Join us at Reston Community Center-Lake Anne to learn the "History of the Railroad".
- Presentation will include:
- Beginings of Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire RR
- RR line during the Civil War
- Developers Thornton, Wiehle and Bowman
- Progress and failure of W&OD
Presenters will be historians Paul McCray and Ron Beavers. Paul is a director of NVRPA and former manager of the W&OD Railroad Regional Park. Ron is an expert of Civil War era railroads. Both have given tours and spoken extensively on the W&OD RR.
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