Northern Virginia trolleys
The Northern Virginia trolleys were the network of electric streetcars that moved people around the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., from 1892 to 1941. They consisted of six lines operated by as many as three separate companies connecting Rosslyn, Great Falls, Bluemont, Mount Vernon, Fairfax City, Camp Humphries, and Nauck across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia.
Mount Vernon trolley terminal between 1910 and 1920
Diagram of 1915 electric railroad routes near the later routes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, showing: * The Washington-Mount Vernon line of the Washington-Virginia Railway (the "Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railroad"); * The Rosslyn branch of the Washington-Virginia Railway (to the east of Arlington House); * The Great Falls Division of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway (the "Great Falls Electric Railroad"); and, * The
Enlargeable diagram of Washington area trolley lines: Orange = Washington, Arlington & Mount Vernon Electric Railway. Blue = Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (WA&FC). Yellow = Nauck (Fort Myer) line of WA&FC. Light green = W&OD Bluemont Division. Dark green = W&OD Great Falls Division.
Mount Vernon trolley terminal between 1910 and 1920
Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized unincorporated area in Northern Virginia located in the northeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C.
Aerial view of Rosslyn in September 2018
Rosslyn skyline, Arlington County, Virginia
Rosslyn from the west looking east into Washington, D.C.
Rosslyn from the west looking east into Washington, D.C.