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With the coming of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1854, the settlement was renamed Rapid Ann Station, reflecting the customary name of the river (a fast-moving stream named for Princess Ann). In January 1854, the railroad reached the Rapidan River and a station was established. A post office was opened at "Rapid Ann Station".
Orange & Alexandria Railroad Bridge over Bull Run (ca. 1863) The O&A was strategically important during the Civil War (1861–1865) and was repeatedly fought over and wrecked. In connection with the Virginia Central, it was the only rail link between the belligerents' capitals at Washington and Richmond.
The Centreville Military Railroad was a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) spur running from the Orange and Alexandria Railroad east of Manassas Junction across Bull Run and up the south side of the Centreville Plateau. Built by the Confederate States Army between November 1861 and February 1862, it was the first exclusively military railroad. [1]
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad (highlighted) in 1852. The Washington District follows these two segments plus an additional bypass line connecting them that was built in 1880. The line was originally constructed by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The portion north of Orange was constructed from 1850 to 1854.
Area residents made do without a proper station for several years after the end of the Civil War. A new building at Fairfax Station was a low priority for the O&A following the Civil War. The company focused instead on rebuilding and consolidating with other regional railroads, becoming the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroad Co. (OA&M ...
Orange and Alexandria Railroad: SOU: 1848 1867 Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad: Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad: SOU: 1867 1872 Virginia and North Carolina Railroad: Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad: 1925 1926 Virginia Central Railway: Peninsula Railroad: PRR: 1878 1882 New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad: Penn ...
Richmond and Danville Railroad: Virginia and North Carolina Railroad: SOU: 1872 1873 Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad: RF&P: 1862 1868 Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad: B&O: 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Jackson reached Bristoe Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad during the afternoon of the 26th, where his troops proceeded to wreck two trains and tear up several miles of tracks. When he learned that there was a Union supply depot at Manassas Junction several miles to the northeast, Jackson detached the brigade of Isaac R. Trimble ...