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	Orange & Alexandria Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Orange and Alexandria was Chartered by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 27, 1848 and was authorized to run from Gordonsville through Orange Court House and Culpeper Court House to Alexandria.
		As a result of being the northern terminus of the railroad, Alexandria became a thriving seaport and manufacturing center.
		The railroad provided the most direct all rail route from Washington to Richmond and the Orange and Alexandria would serve as a main highway for the troops to march on and be supplied.
	www.nvcc.edu /home/csiegel (705 words)

	Orange and Alexandria Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Virginia was strategically important during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
		It connected Alexandria across the Potomac River from Washington DC, with the Virginia Central Railroad at Gordonsville.
		The Orange and Alexandria and Virginia Central were used for troop movements by Union and Confederate leaders, and were subjected to massive damage by the opposing forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orange_and_Alexandria_Railroad (219 words)

	Railroad Guide: Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
		Incorporated in Virginia in 1870 for the purpose of consolidating the Norfolk and Petersburg, the Southside, the Virginia and Tennessee, and the Virginia and Kentucky railroads.
		Reorganized in 1880 from the Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
		Incorporated in Kentucky (1906) for the purpose of constructing a railroad in Pulaski and Whitley counties.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /railroad/guiderr.htm (13496 words)

	Our Local Railroad History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		From the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company to the mighty Norfolk Southern, nearly 150 years of railroading have been recorded in the annals of area history.
		Alexandria was chosen as operating headquarters for the OandA, and a variety of railroad facilities were built to run and maintain the road.
		The Orange and Alexandria line was basically intact though most of its rolling stock was either destroyed or scattered throughout the south.
	www.warrentoncaboose.org /history/local_history.html (2281 words)

	The Transportation Network of Alexandria
		When Alexandria was included within the boundaries of the District of Columbia in 1800-1846, there was no reason for Virginia politicians to support the economic growth of the city.
		Alexandria and Dumfries were chartered on the same day in 1749, and both were sponsored by Scottish merchants with comparable (rather than intensely rival) economic interests.
		Two railroads (the modern CSX, incorporating the historic Baltimore and Ohio and the modern Norfolk Southern, incorporating the historic Orange and Alexandria) connect the Ohio River valley with the Eastern seaboard, but those railroads connect to ocean shipping at the ports of Baltimore, Newport News, and Norfolk...
	www.virginiaplaces.org /transportation/alextrans.html (1010 words)

	Railroad Maps of the United States.
		Railroads and the use of steam propulsion developed separately, however, and it was not until the two systems merged that railroads began to flourish.
		This map, annotated to show geological structures along the route of the railroad, is an example of the general survey maps prepared to illustrate progress reports of individual railroads, as well as of specific right-of-way surveys.
		The Railroad Act of 1862 put government support behind the transcontinental railroad and helped create the Union Pacific Railroad (see entry 588), which subsequently joined with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869, and signaled the linking of the continent.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/Maps/Modelski_LOC_1975.html (7033 words)

	Cities and Towns: Railroad Cities
		The Manassas Gap Railroad was not intended to connect with the Orange and Alexandria.
		The junction of the railroads could have been located as far east as Bedford or even Lynchburg, but economically it made sense to reduce the milegage of parallel track and unite the lines west of the Roanoke River water gap through the Blue Ridge.
		Its growth is attributable to the development of the rich coal veins of the Appalachian Plateau in West Virginia and Tazewell, Buchanan, Dickinson, and Wise counties in Virginia.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /vacities/24railroad.html (1221 words)

	About the church
		The pastor of St. Mary's in Alexandria and his assistant took care of the spiritual needs of the Catholics at Fairfax; they often said mass for railroad workers in boxcars standing at the Station, about one-quarter mile from the Historic Church.
		Given the church's important location on the main road from Fairfax Courthouse to the depot of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad (now Fairfax Station), the area, with St. Mary's as an identifying point, quickly became an important objective for both Northern and Southern armies vying to dominate the railroads in the area.
		She was a clerk at the Government Patent Office who had gathered a group of volunteers to tend to the wounded and dying.
	www.stmaryofsorrows.org /Permanent/about_the_church.htm (1274 words)

	Railroads of Virginia
		It was inefficient, but each railroad was independent and the concept of a trade network based on rail transportation (and reflected in consolidation of separate railroad companies after the Civil War) was still emerging.
		In 1861, Robert E. Lee warned that the failure to connect the lines of the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad with the tracks of the Orange and Alexandria would be costly.
		The Orange and Alexandria Railroad followed the flattest path south and bypassed the court houses built on the tops of hills - Fairfax Court House (Fairfax), Brentsville (Prince William County), and Warrenton (Fauquier).
	www.virginiaplaces.org /rail (1156 words)

	Orange & Alexandria Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Orange and Alexandria was the second rail line in Northern Virginia to be chartered by the state, but it was the first to begin construction.
		The Orange and Alexandria would serve as a main highway for the troops to march on and be supplied.
		The South vigorously defended the railroad against this invading force and many major battles and engagements would be fought on or near the tracks of the O and A. The junction at Gordonsville would play a particularly prominent role in Robert E. Lee’s operations throughout the war.
	www.nv.cc.va.us /home/csiegel (724 words)

	the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum - About: A Brief History of the Station
		Many of these people had recently arrived during the late 1840’s – early 1850’s and were immediately employed by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, which had been chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1848 to construct a rail line from Alexandria to Orange County, Virginia.
		As a main line to Central Virginia, the Orange and Alexandria line was the most direct and easiest way to get troops from Alexandria to Richmond (The OandA intersects the Virginia Central in Gordonsville).
		The second railroad station created by the Union Army in late 1862 was torn down and a new modern station replaced it in 1879.
	www.fairfax-station.org /about/about_history.html (856 words)

	Images of the Civil War - Railroads
		Excavating for a "Y" at Devereux Station on the orange and Alexandria Railroad.
		Hermann Haupt, Chief of Construction and Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads, is standing on the bank supervising the work.
		U.S. Military Railroads engine No.137, built in l864 in the yards at Chattanooga, Tenn., with troops lined up in the background.
	www.treasurenet.com /images/civilwar/civil017.html (170 words)

	General Irvin McDowell's orders for the 1st Manassas (1st Bull Run) Campaign
		The Third Division (Heintzelman's) will leave their camps in light marching order, and go on the old Fairfax Court-House road, south of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, as far as the Accotink, or the Pohick, if he finds it convenient; the brigades to march in the order the division commander may direct.
		He will, to-morrow, send two regiments up the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to aid the railroad managers in rebuilding it in the shortest possible time, the commanding officers to conform to the plans of the principal managers.
		Brigadier-General Runyon will guard the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad as far as the present camps of the Ohio Volunteers, and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad as far as it is or may be repaired.
	www.swcivilwar.com /McDowellOrders1stManassas.html (1911 words)

	The Orange And Alexandria Railroad Trestle Marker
		The original bridge crossing Accotink Creek was built in 1851 as part of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
		The current railroad bridge is on a different alignment from the old trestle.
		Disscusses the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Trestle and has a photograph of the trestle.
	www.hmdb.org /marker.asp?marker=38 (369 words)

	Transportation and Communication: Titles: 2
		General map of the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road and its connections north, south, and west.
		Indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers guide of West Virginia, accompanied by a new and original compilation and ready reference index, showing in detail the entire railroad system.
		Map and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with its Warrenton Branch and a portion of the Manasses [sic] Gap Rail Road, to show its point of connection.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/trnsmapTitles02.html (1525 words)

	Norfolk Southern Railway History
		The railroad was required to divest its interest in the NandW as a condition of its merger with the New York Central Railroad in 1968 in the creation of Penn Central.
		This branch line, known as the Loudon Branch Railroad, was projected to be later extended from Purcellville to Harper's Ferry and a connection with the BandO RR and the CandO Canal.
		Starting in Alexandria with the intention of building westward to the town of Keyser on the Potomac River and a connection with the BandO RR, the line reached Leesburg in 1860 and ten years later was renamed the Washington and Ohio.
	www.trainweb.org /PiedmontRR/railhst1.html (2532 words)

	Civil War Images of Northern Virginia
		Railroads were strategically important to both the Union and Confederate war efforts.
		This was an important railroad junction because the Manassas Gap Railroad went all the way into the Shenandoah Valley, which as noted, was a crucial area for the Confederacy to hold.
		Both the railroad and the canal were strategically important to Union and Confederate war efforts, because they gave access to Pennsylvania and further west to Ohio.
	www.gmu.edu /library/specialcollections/vaprints.html (9089 words)

	Welcome to Photo Antiquities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The village of Culpeper is situated on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, about seventy-five miles from Washington.
		Sheltered by the Blue Ridge, the surrounding country was very productive, and after the establishment of railroad communication, the place grew rapidly in size and importance.
		Its first serious injuries were received in Gen. Pope's retreat from the Rapidan, when many of its buildings destroyed, and nearly all stripped of their contents.
	www.photoantiquities.org /civilwarshow/image17.html (110 words)

	Attributed to Andrew Joseph Russell: [Orange and Alexandria Railroad Bridge, near Union Mills, Virginia]: description \| ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Russell, a captain in the 141st New York Infantry Volunteers, was one of the few Civil War photographers who also was a soldier.
		As a photographer-engineer for the U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps, Russell was responsible for recording both the technical accomplishments of General Herman Haupt's engineers and the battlefields and campsites in Virginia.
		This view of soldiers and civilians below and upon a railroad bridge also shows a burned blockhouse (upper left corner) designed by Haupt and intended to protect a vital creek crossing.
	www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/hd/phcw/hod_33.65.271.htm (142 words)

	Bristoe Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After a clash between Stuart and Union infantry at Auburn, Lee determined Meade was withdrawing north along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and he advanced to intercept him.
		As Confederate troops moved into view of Warren's corps as it moved along the railroad tracks, the men deployed in the railroad cuts, skirmishers were deployed, and artillery prepared for battle.
		Down the shallow hill the infantry was deploying in the railroad.
	members.cox.net /johnahamill/bristoe.html (267 words)

	Battle of Bristoe Station
		The railroad is still in operation, so please use caution when standing near the tracks.
		Warren turned to meet the threat, posting his infantry behind the railroad embankment, in front of you, and his artillery on the high ground behind you.
		Cooke himself was wounded early in the action by artillery fire, but his brigade continued forward without him, stopping at a point 500 yards from the railroad to return the enemy's fire.
	www.nps.gov /frsp/bristoe.htm (1790 words)

	Civil War Comes To Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire RR (Later Known As W&OD)
		The O&A was the sister railroad of the A,L&H. The USMRR also took over the O&A. It joined the two railroads at the hip in Alexandria by constructing a short piece of track.
		The Union and the Confederacy fought hard over the Orange and Alexandria, because it connected Washington, D.C. to central Virginia and to points south.
		In its storage yards in Alexandria, the USMRR kept the rails from the western portions of the A,L&H. Source: Civil War railroads : a pictorial story of the War Between the States, 1861-1865 by George B. Abdill.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/trails/9401/civilwar.html (1510 words)

	Fort Tours \| Cannon Branch Fort
		The 11-acre site is located near the western boundary of the City of Manassas along the banks of the Cannon Branch, a tributary of the Broad Run River The site overlooks a railroad bridge over the Cannon Branch creek, on the old Orange and Alexandria Railroad line.
		Joseph hooker began to use the Orange and Alexandria Railroad as a major supply route for his army.
		These regiments remained in the region until April 1864, to guard the Orange and Alexandria Railroad from additional cavalry and guerilla raids and the fortifications continued to be manned by Union soldiers until late 1864.
	www.forttours.com /pages/cannonbranch.asp (312 words)

	Orange and Alexandria Railroad Marker
		The railroad encouraged the growth of Fairfax County and new communities along the way.
		This PDF file discusses the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in relation to this area.
		The was the right-of-way fo the Orange and Alexandria Railroad before it was moved north.
	www.hmdb.org /marker.asp?marker=37 (372 words)

	nycsubway.org: Volunteer/Contributors
		Her current project is a station guide to the area's commuter railroads.
		Robert is a college student in Atlanta, and some of his other interests are: traveling, racquetball, and break dancing.
		Bernard authored our section on NYC Subway Signalling and is also the author of a railroad interlocking/signal simulation known as NXSYS.
	www.nycsubway.org /contrib.html (2736 words)

	Map Collections: 1500-2004: Titles: 27
		Map of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progress.
		Map of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progress; drawn and engraved under direction of the editor of the American railroad journal.
		Map of land-grant and bond-aided railroads of the United States.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/gmdTitles27.html (1130 words)

	Civil War Photos .Net - Industry and Infrastructure
		Excavating for a "Y" at Devereux Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
		General Hermann Haupt, Chief of Construction and Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads, is Standing on the Bank Supervising the Work.
		Blockhouse on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad – Near Chattanooga, TN, 1864
	www.civilwarphotos.net /files/industry.htm (432 words)

	Orange and Alexandria Railroad
		The great Civil War first introduced the railroad as a strategic factor in military operations.
		In the upper picture we see the Federal engineers at Vibbard Draw on Long Bridge at Washington busily at work rehabilitating a locomotive for use along the railroad connections of the capital with its army.
		The railroads in control of the North were much better equipped and guarded than those of the South, yet the bold Confederate Cavalry, under such leaders as Stuart, were ever ready for raids to cut communications.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /civil-war-pictures/strategy/orange-alexandria-railroad.htm (187 words)

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