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4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Washington, Brandywine & Point Lookout Railroad (WB&PL) (originally, the Southern Maryland Railroad) was an American railroad that operated in southern Maryland and Washington, D.C., from 1918 to 1942; but it and other, shorter-lived entities used the same right-of-way from 1883 to 1965.
19 miles (31 km) [1] The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark MPA), colloquially known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Baltimore, Maryland, from 1901 until the 1950s.
Southern Maryland Railroad: 1882 1886 Washington and Potomac Railroad: Virginia Midland Railway: SOU: 1880 1886 Richmond and Danville Railroad: Virginia and North Carolina Railroad: SOU: 1872 1873 Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad: RF&P: 1862 1868 Alexandria and ...
Virginia Railway Express (VRE) (reporting mark VREX) is a commuter rail service that connects outlying small cities of Northern Virginia to Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C. It operates two lines which run during weekday rush hour only: the Fredericksburg Line from Spotsylvania, Virginia, and the Manassas Line from Broad Run station ...
Potomac Yard as a rail yard in the 1980s Potomac Yard as a mixed-use neighborhood in 2021. Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks, or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, depending on the ...
The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River. Completed in 1858, the line came under the control of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1861, when the PRR acquired a controlling interest in the Northern Central's stock to ...
69000302. Designated. March 24, 1969. Location. Washington Union Station, known locally as Union Station, is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak 's headquarters, the railroad's second-busiest station, and North America's 10th-busiest ...
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad: M&PA, MPA 1901 1985 N/A Maryland and Pennsylvania Terminal Railway: 1905 1985 N/A Metropolitan Railroad (Maryland) 1853 1863 N/A Following the 1863 bankruptcy, B&O built its Metropolitan Branch along a similar route Metropolitan Southern Railroad: B&O: 1890 1988 N/A New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and ...