the route planned for the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad extended to Paddy Town (now Keyser) on the Potomac River
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada (1859)
the route planned for the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad extended to Paddy Town (now Keyser) on the Potomac River
Source: Library of Congress, Railroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada (1859)
in 1878, the original Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad was called the Washington and Ohio Railroad
Source: Library of Congress, Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington (by G. M. Hopkins, 1878)
the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad was planned to cross the Blue Ridge, pass through Winchester, then connect to the Potomac River
Source: Library of Congress, Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connections with Ohio & Mississippi Rivers (1858)
in 1906, a railroad connected Alexandria with the Blue Ridge at Bluemont
Source: Library of Congress, Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia (Postmaster General, 1906)
the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad planned to cross the Blue Ridge at Clarks Gap
Source: Library of Congress, Map showing the location of railroads, canals, navigation projects and public institutions in which the Commonwealth of Virginia had invested money as of date January 1st. 1861
the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad is now a bike trail, passing next to the Loudoun County Fairgrounds
the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad depot in Purcellville is now a starting point for riders headed downhill on the bike trail