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Extant Washington D.C. Railroad/Railway Structures

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Data assembled by Lynette Peterson. Other contributors to this list include Bill Holdsworth.

Structures

Location Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE P rr 1903-1908 in use stone Amtrak, MARC, VRE Union Station 8/23
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal GPS for south portal: 38.88485, -77.00755 Tn rr 1906 in use stone/concrete Amtrak First Street Tunnel for southbound trains leaving Union Station 8/23
Capitol Hill Baltimore & Potomac (Pennsylvania) GPS west portal 38.88061, -77.00364 ; GPS east portal 38.87709, -76.99005 Tn rr 1872 in use stone, brick, concrete CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel allows freight trains to bypass Union Station. 2018 renovation restored second track and increased clearance. 6/19
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal northeast of Union Station M rr 1908 in use brick Amtrak former REA building 6/09
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal north of Union Station T rr 1908 in use brick/copper Amtrak K Tower 6/09
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal in wye between B&O and PRR M unused 1920 in use brick Amtrak power plant, not in use 6/09
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal Ivy City Tt rr 1907 in use steel Amtrak   6/09
Capitol Hill Washington Terminal north of Union Station Sh rr   in use   Amtrak car shops and washer, used by commuter lines 6/09
Capitol Hill Amtrak Ivy City Sh rr c.2003 in use steel Amtrak locomotive and car shops 6/09
Georgetown. Capital Traction 3600 M St. NW IP/Cb school 1895-1897 gone brick/stone none union station and carbarn 6/23
Georgetown Capital Traction 3222 M St. NW ISh business 1862 gone brick/stone none four stories 4/10
L"Enfant Virginia Railway Express 650 Virginia Ave SW P rr 1992 in use concrete VRE, Amtrak, CSX   8/23
Long Bridge Washington Southern GPS: 38.87758, -77.03697 B rr   in use steel CSX, Amtrak, VRE Double-track bridge over Potomac River. Replaced 1872 bridge. Operated as through-truss swing bridge until 1969. Virginia Passenger Rail Authority's expansion project would add a second parallel double-track bridge by 2030. 8/23
Navy Yard Washington & Georgetown 770 M St. SE ICb business 1891 gone brick/stone none cable car barn, later converted to electric streetcar use. Last used for streetcars in 1962, 6/09
Palisades Baltimore & Ohio 5212 Canal Rd NW B trail 1909 gone steel none Arizona Avenue Bridge over C&O Canal. Whipple truss and skewed Pratt truss. Now used by Capital Crescent Trail. 6/23
Penn Quarter ACL 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW O business 1900 none brick/stone none Atlantic Coast Line ticket office, railroad named carved into stonework about entrance 4/07
Southwest D.C. PRR 8160 2nd St SW T vacant   in use brick/stone Amtrak, VRE, CSX Virginia Avenue Tower, at junction of tracks from First Street Tunnel and Virginia Avenue Tunnel. 8/23

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