The iron rails tended to give out within 10 years, and derailments were uncomfortably common. Wooden railroad trestles were frequently destroyed by fire or flood. Despite the obstacles ...

It was constructed of 3,000 cubic yards of masonry and 500 tons of iron. The greatest ... $8.5 million in 2025 dollars. A trestle once used by the Pennsylvania Railroad towers over Route 61 ...

One of the few remaining pieces of an abandoned railroad in East Falls Church is about to receive public recognition. The ...