page_title: Northern Virginia trolleys
section_title: Maps
hierarchical_section_title: Northern Virginia trolleys / Maps
caption_attribution_description: English: 1915 United States Geological Survey map of Fairfax and Vienna Virginia (Topography: Virginia: Fairfax Quadrangle)
context_page_description: The earliest electric railway, or streetcar line, in Northern Virginia opened in 1892. At their peak, when merged into a single interurban system, the successors of this and several other lines ran between downtown Washington, D.C., Rosslyn and Arlington Junction – in present-day Crystal City – and out to Mount Vernon, Fairfax City and Nauck.
  Electric trolleys also went west from Georgetown and Rosslyn on the Washington and Old Dominion Railway's Bluemont Division, traveling through Herndon and Leesburg to reach the town of Bluemont at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Those on the W&OD's Great Falls Division traveled from Georgetown and Rosslyn via Cherrydale and McLean to Great Falls.
  Despite early success, the trolleys were unable to compete with the automobile and with each other. Plagued with management and financial problems, the last ended their operations in the 1930s and early 1940s during the Great Depression.
  Northern Virginia's trolleys were originally operated by three different companies that all planned to operate within the District of Columbia and were never integrated into the Washington streetcar network.
context_section_description: Expandable 1892 map of Washington, D.C., and suburbs, showing the route of the Washington and Arlington Railway (not labeled) between Rosslyn and Arlington National Cemetery's Fort Myer Gate: Averill, F.L., First Lieutenant, Commanding Platoon (1892). "Map of Washington, D.C. and Suburbs, Showing the Latest Streets and All the New Street-Car Routes". Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia National Guard: Engineer Corps: Engineering Platoon. Republished by the Citizens Executive Committee, 26th National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C. (1892). Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Hudson, Murray: Antique Maps, Globes, Books & Prints (www.antiquemapsandglobes.com).
  1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and eastern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway (not labled) between the city of Alexandria and Mount Vernon: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, Gilbert (November 1894). "Reconnaissance Map: Virginia - Maryland: Mt. Vernon Sheet". United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2020 – via Virginia Historical Topographic Maps, Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, Perry–Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
  1894 topographic map of the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County, Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway in the city of Alexandria and  Fairfax County: "The Vicinity of Washington, D.C.: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1894". Philadelphia: Griffith M. Hopkins, C.E. LCCN 88693364. OCLC 18019645. Retrieved January 20, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
  1898 topographic map of Washington, D.C., the city of Alexandria, Alexandria County (now Arlington County), Falls Church and northeastern Fairfax County, showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railroad (W.A. & F.C. E.R.R.) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway (W. A. & MT. V. Electric R.R.): "Washington and Vicinity". Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: United States Geological Survey. 1898. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via University of Alabama Map Library.
  1900 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Electric Railway and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railway: "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for the Virginia Title Co". Alexandria, Virginia: The Company. 1900. LCCN 89692758. OCLC 20854681. Retrieved October 7, 2019 – via Library of Congress website.
  November 1901 topographic map of the District of Columbia and northeastern Alexandria County (now Arlington County), showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railroad (not labeled) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Electric Railroad (Wash. Alex. & Mt. Vernon Electric R.R.): Outhet, R. A. (November 1901). "Map of the District of Columbia Showing Areas Recommended to be Taken as Necessary for New Parks and Park Connections". Washington, D.C.: Commission on the Improvement of the Park System. LCCN 87694473. OCLC 16869886. Retrieved January 29, 2020 – via Library of Congress website.
  1904 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County), the city of Alexandria and northeastern Fairfax County showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railroad (W. A & F.C. R.R.) and the Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railroad (Wash. Alex. & Mt.V. R.R.): "Map of electric railroads,steam railroads and streets in Washington and vicinity". Rand McNally & Co.'s Pictorial Guide to Washington. New York and Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. 1904. p. 5. Retrieved January 13, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
  1907 map of Alexandria County (now Arlington County) showing the routes of the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway (W.A.&FC RY) and the Washington & Mt. Vernon Railway (WA. & MT. V RY): Reynolds, Charles A. (1907). "Map of Arlington and vicinity". Washington: The
caption: 1915 topographic map of northwestern Fairfax County, showing the route of the Fairfax line of the Washington—Virginia Railway (Electric RR) between Vienna and the city of Fairfax and the routes of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway between Vienna and Herndon and between Difficult Run and Great Falls.
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