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@Matt/Max: actually, the Manassas Line/Norfolk Southern tracks diverge before even getting to Van Dorn...the interlocks are just west of Telegraph Rd. There's an old railroad yard area with easy access to Eisenhower Ave just east of Van Dorn St which is about 1/4 mile from the Metro station entrance...this is likely what they used for the Manassas Line train.

Reading through the Train Talk archive, looks like it was just one Manassas Line train that originated at Van Dorn. The other Manassas Line trains and the Fredericksburg trains still went through Alexandria, though one of them wound up having to be backed up all the way to Crystal City in order to access a track to get around the disabled freight train.

by Froggie on May 25, 2011 1:17 pm • link • report

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