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Electrification arrived in 1912, after the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad and the Southern Railway's Bluemont Branch were consolidated into the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. The new owners brought modern interurban trolley cars. Wire strung above the tracks carried electricity from the railroad's own power plant in Rosslyn, Virginia. In 1917 service switched to the local utility company.
By 1939, the year this man was photographed departing a trolley near Bluemont, Virginia, the W&OD had been operating on electricity for 27 years. Aging equipment was badly in need of modernization. In the early 1940s the railroad obtained its first self-propelled diesel-electric and gas-electric engines. Diesel power proved so efficient that by 1944 it had replaced electricity.
By 1939, the year this man was photographed departing a trolley near Bluemont, Virginia, the W&OD had been operating on electricity for 27 years. Aging equipment was badly in need of modernization. In the early 1940s the railroad obtained its first self-propelled diesel-electric and gas-electric engines. Diesel power proved so efficient that by 1944 it had replaced electricity.
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| HM Number | HMPU |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad series |
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| Placed By | The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority |
| Marker Condition |  10 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 12:02pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 304091 N 4308218 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.90101667, -77.25916667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.061', W 77° 15.55' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 3.66" N, 77° 15' 33.00" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 703, 202, 571 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2 Washington and Old Dominion Trail, Vienna VA 22180, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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I photographed this marker yesterday and am trying to figure out how to upload the photo. It’s NOT as easy as suggested. John Reibling
Oct 2, 2017 at 6:41am PDT by johnreibling
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