate in receivership until 1927 In early 1925 Robert L May received a charter to operate a bus line between Washington and Alexandria Prior to that the W V railway had formed the Alexandria and Suburban Motor Vehicle Company A amp S to run buses between Alexandria Potomac Yard and the Virginia Theological Service 19 At the time many correctly predicted that it would lead to the end of the Washington Virginia railway though the A amp S was given permission to go to Washington 10 months later 20 21 In 1927 the two railways were separated and sold at auction the Washington Mount Vernon line AKA the Mount Vernon Division becoming the Mount Vernon Alexandria and Washington Railway 22 At the same time the A amp S was sold to the Alexandria Barcroft and Washington AB amp W Transit Company 23 The next year Congress passed legislation to build the George Washington Memorial Parkway and they later began negotiations to purchase the line between Alexandria and Mount Vernon as the parkway would follow the route of the railway in several places and the land at the terminus was needed for the park planned along the road In early 1930 it was announced that the line south of Alexandria which had long been losing money would be abandoned scrapped and the land sold to the federal government 24 On February 4 they petitioned the state for authority to abandon the 8 miles of line following which the federal government paid 150 000 for it 25 A few days after announcing the abandonment the owners announced a deal to sell the tracks trolley wires incidentals and rolling stock including a once state of they art luxury car used to carry Presidents and other dignitaries to Mount Vernon for scrap metal Scrapping of the line began on 1 March 1930 26 In May 1930 the railway was sold to Robert L May and merged with the bus service with both reducing service and raising prices 27 In 1926 the federal government began planning for Federal Triangle By 1931 it was decided that the DC terminal and a portion of tracks for the Mount Vernon Alexandria and Washington railway would need to be removed to make way for the project 28 The company sued to prevent this but lost their case and an appeal to the Public Utilities Commission to use a different route In early 1932 after being threatened with having their charter stripped and being promised compensation they agreed to end service to Washington 29 The last trolley between Arlington Junction and downtown Washington ran on January 18 1932 two days after the George Washington Memorial Parkway opened Its operations were replaced with buses from Arlington Junction to a new bus terminal in DC and the tracks between the Bridge and Arlington Junction removed to widen Route 31 30 31 For a brief time it operated as the Mount Vernon Alexandria and Arlington railway but it was granted permission to suspend service which it did on April 9 of that year 32 The tracks and other equipment in Alexandria and Arlington were removed except on the paved streets of Alexandria and in the fall Alexandria negotiated for the removal of the tracks in the city 33 34 35 However in 1934 finding the cost out of reach Robert L May negotiated the transfer of the right of way to the city in exchange for not having to remove them 36 Not much of the line remains Some streets follow the right of way and the path of the trolley turnaround at Mount Vernon remains as a traffic circle at the south end of the Parkway while the former rail yard in southern Arlington now serves as a Metrobus yard Route Edit After crossing the Potomac River the trolleys entered Arlington County named Alexandria County before 1920 to run southward near and along the present route of Interstate 395 I 395 They then reached Arlington Junction At the Junction the line s route diverged from that of a line that traveled west to Fairfax City and which connected to others that served Arlington National Cemetery Rosslyn and Nauck After leaving Arlington Junction trolleys on the Washington Mount Vernon line continued south along the present route of S Eads Street while travelling largely on the grade of a towpath on the west side of the defunct Alexandria Canal 37 38 Near Arlington s present southern border at Four Mile Run the railroad and its affiliates constructed an amusement park Luna Park and a rail yard containing a car barn and a power plant 37 After crossing Four Mile Run into present day Alexandria the trolleys continued to travel south along the present route of Commonwealth Avenue The Mount Vernon line then passed under a bridge at St Elmo that carried the Bluemont branch of the Southern Railway and later the branch s successor the Bluemont Division of the W amp OD Railway The lines St Elmo stations located in Alexandria s present Del Ray neighborhood gave travelers an opportunity to transfer between the railroads 39 The Mount Vernon line s trolleys then continued southward along Commonwealth Avenue until reaching King Street near Alexandria s Union Station The line s trolleys then turned to travel east on King Street until they reached a station at Royal Street in the center of Old Town Alexandria next to Market Square They then turned again traveled south on S Royal Street and crossed Hunting Creek to enter Fairfax County on a 3 500 feet 1 067 m long bridge containing a concrete and steel center span and trestle 40 The railway also operated a city line that ran from the ferry wharf at King and Union to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station at Cameron and Fayette travelling along King Columbus and Cameron 4 After traveling through New Alexandria where the line had originated 40 the trolleys continued south through Fairfax County at speeds of up to 30 miles 48 km per hour 40 while traveling partially along the present routes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway East Boulevard Drive and Wittington Boulevard After crossing Little Hunting Creek they reached a turnaround loop on which they traveled to a terminal constructed near the entrance to the grounds of George Washington s home in Mount Vernon At Mount Vernon when the electric railway began service the estate s proprietors insisted that only a modest terminal be constructed next to the trolley turnaround They were afraid that the dignity of the site would be marred by unrestricted commercial development and persuaded financier Jay Gould to purchase and donate thirty three acres outside the main gate for protection Stations Edit The stations on the Washington Mount Vernon Line of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Alexandria Mount Vernon Branch of the Washington Virginia Railway 41 were with locations of sites in 2008 Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Station Location 42 Jurisdiction Miles from Washington Terminal 12 Notes Coordinates ImageCamp Humphreys Fort Belvoir Fairfax CountyMount Vernon 12 South side of traffic circle at Mount Vernon Estate Fairfax County 15 8 38 42 39 N 77 05 12 W 38 71078 N 77 086591 W 38 71078 77 086591 Mount Vernon Station Washington Virginia Railway nbsp Mount Vernon trolley terminal between 1910 and 1920Oakwood George Washington Memorial Parkway Fairfax County 38 42 56 N 77 05 06 W 38 715604 N 77 084943 W 38 715604 77 084943 Oakwood Station Washington Virginia Railway Miller Near west bank of Little Hunting Creek Fairfax County 38 43 04 N 77 04 38 W 38 717662 N 77 077172 W 38 717662 77 077172 Miller Station Washington Virginia Railway Riverside 12 Wittington Boulevard and Bluedale Street Fairfax County 14 7 38 43 14 N 77 04 14 W 38 720582 N 77 070662 W 38 720582 77 070662 Riverside Station Washington Virginia Railway Hunter 12 Wittington Boulevard and Elkin Street Fairfax County 14 2 38 43 22 N 77 03 54 W 38 722641 N 77 064871 W 38 722641 77 064871 Hunter Station Washington Virginia Railway North Mount Vernon Fort Hunt Road Virginia State Route 629 south of Old Stage Road Fairfax County 38 43 30 N 77 03 34 W 38 725032 N 77 059494 W 38 725032 77 059494 North Mount Vernon Station Washington Virginia Railway Grassymead 12 East of Fort Hunt Road north of Waynewood Boulevard Fairfax County 13 1 38 43 39 N 77 03 20 W 38 727389 N 77 055667 W 38 727389 77 055667 Grassymead Station Washington Virginia Railway Snowden 12 West Boulevard Drive and Collingwood Road Virginia State Route 628 Fairfax County 13 1 Named for Isaac William and Stacey Snowden 43 38 43 56 N 77 02 54 W 38 732245 N 77 048250 W 38 732245 77 048250 Snowdon Station Washington Virginia Railway Herbert Springs 12 East Boulevard Drive and Herbert Springs Road Fairfax County 12 9 38 44 07 N 77 02 48 W 38 735281 N 77 046615 W 38 735281 77 046615 Herbert Springs Station Washington Virginia Railway Arcturus 12 East Boulevard Drive and Arcturus Lane Fairfax County 12 8 38 44 14 N 77 02 48 W 38 737289 N 77 046669 W 38 737289 77 046669 Arcturus Station Washington Virginia Railway Wellington 12 East Boulevard Drive southwest of Wellington House at River Farm Fairfax County 12 5 38 44 26 N 77 02 51 W 38 740458 N 77 047399 W 38 740458 77 047399 Wellington Station Washington Virginia Railway Bellmont 12 Wellington Villa George Washington Memorial Parkway and Alexandria Avenue Fairfax County 12 1 38 44 48 N 77 02 56 W 38 746699 N 77 048863 W 38 746699 77 048863 Bellmont Station Washington Virginia Railway Happy Home Fairfax CountyWarwick George Washington Memorial Parkway and Morningside Lane Fairfax County 38 45 07 N 77 03 00 W 38 751820 N 77 049968 W 38 751820 77 049968 Warwick Station Washington Virginia Railway Dyke 12 George Washington Memorial Parkway Fairfax County 11 3 38 45 34 N 77 02 56 W 38 759493 N 77 049025 W 38 759493 77 049025 Dyke Station Washington Virginia Railway nbsp Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway near Dyke Marsh with station in background 1930Oaks George Washington Memorial Parkway Fairfax County 38 45 49 N 77 03 08 W 38 763728 N 77 052108 W 38 763728 77 052108 Oaks Station Washington Virginia Railway New Alexandria 12 Potomac Avenue and Belle Haven Road Fairfax County 9 6 38 46 50 N 77 03 23 W 38 780538 N 77 056357 W 38 780538 77 056357 New Alexandria Station Washington Virginia Railway Unnamed Near S Royal Street and Hunting Creek City of Alexandria 38 47 32 N 77 02 46 W 38 792291 N 77 046235 W 38 792291 77 046235 S Royal Street Hunting Creek station Washington Virginia Railway Alexandria 12 41 King and Royal Streets City of Alexandria 7 7 38 48 17 N 77 02 37 W 38 804647 N 77 043654 W 38 804647 77 043654 Alexandria Station Washington Virginia Railway Spring Park later Union Station 12 King Street and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 6 7 38 48 24 N 77 03 35 W 38 806683 N 77 059763 W 38 806683 77 059763 Spring Park Station Washington Virginia Railway Rosemont Rosemont Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 38 48 36 N 77 03 39 W 38 809874 N 77 060828 W 38 809874 77 060828 Rosemont Station Washington Virginia Railway North Rosemont Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 38 48 44 N 77 03 42 W 38 812159 N 77 061598 W 38 812159 77 061598 North Rosemont Station Washington Virginia Railway Braddock 12 41 44 Braddock Road and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 6 0 38 48 59 N 77 03 45 W 38 816288 N 77 062526 W 38 816288 77 062526 Braddock Station Washington Virginia Railway North Braddock 41 Commonwealth Avenue City of AlexandriaLloyd 12 41 Windsor Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 5 7 38 49 27 N 77 03 45 W 38 824263 N 77 062633 W 38 824263 77 062633 Lloyds Station Washington Virginia Railway Del Ray 12 41 Del Ray Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria 5 6 38 49 33 N 77 03 43 W 38 825834 N 77 061946 W 38 825834 77 061946 Del Ray Station Washington Virginia Railway Mount Ida 41 Mount Ida Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria Historical marker near site of station The Electric Railway 45 46 38 49 42 N 77 03 39 W 38 828266 N 77 060764 W 38 828266 77 060764 Mount Ida Station Washington Virginia Railway St Asaph 12 Commonwealth Avenue between Forrest Street and Ancell Street City of Alexandria 5 6 Served St Asaph Racetrack 1894 1905 47 Historical marker near site of station St Asaph Racetrack 47 48 38 49 47 N 77 03 36 W 38 829712 N 77 059929 W 38 829712 77 059929 St Asaph Station Washington Virginia Railway Hume 41 Intersection of Hume Avenue Mount Vernon Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue City of Alexandria Historical marker near site of station Mount Vernon Avenue 49 50 38 49 51 N 77 03 35 W 38 830749 N 77 059586 W 38 830749 77 059586 Hume Station Washington Virginia Railway St Elmo 12 41 51 Commonwealth Avenue near Ashby Street City of Alexandria 4 8 Crossing of W amp OD Railway s Bluemont DivisionHistorical marker near site of station The Bluemont Line 52 53 38 49 59 N 77 03 32 W 38 833103 N 77 058795 W 38 833103 77 058795 St Elmo Station Washington Virginia Railway Four Mile Run 12 41 Near present intersection of S Glebe Road and S Eads Street Arlington County 4 1 Historical marker near site of station Transportation 37 54 38 50 33 N 77 03 17 W 38 842482 N 77 054822 W 38 842482 77 054822 Four Mile Run Station Washington Virginia Railway Car Barn In bus yard east of S Eads Street Arlington County Formerly in rail yard 37 38 50 43 N 77 03 14 W 38 8452272 N 77 0539266 W 38 8452272 77 0539266 Car Barn Washington Virginia Railway Luna Park 55 West side of S Eads Street Arlington County Adjacent to amusement park in present site of sewage treatment plant 37 38 50 43 N 77 03 14 W 38 8452449 N 77 0539132 W 38 8452449 77 0539132 Luna Park Station Washington Virginia Railway Aurora Hills 41 26th Street S and S Eads Street Arlington County 38 51 02 N 77 03 13 W 38 850601 N 77 053709 W 38 850601 77 053709 Aurora Hills Station Washington Virginia Railway Virginia Highlands 41 23rd Street S and S Eads Street Arlington County Station was knocked down in 1928 to make room for station of the Jefferson District Volunteer Fire Department That building lasted until at least 1975 38 51 12 N 77 03 12 W 38 853387 N 77 053464 W 38 853387 77 053464 Virginia Highlands Station Washington Virginia Railway Photo from 1910Addison 12 41 56 18th Street S and S Eads Street Arlington County 3 2 38 51 27 N 77 03 11 W 38 8574133 N 77 0530951 W 38 8574133 77 0530951 Addison Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington Junction 12 41 57 Between Army Navy Drive and 12th Street S and between S Eads Street and Richmond Highway U S Route 1 Arlington County 2 7 Junction with the Rosslyn Branch of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway and later with the South Arlington branch of the Washington Virginia Railway 38 51 50 N 77 03 12 W 38 86393 N 77 053444 W 38 86393 77 053444 Arlington Junction Station Washington Virginia Railway South Washington Near I 395 Arlington County 38 52 00 N 77 02 56 W 38 866762 N 77 048879 W 38 866762 77 048879 South Washington Station Washington Virginia Railway Alexander Island 12 41 Near I 395 between Boundary Channel Drive and George Washington Memorial Parkway Arlington County 2 1 38 52 15 N 77 02 40 W 38 870788 N 77 044458 W 38 870788 77 044458 Alexander Island Station Washington Virginia Railway Washington Terminal 41 1204 N Pennsylvania Avenue 11 West side of 12th Street NW between Federal Triangle Metro Station and Pennsylvania Avenue NW District of Columbia 0 At corner of 13 amp 1 2 Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1902 12 38 53 41 N 77 01 42 W 38 894603 N 77 02830 W 38 894603 77 02830 Washington Terminal Washington Virginia Railway Remnants of the Washington Mount Vernon line Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Roads Wittington Boulevard Fairfax County Coordinates 38 43 17 N 77 04 07 W 38 721311 N 77 068577 W 38 721311 77 068577 Wittington Boulevard East Boulevard Drive Fairfax County Coordinates 38 44 18 N 77 02 49 W 38 738362 N 77 046913 W 38 738362 77 046913 East Boulevard Drive Potomac Avenue Fairfax County Coordinates 38 46 26 N 77 03 26 W 38 773799 N 77 057191 W 38 773799 77 057191 Potomac Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Alexandria Coordinates 38 49 28 N 77 03 45 W 38 824513 N 77 062547 W 38 824513 77 062547 Commonwealth Avenue South Eads Street Arlington Coordinates 38 51 04 N 77 03 13 W 38 851147 N 77 053653 W 38 851147 77 053653 South Eads Street Metrobus yard Former rail yard at S Eads Street east side and S Glebe Road north side Arlington Coordinates 38 50 40 N 77 03 13 W 38 844316 N 77 053744 W 38 844316 77 053744 Metrobus yard former rail yard of Washington Virginia Railway Metrobus The A amp S bus company sold to the AB amp W in 1927 was purchased by the Metro Bus system in 1973 and rolled into that 23 Traffic circle Former trolley turnaround at Mount Vernon estate Fairfax County Coordinates 38 42 41 N 77 05 10 W 38 711283 N 77 086137 W 38 711283 77 086137 Traffic circle former trolley turnaround Tracks In May 2020 during repair of a water main on King Street a work crew of the Alexandria Department of Transportation and Environmental Services discovered old tracks buried under the pavement 58 Rosslyn branch Edit The Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway constructed the Rosslyn branch which traveled from Arlington Junction to the Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge in Rosslyn primarily as a way to compete for Arlington Cemetery patronage 57 History Edit The Rosslyn Branch began passenger service on 22 May 1896 just weeks before the Mount Vernon line was connected to it 59 Following the merger that created the Washington Virginia system service to the cemetery was primarily provided by the Falls Church line so in May of 1921 the W V sought and received permission to discontinue service on the Rosslyn Branch The only opposition came from workers at the Government Experimental Farm located on the east side of the track and so service was terminated 60 The tracks were removed in the 1930s and the right of way was taken for use by the Pentagon its nearby traffic interchanges and an expansion of Arlington National Cemetery Route Edit After leaving Arlington Junction the Rosslyn branch traveled northwest along a route that was south of the future site of The Pentagon crossed Columbia Pike and entered Mt Vernon Junction At that junction the Rosslyn branch met the South Arlington branch which the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railroad constructed After leaving Mt Vernon Junction the Rosslyn branch crossed the southern boundary of the federally owned Arlington Reservation The site of the crossing was at that time near the southeast corner of Arlington National Cemetery which was within the Reservation After entering the Reservation the branch turned to travel north along the eastern side of Arlington Ridge Road formerly named the Alexandria amp Georgetown Turnpike which was outside of the Cemetery near the Cemetery s eastern wall While traveling next to Arlington Ridge Road the branch passed the Cemetery s McClellan and Sheridan Gates An expansion of the Cemetery later encompassed this portion of the Road whose route no longer exists within the Cemetery Construction of the branch permitted visitors from Washington D C to reach the Cemetery by rail for the first time However after leaving the trolleys outside of the Sheridan Gate at the branch s Arlington station visitors needed to ascend a steep hill to reach most of the Cemetery s well known features and burial sites After passing its Arlington station the branch crossed the north boundary of the Reservation and turned to travel northwest until it met Rosslyn s Chadwick Avenue now named N Lynn Street on which it traveled north The branch ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railway s Rosslyn terminal 11 61 Rosslyn branch stations Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The stations of the Rosslyn branch were with locations of sites in 2008 Station Location 42 Jurisdiction Notes CoordinatesRosslyn 41 62 N Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Arlington County East of W amp OD Railway station 1925 photo 63 38 53 59 N 77 04 15 W 38 899598 N 77 070934 W 38 899598 77 070934 Rossyln Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington 64 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington County Outside of the now demolished Sheridan Gate of Arlington National Cemetery location now inside the cemetery 65 38 53 05 N 77 04 01 W 38 884657 N 77 067037 W 38 884657 77 067037 Arlington Station Washington Virginia Railway Queen City 66 Near present crossing of Columbia Pike and South Joyce Street Arlington County Outside of the south boundary of Arlington National Cemetery 38 52 14 N 77 03 56 W 38 870420 N 77 065616 W 38 870420 77 065616 Queen City Station Washington Virginia Railway Mount Vernon Junction 41 Near present east crossing of Columbia Pike Virginia State Route 244 and Washington Boulevard Virginia State Route 27 Arlington County Junction with South Arlington branch of Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway 38 52 11 N 77 03 42 W 38 869639 N 77 06179 W 38 869639 77 06179 Mount Vernon Junction Washington Virginia Railway Relee 41 I 395 between S Fern Street and S Eads Street south of The Pentagon Arlington County Named for Robert E Lee 38 51 56 N 77 03 20 W 38 865642 N 77 055531 W 38 865642 77 055531 Relee Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington Junction 41 57 Between Army Navy Drive and 12th Street S and between S Eads Street and Richmond Highway U S Route 1 Arlington County Junction with Washington Mount Vernon line 38 51 50 N 77 03 12 W 38 86393 N 77 053444 W 38 86393 77 053444 Arlington Junction Washington Virginia Railway Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway Edit During its forty years of life this interurban trolley company operated under a variety of names as it expanded reorganized and contracted Washington amp Arlington 1892 1896On February 28 1891 the United States Congress enacted a statute that incorporated the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway Company in the District of Columbia with authorization to reach Fort Myer and the northwest entrance of Arlington National Cemetery the cemetery s Fort Myer Gate by crossing the Potomac River on a new bridge that the company would build at or near the Three Sisters islets 67 The system started in 1892 as a horsecar line with tracks from Rosslyn up the hill to the cemetery s Fort Myer Gate this would later become the Nauck Line In late 1895 the system was electrified The company never built its planned Three Sisters Bridge Arlington in the name referred to the cemetery and the house Arlington County did not exist yet Washington Arlington amp Falls Church 1896 1910In 1896 the company laid track from Rosslyn through Clarendon and Ballston to Falls Church constituting the North Arlington Branch and part of the Fairfax Line and the name was changed to the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church WA amp FC The track though Fort Myer was extended past the northwest entrance to Arlington National Cemetery to reach Penrose in 1900 and Nauck just north of Four Mile Run in 1901 That same year saw the opening of about a mile of additional track extending from East Falls Church to West Falls Church Work on a far more ambitious extension began at West Falls Church in 1903 bringing the line through Dunn Loring and Vienna in 1904 to reach the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax City 68 In 1907 the W A amp F C built the South Arlington branch from Clarendon to Mount Vernon Junction where it met the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway s Rosslyn branch 69 In 1907 the railway was involved in a crash with an automobile that killed the motorman and injured several employees and passengers The subsequent law suits forced the railway into receivership 70 Washington Virginia 1910 1927In late 1910 the WA amp FC and Washington Alexandria amp Mount Vernon were merged to form the Washington Virginia W V Railway whereupon the WA amp FC became the W V s Falls Church Division 13 They opened with the intention of extending the Nauck line to Manassass but were forced to drop that by the DC public Utilities commission 71 The company fell upon hard times and in 1924 declared bankruptcy In 1927 the W V s bus company the A amp S added a bus line that ran from Fairfax directly to downtown Washington via Falls Church and Lee Highway 72 73 In 1927 the two rail companies were split and sold at auction and the bus company was spun off and sold to Robert May s Alexandria Barcroft and Washington Transit Company 74 23 nbsp Arlington amp Fairfax freight motor trolleyArlington amp Fairfax Railway 1927 1937In 1927 the Arlington amp Fairfax was organized by local governments and citizens to take control of the 24 27 miles of WA amp FC lines after the W V went bankrupt At the same time they purchased 30 secondhand cars 75 In 1932 the W A and MV line lost the right to travel into D C which cut the A amp F off as well On January 17 1932 the last Arlington amp Fairfax streetcar departed from 12th amp D Streets NW abandoning all direct service to Washington D C In April the company started running buses as the Arlington and Fairfax Motor Transportation Company subsidiary from Clarendon straight into Washington and they proved so popular that on August 1 the company abandoned rail service between Clarendon and Arlington Junction 76 In late 1932 they announced plans to remove the South Arlington Branch tracks between Clarendon and Arlington Junction which they did by 1934 77 and in 1935 they sold that part of the right of way that was not part of Ft Myer 78 71 79 In 1934 they extended motor coach service to the edge of Falls Church and then into the town 80 In 1936 after an experimental run in late 1935 the company began to transition from electric cars to auto railers 81 small buses that can run on rails on flanged wheels or on roads with rubber tires image The auto railer s were made by Detroit s Evans Products Company which in exchange for a 51 stake in the A amp F spent 30 000 to rehabilitate the infrastructure and supplied six autorailers for immediate use 82 83 These first replaced cars on the Nauck line in the summer of 1936 and then on the Fairfax line between Vienna and Fairfax in December making the A amp F the first railroad in the United States to use them 84 85 86 87 At the end of the year the company defaulted on its debt and was sold at auction in January 1937 79 A building at Arlington Junction about 500 feet southwest of the current intersection of Army Navy Drive and Eads that served as a dispatcher s office substation and passenger waiting room was removed in 1975 88 Arlington amp Fairfax Auto Railway 1937 1939In 1937 the company was sold to a committee of three Arlington residents who changed the name to the Arlington amp Fairfax Auto Railway and committed to completing the transition to auto railers 89 As part of the same transition the Evans Auto Railer Company took on a role in managing the system 90 Later that year the transition to auto railers was complete with Evans spending 125 000 to replace Arlington s remaining streetcars The auto railers went to Rosslyn where riders had to switch to DC transit The Arlington amp Fairfax tried several times to gain permission to continue into downtown DC but were repeatedly blocked by the established DC transit companies 91 92 In August of 1939 the railway citing an inability to cover operations costs and competition that prevented raising fares announced that they were in default and that they were seeking permission to cease operations 93 The last auto railer ran before midnight on September 9 1939 and the service was replaced by buses with the Washington Virginia and Maryland Coach Company 94 Photo of an A amp F autorailer Nauck line Fort Myer line Edit Originally constructed by the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railroad the Nauck line aka the Fort Myer or Green Valley line of the Washington Virginia Railway ran south from Rosslyn through Fort Myer to an initially lightly developed area in South Arlington near Four Mile Run 95 After leaving the railroad s Rosslyn terminal near the Aqueduct Bridge the line travelled south through Fort Myer Junction along the present routes of N Lynn Street and N Meade Street The line then turned to the southwest and crossed the northern boundary of the Arlington Reservation and Fort Myer near today s Wright Gate Within the Fort trolleys on the line climbed a hill along the present route of McNair Road near the western wall of Arlington National Cemetery to reach a station Arlington Fort Myer located within the Fort at the present intersection of McNair Road and Lee Avenue near the Cemetery s Fort Myer Gate Chapel Gate of Fort Myer After disembarking at the Arlington Fort Myer station visitors could enter the Cemetery near its highest elevation This permitted visitors to avoid the ascent required when entering the Cemetery through the Sheridan Gate after traveling on the Rosslyn branch to that branch s Arlington station After the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921 the Nauck line provided the only rail service that visitors could use to reach the Cemetery After leaving the Arlington Fort Myer station the line traveled south through Fort Myer before turning southwest to cross the South Arlington branch of the railroad s Fairfax line at Hatfield Junction Passengers could transfer between the two lines at the railroad s adjacent Hatfield station Soon after leaving Hatfield Junction and continuing to travel southwest the Nauck line crossed the west boundary of the Reservation and the Fort a short distance north of the Fort s Hatfield Gate The line then crossed the present path of Washington Boulevard Virginia State Route 27 south of the Boulevard s crossing of Arlington Boulevard U S Route 50 The Nauck line then traveled southwest and south while partially following the present routes of S Uhle Street and Walter Reed Drive After crossing S Glebe Road now Virginia State Route 120 the line traveled downhill near the west side of S Kenmore Street to end at a railway turntable near the intersection of 24th Road S and S Kenmore Street The line terminated a short distance north of the Cowden Nauck station of the Southern Railway and later of the W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division 96 Nauck line stations Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The stations of the Nauck line Fort Myer Arlington Branch of the Washington Virginia Railway 41 were with locations of sites in 2008 Station 41 Location 42 Jurisdiction Notes Coordinates ImageRosslyn 62 N Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Arlington County East of W amp OD Railway station 38 53 59 N 77 04 15 W 38 899598 N 77 070934 W 38 899598 77 070934 Rosslyn Station Washington Virginia Railway Fort Myer Junction East of intersection of Fairfax Drive and N Lynn Street Arlington County Junction with North Arlington branch of the Fairfax line 38 53 36 N 77 04 15 W 38 893361 N 77 070728 W 38 893361 77 070728 Fort Myer Junction Washington Virginia Railway Grinder Arlington CountyMount Washington Arlington CountyRadnor Heights 97 N Meade Street and 14th Street N southwest side Arlington County 38 53 25 N 77 04 17 W 38 890157 N 77 071526 W 38 890157 77 071526 Radnor Heights Station Washington Virginia Railway Signal Corps N Meade Street immediately west of the Netherlands Carillon Arlington County 38 53 16 N 77 04 18 W 38 88791 N 77 071731 W 38 88791 77 071731 Signal Corps Station Washington Virginia Railway Fort Myer Steps 98 Marshall Drive and Stewart Road Fort Myer Arlington County 38 53 10 N 77 04 31 W 38 886006 N 77 075229 W 38 886006 77 075229 Fort Myer Steps Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington Fort Myer Cemetery 99 McNair Road and Lee Avenue Fort Myer Arlington County Near Fort Myer Gate of Arlington National Cemetery Chapel Gate of Fort Myer 38 52 50 N 77 04 45 W 38 880602 N 77 0791018 W 38 880602 77 0791018 Arlington Fort Myer Station Washington Virginia Railway nbsp Arlington Fort Myer trolley station Post hospital at left Hatfield Hatfield Junction 100 In Fort Myer southwest of the intersection of Pershing Drive and Sheridan Avenue east of Washington Boulevard Virginia State Route 27 and southeast of Arlington Boulevard U S Route 50 Arlington County Crossing of South Arlington branch of the Fairfax line 100 38 52 26 N 77 04 55 W 38 873895 N 77 081838 W 38 873895 77 081838 Hatfield Junction Washington Virginia Railway Hunter S Uhle Street and S Walter Reed Drive near S Courthouse Road Arlington County 38 52 22 N 77 04 58 W 38 872903 N 77 082656 W 38 872903 77 082656 Hunter Station Washington Virginia Railway Penrose 101 S Barton Street between 2nd Street S and 5th Street S Arlington County 38 52 12 N 77 05 08 W 38 870075 N 77 085425 W 38 870075 77 085425 Penrose Station Washington Virginia Railway Fulcher Near S Barton Street and 3rd Street S Arlington County 38 52 13 N 77 05 07 W 38 870203 N 77 085389 W 38 870203 77 085389 Fulcher Station Washington Virginia Railway Munson Bailey 102 Near S Cleveland Street and 5th Street S Arlington County Named for Miles C Munson 102 38 52 09 N 77 05 11 W 38 869034 N 77 086515 W 38 869034 77 086515 Munson Station Washington Virginia Railway Bradbury 103 Near S Walter Reed Drive and 6th Street S Arlington County Named for Bertha E Bradbury 103 38 52 04 N 77 05 16 W 38 867797 N 77 087824 W 38 867797 77 087824 Bradbury Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington Columbia 104 S Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike Arlington County 38 51 45 N 77 05 13 W 38 862555 N 77 087025 W 38 862555 77 087025 Arlington Columbia Station Washington Virginia Railway Petty 105 S Walter Reed Drive and 12th Street S Arlington County Named for Henry S Petty 105 38 51 38 N 77 05 13 W 38 860646 N 77 087065 W 38 860646 77 087065 Petty Station Washington Virginia Railway Fox 106 S Walter Reed Dr and 16th Road S near S Glebe Road Virginia State Route 120 Arlington County 38 51 21 N 77 05 19 W 38 855851 N 77 088591 W 38 855851 77 088591 Fox Station Washington Virginia Railway Fort Berry 107 19th Street S west of S Kenmore Street Arlington County 38 51 12 N 77 05 18 W 38 853339 N 77 088201 W 38 853339 77 088201 Fort Berry Station Washington Virginia Railway Corbett also Nauck 108 Between 19th Street S and 22nd Street S west of S Kenmore Street Arlington County Named for S B Corbett 108 Historical marker near site of station Nauck A Neighborhood History 109 38 51 05 N 77 05 13 W 38 851435 N 77 087082 W 38 851435 77 087082 Corbett Station Washington Virginia Railway Peyton 22 Street S west of S Kenmore Street Arlington County 38 50 59 N 77 05 10 W 38 849695 N 77 086072 W 38 849695 77 086072 Peyton Station Washington Virginia Railway Nauck 110 24th Street S west of S Kenmore Street Arlington County 38 50 54 N 77 05 07 W 38 848417 N 77 085139 W 38 848417 77 085139 Nauck Station Washington Virginia Railway Green Valley 111 24th Road S west of S Kenmore Street Arlington County 38 50 52 N 77 05 05 W 38 847795 N 77 084800 W 38 847795 77 084800 Green Valley Station Washington Virginia Railway Remnants of the Nauck line Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Station 2312 2nd Street S Arlington the former Penrose Station now a private residence Coordinates 38 52 17 N 77 05 02 W 38 871467 N 77 084021 W 38 871467 77 084021 Former Penrose Station Washington Virginia Railway Roads S Uhle Street between S Courthouse Road and 2nd Street S Arlington Coordinates 38 52 21 N 77 04 59 W 38 872471 N 77 083168 W 38 872471 77 083168 S Uhle Street S Walter Reed Drive between Columbia Pike and 13th Street S Arlington Coordinates 38 51 41 N 77 05 13 W 38 861252 N 77 086975 W 38 861252 77 086975 S Walter Reed Drive N Lynn Street between 17th and 19th streets ArlingtonFairfax line Edit The Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railroad constructed the Fairfax line in 1896 When completed the line traveled from a terminus in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse 112 113 in Fairfax City through Oakton Vienna Dunn Loring Falls Church and Ballston to downtown Washington D C and Rosslyn by way of Clarendon 68 Trolleys of the Fairfax line began their trips at the old Courthouse located at the southwest corner of Chain Bridge Road now part of State Route 123 and Main Street now part of State Route 236 The cars first ran westward along Main Street and then turned north at the site of the Fairfax Electric Depot the terminus of the line until the depot burned in 1907 onto the present route of Railroad Avenue 114 After crossing the present route of Fairfax Boulevard U S Routes 29 and 50 the line crossed a branch of Accotink Creek and Chain Bridge Road now Virginia State Route 123 The line then traveled northeast through Fairfax County a short distance east of Chain Bridge Road crossed another branch of Accotink Creek passed through Oakton and reached the town of Vienna The line continued northeast in Vienna about a block southeast of Maple Avenue W Virginia State Route 123 s present name in Vienna After crossing Center Avenue S the line s trolleys turned to the northwest on one of three legs of a triangular wye and crossed Maple Avenue E After leaving the wye the trolleys stopped at the line s Vienna station The Fairfax line s Vienna station was located in the center of town on the southeast side of Church Street NE a short distance southeast of the tracks of the Southern Railway s Bluemont Branch which became the W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division in 1912 The Southern s Vienna station which remains intact on the southwest side of the W amp OD Trail was a block northwest of the Fairfax line s station As the Fairfax line s tracks ended near Church Street trolleys left their station by reversing direction They then recrossed Maple Avenue E and traveled southeast on a second leg of the wye that paralleled the Southern s tracks with which there was an interchange Freight and work cars usually bypassed the station and avoided reversing by turning from the northeast direction to the southeast on the third leg of the wye 115 After leaving the wye the line continued east in Vienna on Ninovan Road paralleling the Southern s route The line then crossed the Southern s tracks on a bridge built near Franklin in 1904 After the crossing the line traveled east in Fairfax County along the present routes of Electric Avenue and Railroad Street now parts of Virginia State Route 697 and within a railroad cut that is now in South Railway Street Park 116 The line then crossed the present route of the Capital Beltway Interstate 495 travelled along the present route of Helena Drive crossed the present route of Interstate 66 and continued to travel within Fairfax County until it reached the City of Falls Church The line continued eastward through Falls Church until it crossed W Broad Street now Virginia State Route 7 The line then travelled near the north side of the Southern Railway s tracks following the present route of Lincoln Avenue until it reached Arlington County named Alexandria County before 1920 After crossing Four Mile Run and Lee Highway now part of U S Route 29 the line continued to travel eastward north of the Run and the Southern Railway while traveling near and along the present route of Fairfax Drive which Interstate 66 I 66 and the Washington Metro s Orange and Silver lines have partially replaced 117 The Fairfax line then left the Southern s route which continued southwest to Alexandria Further along the line left that of the present route of I 66 which travels northeast to Rosslyn The Fairfax line then traveled along the present paths of Fairfax Drive and the underground tracks of the Washington Metro Between 1912 and its closing the line traveled under a plate girder bridge at Waycroft that the W amp OD Railway had constructed near the west end of Ballston for its Thrifton Bluemont Junction connecting line which I 66 later replaced north and northeast of Ballston 118 After entering Ballston the line passed a complex containing a car barn rail yard workshops electrical substation and general office that the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway had built in 1910 at Lacey near the present intersection of North Glebe Road now Virginia State Route 120 and Fairfax Drive 118 Continuing eastward through Ballston on the present route of Fairfax Drive now Virginia State Route 237 the line reached Clarendon where it branched 119 The North Arlington branch continued to follow the route of Fairfax Drive now partially replaced by Clarendon Boulevard through and past Clarendon The branch then traveled downhill on the present route of Fairfax Drive along the north side of Rocky Run which U S Route 50 now covers Approaching Rosslyn the North Arlington branch turned to the north at Fort Myer Junction and joined the Nauck line The combined lines then continued north along the present route of N Lynn Street joined the Rosslyn branch and ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railroad s Rosslyn terminal 120 Beginning in 1906 travelers on the North Arlington and Rosslyn branches and the Nauck line could transfer at the Rosslyn terminal to the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad later the Great Falls Division of the W amp OD Railway which ran a bridge car that crossed the Potomac River into Georgetown on the Aqueduct Bridge After the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921 and the Aqueduct Bridge closed in 1923 travelers on the North Arlington Branch and the Nauck line would transfer in Rosslyn to the electric streetcars of the Capital Traction and later Capital Transit Companies which crossed the Potomac on the Francis Scott Key Bridge After leaving Clarendon trolleys on the South Arlington branch largely followed the future routes of Washington Boulevard and Southgate Drive The branch crossed the Nauck line at Hatfield Junction and joined the Rosslyn branch at Mount Vernon Junction which received its name because the Rosslyn branch was a part of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway when the South Arlington branch first reached it After leaving Mount Vernon Junction the branch s trolleys traveled on the Rosslyn branch s tracks until they reached Arlington Junction where they joined the Washington Mount Vernon line After entering the tracks of the Washington Mount Vernon line the South Arlington branch s trolleys some of which had originated in Fairfax City crossed the Potomac River on the 1872 Long Bridge and later on the Highway Bridge Their trips ended at the downtown Washington station 9 11 68 I 66 and the Custis Trail now travel from Lee Highway U S Route 29 in East Falls Church to Ballston on or near the Fairfax line s right of way along the former route of Fairfax Drive Washington Metro s Orange and Silver Lines now follow the route of the Fairfax line and its North Arlington branch from Lee Highway in East Falls Church to N Lynn Street in Rosslyn Fairfax line stations Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The stations of the Fairfax line were with locations of sites in 2008 Station Location 42 Jurisdiction Notes Coordinates ImagesFairfax Courthouse Main Street Virginia State Route 236 and Chain Bridge Road Virginia State Route 123 City of Fairfax After 1907 There was a waiting room in the hotel called The Wilcoxen Tavern located on the NE corner of Main Street and Chain Bridge then known as Payne Street until the hotel was torn down to build the Fairfax National Bank building in 1930 121 38 50 47 N 77 18 25 W 38 846355 N 77 30702 W 38 846355 77 30702 Fairfax Courthouse Station Washington Virginia Railway Fairfax Electric Depot Main Street Virginia State Route 236 and Railroad Avenue City of Fairfax 1904 1907Replaced by freight depot Historical marker at site Arlington Fairfax Electric Railway 113 This was located on a separate spur that broke from the main line between current day Moore and Oliver streets 38 50 54 N 77 18 46 W 38 848409 N 77 312698 W 38 848409 77 312698 Fairfax Electric Depot Washington Virginia Railway Cedar Avenue Cedar Avenue City of Fairfax 38 51 13 N 77 18 36 W 38 853512 N 77 310083 W 38 853512 77 310083 Cedar Avenue Station Washington Virginia Railway WileyMartiniqueBlake Blake Lane Fairfax County 38 52 37 N 77 18 02 W 38 876935 N 77 30047 W 38 876935 77 30047 Blake Station Washington Virginia Railway Sanger Fairfax CountyOakton 2923 Gray Street between Pine Street and Oakton Drive Fairfax County Contained a post office and general store Built in 1905 Preserved by Northern Virginia Conservation Trust 122 Station listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1995 123 38 52 46 N 77 17 49 W 38 8794724 N 77 2968167 W 38 8794724 77 2968167 Oakton Station Washington Virginia Railway nbsp Oakton Trolley Station 2012 Edgelea Edgelea Road and Courthouse Road Fairfax County 38 52 57 N 77 17 22 W 38 882481 N 77 289548 W 38 882481 77 289548 Edgelea Station Washington Virginia Railway Shockey Hidden Road Fairfax County 38 53 04 N 77 17 08 W 38 884385 N 77 285643 W 38 884385 77 285643 Shockey Station Washington Virginia Railway Five Oaks Sutton Road Fairfax County 38 53 13 N 77 16 55 W 38 886874 N 77 28207 W 38 886874 77 28207 Five Oaks Station Washington Virginia Railway Bothwell Fairfax CountyLewis Street Wade Hampton Drive SW and Millwood Court SW Town of Vienna 38 53 43 N 77 16 17 W 38 895308 N 77 271373 W 38 895308 77 271373 Lewis Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Library Library Lane SW Town of Vienna 38 53 49 N 77 16 10 W 38 897012 N 77 269421 W 38 897012 77 269421 Library Station Washington Virginia Railway Courthouse Road Courthouse Road SW Town of Vienna 38 53 56 N 77 16 01 W 38 898865 N 77 266953 W 38 898865 77 266953 Courthouse Road Station Washington Virginia Railway Vienna Near Dominion Road NE and Church Street NE Town of Vienna Undated Photo 124 Undated photo of center door trolley car running from Arlington amp Fairfax Railway s Vienna station towards Oakton and Fairfax City 125 Undated photo looking west toward Washington Virginia Railway station and Washington amp Old Dominion Railway station 38 54 11 N 77 15 56 W 38 903057 N 77 265429 W 38 903057 77 265429 Vienna Station Washington Virginia Railway Park Street Park Street SE and Ninovan Road SE Town of Vienna 38 54 03 N 77 15 34 W 38 90075 N 77 259378 W 38 90075 77 259378 Park Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Tydidi Name uncertainFranklin Intersection of Electric Avenue and Follin Lane SE Town of Vienna Northeast of crossing of the W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division 38 54 01 N 77 14 41 W 38 900247 N 77 244795 W 38 900247 77 244795 Franklin Station Washington Virginia Railway Woodford Electric Avenue and Woodford Road Fairfax County 38 54 06 N 77 14 21 W 38 901754 N 77 239251 W 38 901754 77 239251 Woodford Station Washington Virginia Railway East Woodford Electric Avenue Fairfax CountyWedderburn Heights Electric Avenue Fairfax CountyEnola Electric Avenue and Cedar Lane Fairfax County 38 53 55 N 77 13 43 W 38 898515 N 77 228651 W 38 898515 77 228651 Enola Station Washington Virginia Railway Dunn Loring Railroad Street and Gallows Road Fairfax County 38 53 52 N 77 13 28 W 38 89788 N 77 224467 W 38 89788 77 224467 Dunn Loring Station Washington Virginia Railway Robey Fairfax CountyIdlewood Idlewood Road Virginia State Route 695 and Helena Drive Fairfax County 38 53 42 N 77 12 43 W 38 895088 N 77 211817 W 38 895088 77 211817 Idlewood Station Washington Virginia Railway Burr Fairfax CountyAntrumWest Falls Church West End 1101 West Broad Street Virginia State Route 7 near Falls Avenue City of Falls Church Station at stationmaster s residence Undated photo 126 38 53 32 N 77 11 13 W 38 892204 N 77 186841 W 38 892204 77 186841 West Falls Church West End Station Washington Virginia Railway East Falls Church 41 127 Lee Highway U S Route 29 west side and Fairfax Drive north side Arlington County Ticket depot and post office in grocery store Undated photo 128 Undated photo 129 38 53 15 N 77 09 43 W 38 887467 N 77 162079 W 38 887467 77 162079 East Falls Church Station Washington Virginia Railway Ashdale Fairfax Junction 130 I 66 near N Roosevelt Street Arlington County 38 53 07 N 77 09 15 W 38 885241 N 77 154053 W 38 885241 77 154053 Ashdale Fairfax Junction Station Washington Virginia Railway Hyson I 66 near N Quesada Street Arlington County Named for I S Hyson 131 38 53 03 N 77 09 07 W 38 884302 N 77 151854 W 38 884302 77 151854 Hyson Station Washington Virginia Railway Heights I 66 between N Quantico and N Potomac Street Arlington County 38 53 02 N 77 09 01 W 38 883851 N 77 150373 W 38 883851 77 150373 Heights Station Washington Virginia Railway Highland Park 132 I 66 near N Powhattan Street Arlington County 38 52 59 N 77 08 53 W 38 883032 N 77 14812 W 38 883032 77 14812 Highland Park Station Washington Virginia Railway Upton 133 N Ohio Street east side and I 66 Arlington County Near Fostoria Station of W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division 38 52 57 N 77 08 46 W 38 882414 N 77 146211 W 38 882414 77 146211 Upton Station Washington Virginia Railway Kearney 134 N Kennesaw Street and I 66 Arlington County Named for Blanche Kearney 135 38 52 47 N 77 08 17 W 38 879658 N 77 137971 W 38 879658 77 137971 Kearney Station Washington Virginia Railway Torreyson I 66 east of Patrick Henry Drive Arlington County Named for A Duke Torryson 136 38 52 47 N 77 08 17 W 38 879658 N 77 137971 W 38 879658 77 137971 Torreyson Station Washington Virginia Railway Veitch Summit 41 137 N Jefferson Street and Fairfax Drive Arlington County Named for George A Veitch 138 38 52 48 N 77 07 53 W 38 879875 N 77 131405 W 38 879875 77 131405 Veitch Station Washington Virginia Railway Mulhall 139 N Harrison Street west side and Fairfax Drive Arlington County Named for Bertha A Mulhall 140 38 52 48 N 77 07 42 W 38 880009 N 77 128229 W 38 880009 77 128229 Mulhall Station Washington Virginia Railway Sunnyside 141 N Edison Street and Fairfax Drive Arlington County 38 52 51 N 77 07 24 W 38 880861 N 77 123302 W 38 880861 77 123302 Sunnyside Station Washington Virginia Railway Burch 142 Fairfax Drive east of N George Mason Drive Arlington County Named for Mary S Burch 142 38 52 53 N 77 07 17 W 38 881347 N 77 121479 W 38 881347 77 121479 Burch Station Washington Virginia Railway Waycroft N Buchanan Street and I 66 Arlington County West of crossing of the Thrifton Bluemont Junction connecting line of the W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division 38 52 54 N 77 07 10 W 38 881796 N 77 119496 W 38 881796 77 119496 Waycroft Station Washington Virginia Railway Lacey Car Barn 143 907 N Glebe Road Virginia State Route 120 Arlington County In rail yard east of crossing of the Thrifton Bluemont Junction connecting line of the W amp OD Railway s Bluemont Division Historical marker at site Lacey Car Barn 118 Present site of Marymount University Ballston Center 38 52 57 N 77 07 00 W 38 882615 N 77 116567 W 38 882615 77 116567 Lacey Car Barn Washington Virginia Railway Lacey 41 144 N Glebe Road Virginia State Route 120 west side and Fairfax Drive south side Arlington County Named for Robert S Lacey 145 38 52 55 N 77 06 58 W 38 882026 N 77 115979 W 38 882026 77 115979 Lacey Station Washington Virginia Railway Ballston 41 146 N Stuart Street east side and Fairfax Drive Virginia State Route 237 north side Arlington County Opposite side of Fairfax Drive from Ballston MU Metrorail station entrance Historical marker near site Ballston 147 148 38 52 57 N 77 06 42 W 38 882381 N 77 111707 W 38 882381 77 111707 Ballston Station Washington Virginia Railway Bolivar Utopia 149 N Pollard Street west side and Fairfax Drive Virginia State Route 237 Arlington County 38 52 57 N 77 06 24 W 38 882398 N 77 106686 W 38 882398 77 106686 Bolivar Station Washington Virginia Railway Farlee 150 N Nelson Street and Fairfax Drive Virginia State Route 237 Arlington County Near Virginia Square GMU Metrorail station 38 52 59 N 77 06 15 W 38 883066 N 77 104138 W 38 883066 77 104138 Farlee Station Washington Virginia Railway Belaire Fairfax Drive Virginia State Route 237 Arlington CountyClarendon 41 151 N Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard Arlington County Junction with North Arlington branch and South Arlington branchCirca 1910 photo of Clarendon station1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle showing abandoned trolley line tracks 152 Near Clarendon Metrorail station 38 53 10 N 77 05 46 W 38 886139 N 77 096043 W 38 886139 77 096043 Clarendon Station Washington Virginia Railway Remnants of the Fairfax line Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates When the company switched to auto railers it sold it s electric car fleet Many of them ended up in Canada with at least one going to the Niagara St Catharines and Toronto Railway 153 Another one was sold to Ben L Cross and used as a Diner near Centreville that was demolished by 1971 154 After the company went bankrupt in 1939 it sold its fleet of auto railers to places all around the country 82 Four of the auto railers were sold to the W amp OD railroad two were sold to the Arcade amp Attica Railroad and one was sold to the Coudersport amp Port Allegany Railroad and scrapped in 1953 155 Of the ones sold to the W amp OD one was used to transport train crews 156 Others were used for general maintenance and repairs and one was converted to do repair work on the overhead electric lines for the tracks 82 One of them was scrapped in 1946 157 In 1946 a portion of the right of way in Arlington County was purchased for the construction of Fairfax Drive named for the railway 158 In 1947 the Arlington and Fairfax Motor Transportation Company the surviving portion of the Arlington and Fairfax Auto Railroad Company merged with the Arnold Lines a k a The Washington Virginia and Maryland Coach Company WVMCC it s remaining assets transferred to the A amp F Corporation and the company was dissolved 159 The next year the A amp F Corporation was dissolved 160 The WVMCC was purchased by DC Transit in 1964 which was then acquired by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 1973 meaning that the bus system in Arlington and Fairfax is a legacy of the A amp F 161 162 In 1958 the Lacey car barn at the northwest corner of Glebe and Fairfax drive was damaged by fire The building was already marked for demolition to make room for a bowling alley but the fire sped up its demise This car barn was built in 1912 when the line was double tracked to replace the original one a few blocks east at the NW corner of Stafford and Fairfax Drive 163 Rolling Stock Auto railer Car 109 109 was one of the auto railers sold to the W amp OD It was acquired by the Chicago South Shore amp South Bend RR in 1955 with a platform on the roof for working on the overhead wires in East Chicago IN 164 Sometime in the 1950 s it was sold to the Grasse River Railroad in New York Sometime after the GRR went under in 1959 it passed into private ownership and as of 2021 was stored at Clark s Trading Post in Lincoln New Hampshire It is the last known remaining piece of rolling stock from the Washington Virginia streetcars but it has not been maintained and has been stored outside for 60 years 165 Station Oakton Station 2923 Gray Street between Pine Street and Oakton Drive Fairfax County Now a private residence Includes rail and a raised trolley roadbed 122 166 Roads Railroad Avenue Fairfax City Coordinates 38 50 57 N 77 18 43 W 38 84905 N 77 311885 W 38 84905 77 311885 Railroad Avenue Farr Avenue Fairfas City Ninovan Road SE Vienna Coordinates 38 53 59 N 77 15 03 W 38 89965 N 77 250881 W 38 89965 77 250881 Ninovan Road SE Electric Avenue Vienna and Fairfax County Coordinates 38 54 06 N 77 14 17 W 38 901621 N 77 23805 W 38 901621 77 23805 Electric Avenue Railroad Street Fairfax County Coordinates 38 53 53 N 77 13 23 W 38 897984 N 77 222997 W 38 897984 77 222997 Railroad Street Fairfax County Helena Drive Fairfax County Coordinates 38 53 43 N 77 12 45 W 38 895392 N 77 212526 W 38 895392 77 212526 Helena Drive Lincoln Avenue Falls Church Coordinates 38 53 27 N 77 10 27 W 38 890866 N 77 174277 W 38 890866 77 174277 Lincoln Avenue I 66 between N Sycamore Street and N Kennebec Street Arlington Coordinates 38 52 55 N 77 08 41 W 38 881913 N 77 144794 W 38 881913 77 144794 I 66 I 66 between N Harrison Street and N Edison Street Arlington Coordinates 38 52 49 N 77 07 30 W 38 880293 N 77 125086 W 38 880293 77 125086 I 66 Fairfax Drive Arlington Coordinates 38 52 56 N 77 06 37 W 38 88234 N 77 110199 W 38 88234 77 110199 Fairfax Drive Bridge remnants nbsp One abutment of the bridge that carried the Fairfax line over the W amp OD Railway at Franklin nbsp Remaining abutment of the bridge that carried the Fairfax line over Accotink Creek Mosby Woods TributaryPoured concrete railroad bridge abutment on north side of Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad Trail between Electric Avenue and Ninovan Road Vienna Built in July 1904 according to engravings on its east side Coordinates 38 54 00 N 77 14 45 W 38 89988 N 77 245718 W 38 89988 77 245718 Washington Virginia Railway bridge abutment Stone railroad bridge abutment on south side of Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail between Electric Avenue and Ninovan Road Vienna 167 Coordinates 38 53 59 N 77 14 45 W 38 899792 N 77 245849 W 38 899792 77 245849 Washington Virginia Railway bridge abutment Abutments and wing walls of demolished railroad bridge over branch of Accotink Creek between Fairfax Village Drive and Cardinal Road Fairfax City 168 Coordinates 38 51 50 N 77 18 16 W 38 86398 N 77 304485 W 38 86398 77 304485 Remnants of demolished Washington Virginia Railway bridge Poured concrete railroad bridge over branch of Accotink Creek near the intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Fairfax Boulevard behind the 29 Diner in Fairfax City Coordinates 38 51 31 N 77 18 32 W 38 858541 N 77 308973 W 38 858541 77 308973 Washington Virginia Railway bridge Embankment Approximately 1 3 of a mile of embankment remains between Railroad Avenue and Farr Avenue in Fairfax It contains a social trail Approximately half of a mile of embankment remains between I 66 and a parking lot at 10402 Eaton Place in Fairfax It contains a social trail Trails Unpaved trails and trolley cut between Gallows Road and Morgan Lane in South Railroad Street Park Dunn Loring Fairfax County 116 Coordinates 38 53 51 N 77 13 10 W 38 8976045 N 77 2193599 W 38 8976045 77 2193599 Trolley cut and unpaved trails Station Washington Virginia Railway remnants North Arlington branch Edit Constructed by the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railroad as part of the Fairfax line the North Arlington branch of the Washington Virginia Railway connected Clarendon and Rosslyn 120 The branch traveled northeast from Clarendon along the present routes of Clarendon Boulevard Fairfax Drive and N Lynn Streets approximating the present underground routes of Washington Metro s Orange and Silver lines The branch turned to the north when joining the Nauck line at Fort Myer Junction joined the Rosslyn Branch while traveling north along the present route of N Lynn Street and ended near the Aqueduct Bridge at the railroad s Rosslyn terminal The Rosslyn terminal was removed in late 1939 along with the W amp OD station nearby to create Rosslyn Plaza as an improved gateway to DC and to allow the George Washington Parkway to pass under the key Bridge 169 170 The tracks around Rosslyn Circle were removed in late 1959 171 North Arlington branch stations Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The stations of the North Arlington branch Clarendon Fairfax branch of Washington Virginia Railway 41 were with locations of sites in 2008 Station 41 Location 42 Jurisdiction Notes CoordinatesClarendon 41 151 N Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard Arlington County Junction with North Arlington branch and South Arlington branchCirca 1910 photo of Clarendon station1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle showing abandoned trolley line tracks 152 Near Clarendon Metrorail station 38 53 10 N 77 05 46 W 38 886139 N 77 096043 W 38 886139 77 096043 Clarendon Station Washington Virginia Railway Spruce Street Clarendon Boulevard and N Fillmore Street northeast side Arlington County 38 53 17 N 77 05 35 W 38 887960 N 77 093075 W 38 887960 77 093075 Spruce Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Oak Street Clarendon Boulevard and N Edgewood Street northeast side Arlington County 38 53 18 N 77 05 30 W 38 888463 N 77 091641 W 38 888463 77 091641 Oak Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Walnut Street Fairfax Drive and N Cleveland Street Arlington County 38 53 18 N 77 05 22 W 38 888342 N 77 089419 W 38 888342 77 089419 Walnut Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Chestnut Street Fairfax Drive an N Barton Street southeast side Arlington County 38 53 16 N 77 05 18 W 38 887801 N 77 088211 W 38 887801 77 088211 Chestnut Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Courtlands Arlington CountyCourt House 172 Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road and N Courthouse Road northeast side Arlington County 38 53 12 N 77 04 59 W 38 886797 N 77 083144 W 38 886797 77 083144 Courthouse Station Washington Virginia Railway Murphy Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road between N Rhodes Street and N Rolfe Street Arlington Arlington County 38 53 21 N 77 04 45 W 38 889095 N 77 079048 W 38 889095 77 079048 Murphy Station Washington Virginia Railway McCombs Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road Arlington CountyBaltimore Street Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road and N Quinn Street Arlington County 38 53 24 N 77 04 41 W 38 890002 N 77 078099 W 38 890002 77 078099 Baltimore Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Wolz Woltz 173 Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road and N Queen Street Arlington County 38 53 27 N 77 04 38 W 38 890732 N 77 077246 W 38 890732 77 077246 Walz Station Washington Virginia Railway Military Road Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road between the north end of N Ode Street and the south end of Fort Myer Drive Arlington County 38 53 29 N 77 04 31 W 38 891441 N 77 075252 W 38 891441 77 075252 Military Road Station Washington Virginia Railway Heights Fairfax Drive U S Route 50 service road north of the north end of N Nash Street Arlington County Named for Radnor Heights 38 53 33 N 77 04 22 W 38 892512 N 77 072745 W 38 892512 77 072745 Heights Station Washington Virginia Railway Fort Myer Junction East of intersection of Fairfax Drive and N Lynn Street Arlington County Junction with Nauck line 38 53 36 N 77 04 15 W 38 893361 N 77 070728 W 38 893361 77 070728 Fort Myer Junction Washington Virginia Railway Rosslyn 41 62 N Lynn Street near Key Bridge Marriott Hotel Arlington County East of W amp OD Railway station 38 53 59 N 77 04 15 W 38 899598 N 77 070934 W 38 899598 77 070934 Rosslyn Station Washington Virginia Railway Remnants of North Arlington branch Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Roads Clarendon Boulevard Arlington Coordinates 38 53 17 N 77 05 34 W 38 887993 N 77 092837 W 38 887993 77 092837 Clarendon Boulevard Fairfax Drive Arlington Coordinates 38 53 15 N 77 05 14 W 38 887383 N 77 087272 W 38 887383 77 087272 Fairfax Drive South Arlington branch Edit Constructed by the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railroad the South Arlington branch of the Washington Virginia Railway connected the railway s North Arlington and Rosslyn branches when traveling between Clarendon and Mt Vernon Junction After most of the Rosslyn branch closed in 1921 the South Arlington branch continued along the remaining route of that branch until it reached Arlington Junction where it connected with the railway s Washington Mount Vernon line 174 Eastbound trolleys using the branch while traveling to downtown Washington began their trips on the Fairfax line and entered the branch at Clarendon The branch traveled from Clarendon southeast along the present route of Washington Boulevard and crossed the western boundary of the Arlington Reservation and Fort Myer After entering the Fort the South Arlington branch crossed the Fort Myer Nauck line at Hatfield Junction The branch then traveled south until leaving the Fort and other federal property within the Reservation when crossing the Reservation s southern boundary near the Fort s present South Gate The branch then traveled east along the present route of Southgate Road now immediately south of Henderson Hall Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery After passing the Cemetery s southeast corner the branch reached Mt Vernon Junction where it joined the Rosslyn branch which was originally a branch of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Electric Railroad 174 South Arlington branch stations Edit Map this section s coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The stations of the South Arlington branch of the Washington Virginia Railway 41 with locations of sites in 2008 were Station Location 42 Jurisdiction Notes CoordinatesClarendon 151 Washington Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard Arlington County Junction with Fairfax line and North Arlington branchCirca 1910 photo of Clarendon station1950s aerial photograph of Clarendon Circle showing abandoned trolley line tracks 152 Near Clarendon Metrorail station 38 53 10 N 77 05 46 W 38 886139 N 77 096043 W 38 886139 77 096043 Clarendon Station Washington Virginia Railway South Spruce Street Washington Boulevard and 10th Street N Arlington County 38 53 03 N 77 05 34 W 38 884281 N 77 092738 W 38 884281 77 092738 South Spruce Street Station Washington Virginia Railway Vinson Lyon Park Washington Boulevard and N Pershing Drive Arlington County 38 52 51 N 77 05 26 W 38 880810 N 77 090468 W 38 880810 77 090468 Vinson Station Washington Virginia Railway Hatfield Hatfield Junction 100 In Fort Myer southwest of the intersection of Pershing Drive and Sheridan Avenue east of Washington Boulevard Virginia State Route 27 and southeast of Arlington Boulevard U S Route 50 Arlington County Crossing of Fort Myer Nauck line 100 38 52 26 N 77 04 55 W 38 873895 N 77 081838 W 38 873895 77 081838 Hatfield Junction Washington Virginia Railway St John In Fort Myer near the Hatfield Gate west of the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and Carpenter Drive Arlington County 38 52 21 N 77 04 48 W 38 872592 N 77 080035 W 38 872592 77 080035 St John Station Washington Virginia Railway Radio In Fort Myer near Hobson Drive MacArthur Circle and Carpenter Drive Arlington County In Fort Myer northeast of the NAA Arlington Naval Radio Station now the Naval Support Facility Arlington 38 52 11 N 77 04 33 W 38 869785 N 77 075915 W 38 869785 77 075915 Radio Station Washington Virginia Railway Syphax Southgate Road and S Oak Street Arlington County Named for the estate of Maria Syphax 174 175 38 52 08 N 77 04 15 W 38 868984 N 77 070959 W 38 868984 77 070959 Syphax Station Washington Virginia Railway Clark Between Southgate Road and the United States Air Force Memorial Arlington County Named for John W Clark 174 176 38 52 10 N 77 04 00 W 38 869423 N 77 066631 W 38 869423 77 066631 Clark Station Washington Virginia Railway Mount Vernon Junction Near present east crossing of Columbia Pike Virginia State Route 244 and Washington Boulevard Virginia State Route 27 Arlington County Junction with Rosslyn branch of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway 38 52 11 N 77 03 42 W 38 869639 N 77 06179 W 38 869639 77 06179 Mount Vernon Junction Washington Virginia Railway Relee I 395 between S Fern Street and S Eads Street south of The Pentagon Arlington County Named for Robert E Lee 38 51 56 N 77 03 20 W 38 865642 N 77 055531 W 38 865642 77 055531 Relee Station Washington Virginia Railway Arlington Junction 57 Between Army Navy Drive and 12th Street S and between S Eads Street and Richmond Highway U S Route 1 Arlington County Junction with Washington Mount Vernon line of Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway 38 51 50 N 77 03 12 W 38 86393 N 77 053444 W 38 86393 77 053444 Arlington Junction Washington Virginia Railway Remnant of South Arlington branch Edit Roads Washington Boulevard Arlington Coordinates 38 52 44 N 77 05 20 W 38 878965 N 77 088846 W 38 878965 77 088846 Washington Boulevard Historic designations Edit nbsp Oakton trolley station 2012 On October 19 1994 the Virginia Department of Historic Resources VDHR added the Oakton trolley station to the Virginia Landmarks Register VDHR identification number 029 0477 177 The National Park Service subsequently added the trolley station to the National Register of Historic Places NRHP on February 8 1995 NHRP identification number 95000026 123 VDHR staff have determined that several other properties associated with the Washington and Virginia Railway Company Washington Arlington and Falls Church Electric Railway VDHR identification number 029 5470 are not eligible for listing on the NHRP As of February 6 2018 the staff had not found any other such properties to be eligible for this listing 168 Washington and Old Dominion Railway EditMain articles Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Washington and Old Dominion Railway 1911 1936 and Great Falls and Old Dominion RailroadMaps EditExpandable 1892 map of Washington D C and suburbs showing the route of the Washington and Arlington Railway not labeled between Rosslyn and Arlington National Cemetery s Fort Myer Gate Averill F L First Lieutenant Commanding Platoon 1892 Map of Washington D C and Suburbs Showing the Latest Streets and All the New Street Car Routes Washington D C District of Columbia National Guard Engineer Corps Engineering Platoon Republished by the Citizens Executive Committee 26th National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic Washington D C 1892 Retrieved May 3 2020 via Hudson Murray Antique Maps Globes Books amp Prints www antiquemapsandglobes com a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link 1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria Alexandria County Falls Church and eastern Fairfax County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway not labeled between the city of Alexandria and Mount Vernon Gannett Henry Thompson Gilbert November 1894 Reconnaissance Map Virginia Maryland Mt Vernon Sheet United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Retrieved January 20 2020 via Virginia Historical Topographic Maps Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection Perry Castaneda Library University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas 1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria Alexandria County Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway in the city of Alexandria and Fairfax County The Vicinity of Washington D C Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1894 Philadelphia Griffith M Hopkins C E LCCN 88693364 OCLC 18019645 Retrieved January 20 2020 via Library of Congress 1898 topographic map of Washington D C the city of Alexandria Alexandria County now Arlington County Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railroad W A amp F C E R R and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway W A amp MT V Electric R R Washington and Vicinity Washington D C United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey 1898 Retrieved July 24 2020 via University of Alabama Map Library 1900 map of Alexandria County now Arlington County and the City of Alexandria showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway Graham Andrew B photo lithographer 1900 Alexandria City showing connections to Washington Alexandria Virginia M B Harlow LCCN 89692658 OCLC 20094588 Retrieved July 22 2021 via Library of Congress a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link 1900 map of Alexandria County now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 LCCN 89692758 OCLC 20854681 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress November 1901 topographic map of the District of Columbia and northeastern Alexandria County now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railroad not labeled and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railroad Wash Alex amp Mt Vernon Electric R R Outhet R A November 1901 Map of the District of Columbia Showing Areas Recommended to be Taken as Necessary for New Parks and Park Connections Washington D C Commission on the Improvement of the Park System LCCN 87694473 OCLC 16869886 Retrieved January 29 2020 via Library of Congress 1904 map of Alexandria County now Arlington County the city of Alexandria and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railroad W A amp F C R R and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Railroad Wash Alex amp Mt V R R Map of electric railroads steam railroads and streets in Washington and vicinity Rand McNally amp Co s Pictorial Guide to Washington New York and Chicago Rand McNally amp Company 1904 p 5 Retrieved January 13 2013 via Internet Archive 1907 map of Alexandria County now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway W A amp FC RY and the Washington amp Mt Vernon Railway WA amp MT V RY Reynolds Charles A 1907 Map of Arlington and vicinity Washington The Nation s Capital New York Foster amp Reynolds p 141 Retrieved January 13 2013 via Internet Archive nbsp 1915 topographic map of northwestern Fairfax County showing the route of the Fairfax line of the Washington Virginia Railway Electric RR between Vienna and the city of Fairfax and the routes of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway between Vienna and Herndon and between Difficult Run and Great Falls 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V RY the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway W A amp F C RY and the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railway G F amp O D RY Noetzel Gregor 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler LCCN 89692766 OCLC 20854717 Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 1915 topographic map of northwestern Fairfax County showing the route of the Fairfax line of the Washington Virginia Railway Electric RR between Vienna and the city of Fairfax and the routes of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway between Vienna and Herndon and between Difficult Run and Great Falls Marshall R B Sutton Frank October 1915 Topography Virginia Fairfax Quadrangle Washington D C United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Archived from the original on July 25 2020 Retrieved July 25 2020 via Historic Prince William 1915 topographic map of Washington D C the city of Alexandria Alexandria County Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington Virginia Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1915 Topography Maryland District of Columbia Virginia Washington and vicinity Washington D C United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691472 Retrieved July 24 2020 via Library of Congress Washington Virginia Railway system map Washington Virginia Railway Company 1916 Retrieved April 30 2021 via Facebook 1917 topographic map of Washington D C the city of Alexandria Alexandria County Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington Virginia Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity Maryland District of Columbia Virginia Washington D C United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691475 OCLC 15519039 Retrieved July 24 2020 via Library of Congress 1924 topographic map of the city of Alexandria and southeastern Fairfax County showing the Washington Virginia Railway s route between Alexandria and Mount Vernon Virginia Maryland Fort Humphreys and Vicinity United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey 1924 Retrieved February 12 2010 via University of Alabama website 1925 topographic map of south central Maryland and southeastern Fairfax County showing the Washington Virginia Railway s route in Fairfax County to Mt Vernon State of Maryland Geological Survey Maryland Virginia Indian Head Quadrangle United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey 1925 Retrieved January 23 2020 via Virginia Historical Topographic Maps Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection Perry Castaneda Library University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas 1929 topographic map of Washington D C the city of Alexandria Alexandria County Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Arlington and Fairfax A amp F Railway the Mount Vernon Alexandria and Washington Mt V A and W Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railway Washington and Vicinity Maryland District of Columbia Virginia Washington D C United States Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey 1929 LCCN 87693006 OCLC 15653164 Retrieved July 24 2020 via Library of Congress See also EditWashington streetcars Washington Metro Urban rail transit Bustitution Trolley parkNotes Edit 1 Washington Virginia Railway system map c 1915 Washington Virginia Railway Company publisher In Figure 18 A map of the electric train line PDF South Railroad Street Park Master Plan General Management Plan and Conceptual Development Plan Fairfax County Park Authority September 27 2006 p 19 Archived from the original PDF on October 7 2019 Retrieved October 7 2019 2 Map of electric railroads steam railroads and streets in Washington and vicinity Rand McNally amp Co s Pictorial Guide to Washington New York and Chicago Rand McNally amp Company 1904 p 5 Retrieved January 13 2013 via Internet Archive 3 Reynolds Charles A 1907 Map of Arlington and vicinity Washington The Nation s Capital New York Foster amp Reynolds p 141 Retrieved January 13 2013 via Internet Archive 4 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 5 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Alexandria and the Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry and the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 6 1938 Alexander Gross street and rail map of Arlington and vicinity in J A Weyraugh Document Collection permanent dead link in website of Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad Yahoo group Accessed April 24 2009 Congress to Act on Giant Merger Street Railways Richmond Virginian November 27 1912 Retrieved February 28 2023 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway near Arlington Junction Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the routes of the Washington Alexandria and the Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry and the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry near Arlington Junction Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website a b c d Merriken John E 1987 Old Dominion trolley too a history of the Mount Vernon Line L O King Jr p 3 ISBN 9780960093823 a b New Railway Line Chartered Alexandria Gazette June 23 1910 Retrieved February 28 2023 Washington Virginia Lines Formally Merged News Leader October 17 1910 Retrieved March 10 2023 Will Resume Old Status Alexandria Gazette September 30 1913 Retrieved February 28 2023 Resumes Former Name Alexandria Gazette October 17 1913 Retrieved February 28 2023 a b c d e Tindall Dr William 1918 Beginning of Street Railways in the National Capital Records of the Columbia Historical Society Washington D C Washington D C Columbia Historical Society 21 46 47 Retrieved February 2 2014 via Google Books Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Line The Evening Star June 5 1896 a b c d Through the Most Historic Section of Virginia Quickest Most Convenient and Interesting Route to Mt Vernon Alexandria Arlington National Cemetery via the Washington Arlington amp Mt Vernon Railway 1907 p 90 Archived from the original on June 10 2016 Retrieved February 2 2014 via Google Books a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Snowden William H 1902 Washington City to Mount Vernon Stations And Distances p 5 OCLC 6234650 Retrieved February 2 2020 via Internet Archive a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b Washington Virginia Railway Co timetable in Victorian Society at Falls Church 2007 6 An Era Ends 1901 1915 Images of America Victorian Falls Church Charleston SC Chicago IL Portsmouth NH San Francisco CA Arcadia Publishing p 102 ISBN 978 0 7385 5250 7 Archived from the original on May 9 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 via Google Books William H Rehnquist William H April 27 2001 Remarks at the Arlington Historical Society Banquet United States Supreme Court Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved February 3 2014 Cohen Robert 2003 History of the Long Railroad Bridge Crossing Across the Potomac River Washington D C Chapter National Railway Historical Society Archived from the original on February 2 2014 Retrieved February 3 2014 Snowden William H 1902 Some Old Historic Landmarks of Virginia and Maryland Described in a Hand book for the Tourist Over the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway 3rd ed Alexandria Virginia G H Ramey amp Son p 1 OCLC 6234650 Retrieved February 2 2018 via Internet Archive U S to complete W VA line to camp The Washington Post December 30 1920 Fort Belvoir Military Railroad Historic Corridor National Register of Historic Places Registration Form PDF Retrieved February 22 2023 Hearing Extension Plans of Alexandria Bus Firm Richmond News Leader March 18 1925 Retrieved May 8 2023 MAY WINS BATTLE FOR OPERATING BUS LINE TO ALEXANDRIA The Washington Post January 30 1925 Washington Richmond Bus Approved by VA October 1 1925 Retrieved May 8 2023 NEW MOUNT VERNON RAILWAY S CHARTER APPLICATION MADE The Washington Post July 24 1927 a b c Matthews Lois January 20 1973 Sad Goodbye to AB amp W Northern Virginia Sun Retrieved May 8 2023 Mt Vernon Line to be Abandoned The Evening Star January 3 1930 SPEAKERS EULOGIZE LEE AND JACKSON The Washington Post January 21 1930 Mt Vernon Road to be Dismantled The Evening Star January 23 1930 Interurban Line Changes Owners The Washington Post May 13 1930 Buses Considered By Virginia Line Alexandria Railway Officials The Washington Post February 1 1931 HOUSE COMMITTEE MAY FACE BATTLE ON TRACK REMOVAL The Washington Post January 14 1932 Last Trolley Run Made to Alexandria The Washington Post January 18 1932 Closing of Highway at Bridge Planned The Washington Post September 19 1931 May Build Road Fairfax Herald April 15 1932 Retrieved February 27 2023 Short News Notes Fairfax Herald May 6 1932 Archived from the original on February 27 2023 Retrieved February 27 2023 CAR SPACE AVAILABLE AT MASONIC PARADE The Washington Post May 2 1932 Alexandrians Pay Explorers Homage The Washington Post October 13 1932 Two State Jobs For One Man Held Illegal The Washington Post June 24 1934 a b c d e Transportation marker HMdb org The Historical Marker Database September 15 2009 Archived from the original on September 23 2015 Retrieved February 5 2012 Near this point the Alexandria Canal crossed Four Mile Run connecting Alexandria docks and railyards to Georgetown and western Maryland from 1843 to 1886 To the east were the turnpike and railroad In 1896 the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway began to run electric trolleys beside the abandoned canal in this area where it also built a car barn repair shops and a power house In 1906 the trolley line opened and operated Luna Park west of the tracks providing a ballroom roller coaster water slide and other amusements Parts of this complex survived until 1993 when the trolley barn was torn down after serving as a bus garage since the 1930s Eads Street traces the canal and trolley line 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric R W within the route of the Old Alexandria Canal northeast of Four Mile Run and west of the Alfred Richards Brick Co and the Morrison Brick Co Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1 Ness Leland 2008 The Electric Railway historical marker PDF Del Ray and the Town of Potomac Del Ray Interpretive Signs City of Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original PDF on September 16 2015 Retrieved January 23 2016 2 Stone Jim The Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad in Del Ray Alexandria VA Del Ray Citizens Association Archived from the original on March 29 2008 Retrieved January 17 2010 a b c History of New Alexandria Welcome to New Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original on October 8 2014 Retrieved February 2 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Washington Virginia Railway Geographical List of Railway Stations in Arlington County 1924 p 50 LCCN 25001549 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help a b c d e f Locations of stations in 2008 from comparison of contemporary and 2008 street maps Mannarino Tammy January 9 2019 Wellington Riverview Andalusia Arcturus and Collingwood The Snowden Brothers and their Homes Backyard Mount Vernon Archived from the original on July 23 2019 Retrieved February 12 2020 via WordPress 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County Virginia showing the Braddock Station of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website Image of The Electric Railway historical marker near site of Mount Ida station in Ness Leland 2008 The Electric Railway historical marker PDF Del Ray and the Town of Potomac Del Ray Interpretive Signs City of Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original PDF on September 16 2015 Retrieved January 23 2016 Electric Railway historical marker near site of Mount Ida station location and partial text of marker in alsdmf May 19 2010 Del Ray Interpretive Markers Archived from the original on April 7 2014 Retrieved May 23 2011 a b Image of St Asaph Racetrack historical marker near site of St Asaph station in Ness Leland 2008 St Asaph Racetrack historical marker PDF Del Ray and the Town of Potomac Del Ray Interpretive Signs City of Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original PDF on September 19 2015 Retrieved January 23 2016 St Asaph Racetrack historical marker near site of St Asaph station location and partial text of marker in alsdmf May 19 2010 Del Ray Interpretive Markers Archived from the original on April 7 2014 Retrieved May 23 2011 Image of Mount Vernon Avenue historical marker near site of Hume station in Ness Leland 2008 Mount Vernon Avenue PDF Del Ray and the Town of Potomac Del Ray Interpretive Signs City of Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original PDF on October 1 2015 Retrieved May 23 2011 Mount Vernon Avenue historical marker near site of Hume station location and partial text of marker in alsdmf May 19 2010 Del Ray Interpretive Markers Archived from the original on April 7 2014 Retrieved May 23 2011 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing St Elmo Station Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website Image of The Bluemont Line historical marker near site of St Elmo station in Ness Leland 2008 The Bluemont Line historical marker PDF Del Ray and the Town of Potomac Del Ray Interpretive Signs City of Alexandria Virginia Archived from the original PDF on December 25 2015 Retrieved May 23 2011 Bluemont Line historical marker near site of St Elmo station location and partial text of marker in alsdmf May 19 2010 Del Ray Interpretive Markers Archived from the original on April 7 2014 Retrieved May 23 2011 Coordinates of Transportation historical marker 38 50 34 N 77 03 16 W 38 8428977 N 77 0545435 W 38 8428977 77 0545435 Four Mile Run Station Washington Virginia Railway Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Luna Park station of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County Virginia showing Addison Station Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website a b c d 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing Arlington Junction Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing Arlington Junction Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website Cullum James May 15 2020 Historic Streetcar Tracks Found During Water Main Repair in Old Town ALX Now Retrieved June 16 2020 New Line to Arlington The Washington Post May 22 1896 Cut Off Rosslyn Alexandria Gazette May 5 1921 Retrieved February 27 2023 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon R W on the southeast side of the Georgetown amp Alexandria Road within the Arlington Reservation between the Potomac River and the National Cemetery Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and the Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry on the southeast side of a road within the Arlington Reservation between the Potomac River and the Nat l Cemetery Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website a b c 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Rosslynn station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway and the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway near the Aqueduct Bridge Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1925 photo of Rosslyn Archived February 8 2005 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 12 2008 From Washington D C Past and Present Oneonta Press website Peter R Penczer Arlington VA Archived February 7 2005 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 12 2008 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County Virginia showing the Arlington station of the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website Office of the Depot Quartermaster General August 14 1912 Enlargeable map of Arlington National Cemetery showing original location of Sheridan Gate and Arlington station lower right Archived from the original on December 30 2015 Retrieved December 30 2015 At Schara Mark 2012 Map Arlington National Cemetery Sheridan Gate Arlington Arlington County VA Washington D C Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Archived from the original on December 30 2015 Retrieved December 30 2015 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria amp Mt Vernon Electric Railway near Queen City station Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Alexandria and Mt Vernon Railway W A amp Mt V Ry near Queen City station Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website Washington and Arlington Railway Company Laws Relating to Street Railway Franchises in the District of Columbia Washington D C Government Printing Office 1896 pp 157 164 Retrieved January 31 2014 via Internet Archive a b c Washington Arlington and Falls Church Ry 1907 p 88 Archived from the original on April 10 2017 Retrieved February 2 2014 via Google Books a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Local News Briefly Told Fairfax Herald March 15 1907 Retrieved March 10 2023 Receiver for W A amp F C Ry Fairfax Herald October 4 1907 Retrieved March 13 2023 a b Memorial Bridge Approach Opened The Washington Post April 10 1932 W Va Railway Get Franchise Fairfax Herald May 8 1925 Retrieved March 29 2023 New Bus Service Started Fairfax Herald June 12 1925 Retrieved March 29 2023 Want better Rates Fairfax Herald November 4 1947 Retrieved March 29 2023 Interstate Commerce Commission Reports Volume 184 Washington DC US GPO 1932 p 629 634 Retrieved May 26 2023 Car Line Service to be Abandoned The Washington Post July 31 1932 School Board Seeks 65 000 In Arlington The Washington Post August 31 1934 120 Foot Roadway Likely in Arlington The Washington Post December 6 1932 a b Trustee s Sale The News Observer December 31 1936 Retrieved March 21 2023 Bus Service to Falls Church Commonwealth Monitor May 5 1934 Retrieved April 11 2023 Falls Church The News Observer August 29 1935 Retrieved April 12 2023 a b c Arlington s Autorailer Experiment Retrieved May 12 2023 Evans Autorailer No 107 Destination Vienna Friends of the W amp OD Trail Archived from the original photograph on September 21 2015 Retrieved November 10 2018 More Auto Railers Put in Operation The Arlington Sun December 11 1936 Retrieved March 15 2023 Auto Trailers Fairfax Herald July 24 1936 Retrieved March 16 2023 10 Auto Railers for A amp F Due Delivery in October The Sun September 10 1936 Retrieved March 17 2023 Auto Railers Come to Town Commonwealth Monitor December 12 1936 Retrieved March 20 2023 Gone But Not Forgotten The Evening Star December 22 1975 Railroad Sold Fairfax Herald January 15 1937 Retrieved March 22 2023 A amp F Railway sold under deed of trust The Sun January 15 1937 Retrieved March 23 2023 Auto Railers Again Seek Route to D C September 24 1937 Retrieved March 24 2023 Permit to Run New Type Bus Is Sought Here The Washington Post March 18 1936 Auto Railer Seeks to Abandon Service August 11 1939 Retrieved March 27 2023 Auto Railers to Stop The Fairfax Herald September 8 1939 Retrieved April 19 2023 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric R W between Rosslyn and Nauck 1 Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry between Rosslyn and Nauck Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric R W near Nauck Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry near Nauck Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Washington Virginia Railway within the Radnor Heights area Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Myer Steps station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Arlington station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website a b c d 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing two routes of the Washington Virginia Railway crossing at Hatfield Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Penrose station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website a b 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Miles C Munson Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website a b 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway within and adjacent to the property of Miles C Munson Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Columbia station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website a b 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Henry S Petty Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway adjacent to the property of Fox Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Fox station on the Washington Virginia Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing Fort Berry near the Washington Virginia Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website a b 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Nauck station on the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway west of the property of S B Corbett Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority Nauck A Neighborhood History marker HMdb org The Historical Marker Database Archived from the original on December 29 2018 Retrieved February 5 2012 It was the electric railway which came to Nauck in 1898 that spurred development of the neighborhood The Nauck line of the Washington Arlington and Fairfax Railway ran parallel to what is now South Kenmore Street and there was a station located south of what is now the intersection of 19th Street South and South Kenmore Street Marker is at the trailhead of the Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad Trail at S Shirlington Road near S Four Mile Run Dr 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Nauck station on the Washington Virginia Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website 1917 topographic map of Washington and vicinity showing the Green Valley station on the Washington Virginia Railway Marshall R B Sutton Frank 1917 Washington and Vicinity United States Geological Survey LCCN 87691474 OCLC 15519038 Retrieved January 22 2020 via Library of Congress website 1 The Fairfax County Courthouse A Brief History Official Fairfax County government site Archived November 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 15 2008 2 Photograph of Historic Fairfax County Courthouse by George Petropol Manassas Virginia Archived February 29 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 15 2008 a b Arlington Fairfax Electric Railway marker HMdb org The Historical Marker Database Archived from the original on November 5 2015 Retrieved October 18 2016 The Arlington Fairfax Line connected Fairfax with Washington D C from 1904 1939 and briefly terminated near this location until 1908 when it was extended to the courthouse after the original station was destroyed by fire The new stop served both as a passenger station and a stop for tourists to visit historic sites A freight depot replaced the station near this location spawning a small commercial center the remnants of which remained until 2009 A bedroom community grew along Cedar Avenue where the trolley made a stop after leaving this location Marker is in Fairfax Virginia Marker is at the intersection of Main Street Virginia Route 236 and Railroad Avenue on the right when traveling east on Main Street Johnson II William Page Fall 2003 The Fairfax Electric Depot amp Mill Managers Home PDF The Fare Facs Gazette The Newsletter of Historic Fairfax City Inc Vol 1 Issue 4 Archived from the original PDF on July 26 2011 Retrieved November 12 2016 Stuntz pp 245 246 264 a b Photographs of unpaved trails and trolley cut in Figures 14 Walking along the trail and 20 The trolley cut showing erosion and a path with a 15 20 depth in South Railroad Street Park Master Plan General Management Plan and Conceptual Development Plan PDF Fairfax County Park Authority September 27 2006 pp 16 21 Archived from the original PDF on October 7 2019 Retrieved October 7 2019 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric R W between Falls Church and Ballston Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry between Falls Church and Ballston Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website a b c Lacey Car Barn marker HMdb org The Historical Marker Database Archived from the original on July 2 2017 Retrieved July 2 2017 In 1896 the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway began running electric trolleys from Rosslyn to Falls Church on the present routes of Fairfax Drive and I 66 By 1907 the line linked downtown Washington to Ballston Vienna and the Town of Fairfax In 1910 the railway built at this location a car barn rail yard workshop electrical substation and general office In 1912 the rival Washington amp Old Dominion Railway began crossing the tracks on a bridge 200 yards west of here traveling the present route of I 66 from Rosslyn The line to Fairfax closed in 1939 but Metrorail s Orange Line follows its route through Arlington Marker is in Arlington Virginia in Arlington County Marker is at the intersection of Fairfax Drive and Glebe Road Virginia Route 120 on the right when traveling west on Fairfax Drive 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric R W between Ballston and Clarendon Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry between Ballston and Clarendon Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website a b 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric R W between Clarendon and Rosslyn Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the route of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry between Clarendon and Rosslyn Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website Soon to Disappear Fairfax Herald April 25 1930 Retrieved March 30 2023 a b 1 Trompeter Brian July 22 2011 Owner Offers Conservation Easement for Former Trolley Station in Oakton Sun Gazette Retrieved February 1 2012 permanent dead link 2 NVCT Preserves the Historic Oakton Trolley Station Northern Virginia Conservation Trust July 14 2011 Archived from the original on August 23 2011 Retrieved February 1 2012 3 Oakton Historic Trolley Line Preserved PDF Connection Connection Newspapers August 17 2011 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved January 13 2012 a b 1 Virginia SP Oakton Trolley Station National Archives Catalog National Archives and Records Administration Archived from the original on January 27 2020 Retrieved January 27 2020 2 Oakton Trolley Station National Register Information System ID 95000026 NPGallery Digital Asset Management System United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Retrieved January 28 2020 3 Oakton Trolley Station Virginia Fairfax County National Register of Historic Places Archived from the original on September 6 2015 Retrieved January 13 2012 4 Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties National Register of Historic Places 2 06 95 through 2 10 95 PDF Washington D C National Park Service United States Department of the Interior February 17 1995 Archived from the original PDF on December 28 2019 Retrieved January 27 2020 5 Stefan Adrienne Macklin Tom July 11 1994 Oakton Trolley Station PDF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form Richmond Virginia Virginia Department of Historic Resources Archived from the original PDF on February 18 2018 Retrieved February 1 2012 and Accompanying photo Undated photo of Vienna station of Washington Virginia Railway Vienna Virginia Archived March 4 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 12 2008 From McCray P Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad 1847 to 1968 A Photographic History Accessed March 12 2008 Guillaudeu David A Foreword by McCray Paul E 2013 Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad p 37 ISBN 9780738597928 OCLC 811603181 Retrieved October 31 2018 via Pinterest a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Taylor Cathy 2012 Undated photo of Washington Virginia Railway Co station at Shephard House at 1101 West Broad Street on the West End p 56 ISBN 9780738592626 OCLC 792878886 via Google Books Shephard House at 1101 West Broad Street served as both a station and stationmaster s residence on the West End By 1903 real estate agents subdivision developers and potential residents of Falls Church were using the trolley services extensively seeing development and promotional opportunities with the service providing flexible access to previously remote locales a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the East Falls Church station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the unnamed East Falls Church station of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website Taylor Cathy 2012 Undated photo of electric railway station at Wm B Thompson Groceries in East Falls Church p 55 ISBN 9780738592626 OCLC 792878886 via Google Books The trains were still slow and cumbersome with the junction change at Alexandria but electric railway tracks were laid parallel to the train tracks in town reaching East Falls Church in 1897 and extending along Lincoln Avenue to West End by 1901 Wm B Thompson Groceries also housed the electric railway ticket depot and post office a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Undated photograph of the Washington amp Old Dominion Railway and Washington Virginia Railway stations in East Falls Church Fairfax Underground Archived from the original on December 29 2019 Retrieved December 29 2019 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Fairfax Junction station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway adjacent to property owned by I S Hyson Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved February 1 2020 via Library of Congress website 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the unnamed Highland Park station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Highland Park station of the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway W A amp F C Ry Noetzel Gregor Boteler G G 1907 Map of Alexandria County Virginia formerly part of the District of Columbia Washington D C G G Boteler Retrieved October 8 2019 via Library of Congress website 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Upton station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 1 1900 map of Alexandria County Virginia now Arlington County showing the Kearney station of the Washington Arlington amp Falls Church Electric Railway Map of Alexandria County Virginia for the Virginia Title Co Alexandria Virginia The Company 1900 Retrieved October 7 2019 via Library of Congress website 2 Circa 1907 map of Alexandria County Virginia n, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,