A Railroad Town

A Railroad Town (HM2N99)

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N 38° 45.022', W 77° 28.383'

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1865 - 1900

The railroad that brought such destruction to Manassas became the catalyst for its recovery. Returning residents and new arrivals built hotels, factories and businesses along the rail line. Trains exported local products to regional markets. As the community grew, streets were laid out and homes built. Soon a thriving town existed on what had been a barren landscape.

In 1896, the Southern Railway took over the line running through Manassas. Offering freight and commuter services, the Southern made Manassas a railroad town in the truest sense of the word. Today, freight trains still rumble by on a daily basis and Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express provide regular inter-city and commuter services.

[Aside:]
My father commuted twenty-eight years back and forth on the train. One night he came back and was quite elated because he had seen Colonel John S. Mosby on the train. He was a great admirer of Mosby.
— Virginia Speiden Carper

[Captions:]

This 1869 map of Manassas shows how the town grew up along the rail line.
— Manassas Museum Collection

A Southern freight train passes in front of the Southern States building, 1950. Businesses like this took advantage of the cheap transportation the railroad provided to ship goods to distant

markets.
— Manassas Museum Collection

An early Southern Railway schedule illustrates the long-standing relationship has with trains.
— Manassas Museum Collection

Details

HM Number	HM2N99
Tags	Early Settlers, Railroads and Streetcars, Industry and Commerce
Placed By	City of Manassas, Virginia
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Saturday, November 30th, 2019 at 1:02pm PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	18S E 285089 N 4291979
Decimal Degrees	38.75036667, -77.47305000
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 38° 45.022', W 77° 28.383'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	38° 45' 1.3199999999999" N, 77° 28' 22.98" W
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Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling North
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