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Vienna Station
The image presented here is drawn from the recently republished Rails to the Blue Ridge, by Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., which book is available for purchase through this site.


The Vienna station, 1909.
(Library of Congress)

"While Dunn Loring and Wiehle were slow starters, commuters were a major presence by the late 1880's. In 1888 one traveler who rode an early morning train into Washington reported that 'every seat was occupied, principally by government employees, many of whom live at Falls Church, Vienna, Herndon, and other points.'"


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