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Article #6639Re: Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail reconverting into a Light Rail?
From: Michael Malak
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:27
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:27
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"wrob" <wrob@erols.com> wrote in message news:3E9AFE0C.9F2B941D@erols.com... > > The main reason the W&OD trail ends in Shirlington is because the > tracks crossed I-395 at-grade until the 1960s. This was the only > at-grade rail crossing of an interstate highway in the nation(!) Wow -- I searched Google, and here's a photo! http://www.geocities.com/pem20165/ShirlingtonCrash.html And from the same page, it would seem the Bluemont bicycle trail was converted from a railroad spur from the W&OD to Rosslyn. http://www.geocities.com/pem20165/stationlocations2.html -- Michael Malak http://www.underreported.com malak@acm.org Surprising stories from the media and primary sources
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