Revised 2022.10.01
↓ SOUTH ↓ | Milepost | Name | Function | Notes |
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Capital sub Track 3 Track 2 |
CFP113.9 | M Street | division point | END Capital sub E-W BEGIN RF&P sub N-S north end “tunnel” |
Virginia |
Virginia Ave tunnel | tunnel |
tracks run underneath I-395 Southeast-Southwest Freeway; Note 8 explains tunnel project | |
Jersey |
CFP112.5 | Capitol | x-over yard |
crossover 2-3 New Jersey Ave. yard; storage tracks for U.S. Capitol power plant coal |
Washington |
CFP112.2 WT 137.1 |
CP Virginia Ave | jct x-overs |
JCT Washington Terminal RR to Union Station crossover 4-3; Note 4 |
VRE |
CFP112.2 | CP Virginia Ave | siding x-over |
north end VRE storage track crossover 3-4 |
L'Enfant |
CFP111.9 | L'Enfant L'Enfant Plaza |
siding station |
south end VRE storage track VRE commuter station |
CFP111.5 | L'Enfant | x-over SETT |
crossovers 2-3, 3-4 SE triple track |
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VRE 2 track 3 4 |
CFP111.3 | 14th Street | signal | intermediate signal, SB only Bureau of Printing & Engraving spur off VRE storage track 4 |
Potomac River |
Long Bridge | bridge |
Potomac River original turntable span now fixed in position |
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CFP110.5 | Division Post |
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Virginia/District of Columbia border "The Districk Line" on western shore of Potomac River |
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CFP110.1 | RO | x-overs | double crossovers | |
CFP110.1 | RO | siding NETT |
north end RO siding north end triple track |
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CFP109.8 CFP109.3 |
RO siding | siding | historic: ROsslyn jct, Pentagon power plant lead, now storage siding; Long Bridge Park provides limited vistas of tracks | |
Crystal City |
CFP109.0 | Crystal City | station | VRE commuter station |
CFP109.1 |
South RO |
x-over NETT |
crossover 3-2 north end TRIPLE track |
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1 2 3 |
CFP108.1 | 4 Mile Run Potomac Yard |
signal | intermediate signal historic: former Pennsylvania RR Potomac Yard, now a shopping center |
106.4 |
CFP106.4 | Slater's Lane | DD | Slater's dragging equipment detector |
NS |
CFP106.3 | Slater's Lane PEPCo |
x-over x-over jct |
crossover 2-3 crossover 1-2 JCT NS spur to PEPCo Station C |
Alexandria |
CFP105.1 |
Alexandria |
station | Amtrak, VRE station |
CFP104.3 | A-F |
x-overs radio |
Alexandria-Franconia massive interlocking; crossovers 3-2, 1-2, 2-1, Telegraph Rd O.H.H.; dispatcher base station | |
NS |
CFP104.3 | A-F |
more x-overs jct |
JCT Norfolk Southern Cameron yard |
A-F A-F |
CFP104.3 | A-F | still more x-overs! jct |
NE A-F siding and set-off track; crossover 1-2; crossover 2-3 |
CFP103.9 | Seminary | signal | Track 4 only; SE A-F siding to Horn track; CSX tracks 1-3 flyover NS tracks | |
Trk 4 Conn. to NS |
CFP102.5 | Cameron Run | signal | |
CFP101.2 | Van Dorn | signal | intermediate signal | |
Franconia |
CFP99.6 CFP99.5 |
Fleet Franconia spur |
signal siding |
Southbound intermediate signal, Franconia Road; crest of Franconia hill |
CFP99.4 | Fleet | signal | Northbound intermediate signal, Fleet Drive; crest of Franconia hill | |
1 2 3 |
CFP98.09 | Franconia | SETT | south end triple track as of 2009.11.21; tracks #1 & #2 protected by signal. Note 5 |
Franconia |
CFP97.9 | Franconia-Springfield | station | VRE commuter station |
CFP96.7 | Ravensworth | x-overs | double crossovers | |
95.8 |
CFP95.8 | Newington Newington Rd |
DD underpass |
defect detector, a.k.a. Ravensworth Newington Road underpass |
Potomac |
CFP95.7 CFP95.7 CFP95.4 |
Potomac Valley Bardon Sand |
industry industry |
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply Bardon Sand [DEAD] on west side no longer gets rail service |
Service |
CFP94.7 CFP94.7 |
Service Distributing Pohick |
industry signal |
Service Distributing wine wholesalers “Accotinc Creek” |
Lorton |
CFP93.0 | Lorton | station | VRE commuter station |
Auto Train |
CFP92.3 CFP92.2 |
Auto Train Lorton |
jct signal |
JCT Amtrak Auto Train terminal, track #3 absolute signal; intermediate signal track #2 |
Davis |
CFP91.4 CFP90.6 |
Davis Industries US 1 |
industry o.h.h. |
Davis Industries, scrap metal recycler; Jeff Davis Highway overpass |
CFP90.0 CFP89.9 |
Furnace Rd Colchester |
trestle signal |
Furnace Road underpass | |
Occoquan River |
CFP89.7 | Occoquan Creek | trestle | trestle over “The Quan” |
Woodbridge |
CFP88.9 | Woodbridge | station | VRE commuter station |
CFP87.8 | Marumsco | railfan | pedestrian overpass, Marumsco to Veteran's Memorial Park | |
CFP87.0 | Featherstone | x-overs | double crossovers | |
Featherstone |
CFP86.98 CFP86.85 |
Featherstone siding Featherstone Rd |
siding grade xing |
houses back up to team track; how quaint |
Rippon |
CFP85.7 CFP85.3 |
Rippon Rippon |
station signal |
VRE commuter station intermediate signal? does this signal exist?? I can't find it on Google Earth |
Neabsco Creek 84.6 |
CFP84.5 CFP84.6 |
Neabsco Creek Neabsco |
trestle DD |
“I'm at E-Z Cruz. 150 feet!” defect detector, Neabsco |
Powell's Creek |
CFP83.6 CFP83.5 |
Powell's Creek | trestle signal |
trestle over Powell's Creek |
CFP82.6 | Powell's Creek | NETT | future: north end triple track #1 | |
Potomac |
CFP82.4 | Potomac Shores | station | future: VRE commuter station |
CFP82.38 | Cherry Hill Rd | grade xing | secret spot; Tim's Rivershore restaurant | |
CFP81.3 | North Possum Point | x-overs siding |
crossover 3-2 NE siding |
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CFP8? | VEPCo storage tracks | siding | VEPCo power plant siding | |
CFP8? | storage tracks Possum Point Rd VEPCo |
siding O.H.H. industry |
VEPCo power plant siding, plant lead | |
VEPCo 1 2 3 |
CFP79.7 | Possum Point | x-overs radio |
power plant; dispatcher base station |
Quantico Creek |
CFP79.3 | Quantico Creek | treste | double track bridge cut in mid-Feb. 2007; track #1 added late 2015 Note 3 |
Quantico |
CFP78.83 CFP78.8 |
Potomac Av Quantico |
grade xing station |
VRE commuter station |
USMC |
CFP78.11 CFP78.0 |
Henderson Rd Quantico team track |
grade xing industry |
Incinerator Road!! Marine Corp Base Quantico team track |
CFP76.9 | Brown's Field | signal | “Chopawamsic Creek” MCB Quantico |
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CFP74.1 | Widewater | signal | ||
CFP72.4 | Arkendale | x-over SETT |
crossover 2-3 and south end track 1 Note 7 | |
CFP72.34 | Arkendale Rd | grade xing | VA658/Brent Point Road grade crossing | |
CFP72.1 | Arkendale | x-overs | double crossovers installed 2005.08.13; Note 2 | |
Aquia Creek |
CFP70.9 | Aquia Creek | trestle | trestle over Aquia Creek, near Aquia Harbor |
CFP69.5 | Brooke | signal | formerly “Aquia Creek”, or was it “Courthouse Road”?? | |
Brooke |
CFP68.5 | Brooke spur | siding | track just disappears into the woods; no idea how one would unload cargo |
Brooke |
CFP68.0 | Brooke | station | Brooke VRE commuter station |
CFP67.57 CFP67.5 |
Mt. Hope Church Ross |
grade xing signal |
VA677/Mount Hope Church Road “Culley's Crossing” intermediate signal just south of grade crossing |
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66.6 |
CFP66.6 | Ross | DD | defect detector, Ross |
CFP65.6 | Potomac Run | signal | Daffan; the other Leeland Rd | |
Leland |
CFP63.5 CFP63.4 |
Leeland Road | signal station |
VRE commuter station |
LC Smith |
CFP61.2 | L. C. Smith | industry | L. C. Smith Brick, Inc. |
Dahlgren |
CFP61.1 | Dahlgren Jct | x-overs jct |
double crossovers JCT Sealston industrial track Note 12 |
Team |
CFP61.0 | Fredericksburg team track | industry | Fredericksburg team track; doesn't look much like it plays well in teams, tho |
Rappahannock River |
CFP59.4 | Rappahannock River | trestle | bridge over Rappahannock River |
Fredericksburg |
CFP59.3 | Fredericksburg | station | VRE commuter & Amtrak station |
CFP58.8 | FB interlocking | NETT x-over |
north end triple track crossover 3-2 |
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Stock |
CFP58.1 | FB yard | industry yard wye |
Stock Building Supply, M&M Auto parts Fredericksburg yard north leg has ramp used to spot loads |
Track 4 3 2 1 Barber |
CFP58.0 | J. Barber Moving & Storage | grade xing | occupied by Chessie caboose |
CFP57.57 | Lansdowne Rd | grade xing | south end track #4 | |
CFP57.3 | Poplar | signal |
a popular signal | |
FB Ind |
CFP57.0 | FB Ind. Park | industry | Fredericksburg Industrial Park: Rappahannock Rail Museum, Jim Carpenter; Note 10 |
DEAD |
CFP56.0 | DEAD | industry | lead to [DEAD] Delco Moraine plant, never used; Note 11 |
CFP55.7 | Hamilton | x-overs | crossovers 1-2, 2-3; Meade Pyramid sits on east side of tracks at NAS |
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CFP54.77 | Mine Rd | grade xing | Mine Road grade crossing, Auto Train crews call it “Haislip Pond Road” | |
Culpeper |
CFP54.65 | Culpeper Wood | industry | Massaponax Lead to Culpeper Wood Preservers, follow Billy Days Rd to parallel tracks |
CFP53.47 CFP53.5 |
XR (Olive) US17 |
x-overs o.h.h. |
crossover 2-1, 1-station track Mills Drive overhead highway |
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Spotsylvania |
CFP53.3 | Spotsylvania | station SETT |
Spotsylvania VRE station Note 6 south end triple track |
CMC VRE |
CFP53.1 | XR (CrossRoads) | x-overs |
crossovers 1-2, 2-3, 3-2 Owen Steel/CMC Rebar VRE Crossroads yard |
CFP51.7 | Summit | signal | intermediate signal | |
51.6 |
CFP51.6 CFP51.6 CFP51.41 |
Summit Summit Summit Crossing Rd |
radio DD grade xing |
dispatcher base station defect detector VA668 |
CFP49.9 CFP48.63 |
County Line Claiborne Crossing Rd |
signal grade xing |
Claiborne Crossing Road/VA660 | |
CFP47.8 | Guinea | signal | ||
Guinea Guinea |
CFP47.4 CFP47.24 CFP46.9 |
Guinea siding Stonewall Jackson Guinea team track |
siding grade xing team track |
Guinea siding VA606 grade crossing Guinea team track |
CFP45.4 | Jones Crossing | signal | ||
CFP44.5 CFP43.5 |
Woodford Rd Woodslane Rd |
grade xings | Woodford Road, VA609 Collins Road, VA609 again; the names have been changed to protect the railroad |
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CFP43.4 | Collins | signal | ||
CFP41.75 | Chainedora Rd | grade xing | Chainedora Road, VA666 | |
CFP41.2 | Rixey | signal | ||
CFP39.4 | Holly Hill | signal | ||
DeJarnette Milford |
CFP38.3 CFP38.0 |
DeJarnette Lumber Milford depot |
industry | DeJarnette Lumber Company Milford freight depot, no longer used, converted to office space |
CFP37.8 CFP37.8 CFP37.7 |
Milford Nelson Hill Rd Ind. Park |
x-over o.h.h. industry |
crossover 3-2 Nelson Hill Road overhead highway Milford Industrial Park |
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Jones Hoover |
CFP37.00 CFP36.99 |
Jones Chemical Hoover Wood |
industry industry |
Jones Chemical Hoover Treated Wood Products |
Milford |
CFP36.66 | pvt rd pvt rd Milford Terminal |
grade xing grade xing industry |
Milford Terminal gas storage, a dozen tanks next to spurs |
CFP35.8 | South Milford | x-over |
crossover 2-3 |
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34.2 |
CFP34.2 CFP34.1 |
Pleasant Hill | DD signal |
defect detector intermediate |
storage |
CFP33.00 CFP32.7 |
Penola Rd Penola siding |
grade xing siding |
VA601 grade crossing Penola siding |
Track 3 2 Track |
CFP31.9 | Polecat Creek | signal | |
CFP29.72 CFP29.6 |
Coleman's Mill Rd Coleman's Mill |
grade xing signal |
Coleman's Mill Road grade crossing just north of intermediate signal | |
team track |
CFP27.3 CFP27.1 |
Ruther Glen team track |
signal industry |
curving team track into the woods off Railroad Lane |
CFP27.0 CFP26.9 |
Ruther Glen Ruther Glen Rd |
radio o.h.h. |
dispatcher base station VA652 overhead highway |
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CFP25.0 | Chandler | signal | ||
CFP23.1 | North Doswell | x-over siding |
crossover 2-3 |
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Structural |
CFP23.1 | Structural Technologies | industry | Structural Technologies of Sound Structures built soundly with structural technology |
New |
CFP22.9 | New Page | industry | New Page woodyard |
Bank 4 3 2 Specialty |
CFP22.55 CFP22.3 CFP22.2 |
Bank track | siding industry |
north end Bank track; Specialty Coating & Laminating, 2 spurs unless they're separate businesses |
hoppers |
CFP22.1 CFP22.0 CFP21.9 |
covered hoppers x-overs north leg |
industry x-overs wye |
covered hoppers, 2 tracks; double crossovers; double-track north leg of wye |
BBRR |
CFP21.87 CFP21.8 |
Doswell Rd Doswell diamond |
grade xing RR xing jct |
Doswell Rd JCT BBRR Buckingham Branch (ex-C&O) Piedmont sub |
Bakery |
CFP21.7 | Bakery Feeds | industry | covered hoppers getting loaded |
CFP21.6 | Doswell | x-over |
crossover 3-2 |
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19.6 |
CFP19.6 CFP19.2 |
Taylorsville | DD signal |
defect detector intermediate |
CFP17.7 | Elletts | signal | intermediate signal | |
Ellets |
CFP17.6 | Ellets team track Ellets Crossing Rd |
industry underpass |
Ellets team track VA641 underpass |
Falling |
CFP17.3 CFP17.2 |
US 1 Falling Creek |
o.h.h. industry |
Washington Hwy overhead Falling Creek Log & Lumber Company |
CFP15.62 CFP15.5 |
Vaughan Rd North Ashland |
grade xing signal |
Archie Cannon Rd grade crossing just north of North Ashland signals | |
CFP15.16 CFP14.85 |
Patrick St College Av |
grade xings | mini-paceage through downtown Ashland | |
Ashland |
CFP14.8 CFP14.72 |
Ashland VA54 |
station grade xing |
Amtrak platform downtown Ashland audio feed; England Street/Thompson Street main grade crossing |
CFP14.64 CFP14.2 CFP13.85 |
Myrtle St Francis St Ashcake Rd |
grade xings | mini-paceage through downtown Ashland on Center Street | |
Langford |
CFP13.7 CFP13.7 CFP12.95 |
Langford team track Gwathmey Ch Rd |
signal industry |
team track also serves S&N Communications; Gwathmey Church Road accessible from Center Street extended |
Elmont |
CFP11.7 CFP11.55 |
team track Elmont Rd |
industry grade xing |
Elmont team track Elmont Road just north of crossovers |
CFP11.4 CFP11.15 |
Elmont Cedar Ln |
x-overs grade xing |
Cedar Lane grade crossing | |
CFP9.75 CFP9.7 |
Mill Rd Hunton |
grade xing signal |
Mill Road grade crossing | |
Oilfield |
CFP8.8 CFP8.7 |
I-295 Oilfield Pipe |
o.h.h. industry |
I-295 overhead highway; Glen Allen team track and Oilfield Pipe & Supply |
8.1 |
CFP8.1 | Glen Allen Mountain Rd |
DD grade xing |
defect detector Mountain Road grade crossing just south of defect detector |
Track 3 2 Track |
CFP7.1 CFP6.60 |
Laurel Hungary Rd |
signal grade xing |
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Pete Rose |
CFP6.3 |
Glen Allen Nursery | industry | Glen Allen Nursery & Garden; Pete Rose Landscaping |
84 Lumber |
CFP5.9 CFP5.9 |
Parham Rd 84 Lumber |
o.h.h. industry |
84 Lumber spur |
CFP5.5 | Lakeside | x-overs | Lakeside crossovers replace Greendale Note 9 | |
CFP5.45 | Hermitage Rd | grade xing | Northern Hermitage Road grade crossing in the middle of the mess | |
CFP5.5 | Lakeside | NETT x-over |
Lakeside crossover 2-3, north end track #4 extension | |
4 3 2 Industrial |
CFP5.3 | Industrial Park | industry | [ALL DEAD] Quebecor Printing, Virginia Green Lawn Care, Performance Foods/Taylor & Sledd |
Florence Div. |
CFP4.8 | Greendale | division point | END RF&P sub BEGIN Richmond terminal sub |
Note 1: The RF&P line is equipped for cab signals. Locomotives so equipped may be governed by cab signal indications instead of wayside aspects. There is no consensus, even among operating employees, about which locomotives are so equipped. Sometimes trains might find their way onto the RF&P without a cab signaled lead engine, which can lead to all kinds of nastiness.
Note 2: On 13 August, 2005 a new interlocking was cut in at Arkendale Road, CFP73.1. The signal at Aquia Creek trestle was retired since the absolute signal can hold out long trains from blocking the town of Quantico if Possum Point shows a stop signal.
Note 3: On 16 February, 2007 the new concrete trestle (paid for by VRE) over Quantico Creek was cut in and P098 was the first train to run over it. Only one of the available two tracks was installed at the time and carried track #3. The new span can carry two tracks which, combined with the old single-track trestle, amount to a triple track stretch through there. When track #1 is completed from Powell's Creek to Arkendale from late 2015 through early 2017 it will complete the triple-track through this area.
Note 4: In Spring 2007 CP Virginia was re-arranged to add a third track between 14th Street and the southern mouth of Virginia Avenue tunnel which, in theory, should ease congestion through there. A storage track for VRE was added off track #4 just north of the L'Enfant Plaza station.
Note 5: In late 2009 and into 2010, track #1 was extended south from Alexandria-Franconia interlocking, CFP104, to just north of the Franconia-Springfield VRE station, CFP98. New intermediate signals split on either side of Franconia Hill are named Fleet while the interlocking where track #1 joins track #2 is named Franconia.
Note 6: On 16 November, 2015 the Spotsylvania VRE commuter rail station opened in the middle of the now-bigger XR interlocking. Track #1 was extended south from FB to end here. A fourth track was added to serve the VRE station, CMC Rebar industry track, and VRE Crossroads facility.
Note 7: On 5 March, 2016 a new switch was installed to terminate the south end of track #1 at Arkendale interlocking. An additional crossover from 2-3 southbound was cut in on 12 March, 2016 to allow 2 trains to cross over simultaneously, which is a big deal on a busy subdivision like the RF&P.
Note 8: A second tunnel is being added on the south side of the original Virginia Avenue tunnel which runs under I-395, the Southeast-Southwest Freeway. Residents in buildings next to the project protested vehemently, but CSX is pressing ahead. The new tunnel opened 2016.12.23 with both tunnels operating through the holiday season. After that the old tunnel will be taken out of service to increase its clearance so that both tubes can carry doublestack trains. When both tubes are completed the entire RF&P will be double-tracked and double-stacked from JD Wye down to Acca Yard in Richmond with the exception of the trestle over U.S. 50 in Cheverly.
Note 9: Lakeside interlocking was cut in 15 November, 2016 to improve flow into Acca Yard, especially for passenger movements. Track #4 was extended north from the Staples Mill Road (RVR) passenger station. Greendale crossovers will be removed as they are made redundant by this project.
Note 10: The Fredericksburg Industrial Park lead crosses US 17/Tidewater Trail at grade just north of the airport at CFP56.96 ; Jim Carpenter is the only business still receiving rail service; TransFlo, Mid-Atlantic Foam, and the others no longer do.
Note 11: The Delco Moraine (division of General Motors) plant just south of the airport built torque converters. The rail spur at CFP56 was intended to handle scrap metal and tank cars, but was used only very briefly, then rail service stopped; everything was then handled by truck.
Note 12: The Sealston branch was resurrected from about 10 miles of the abandoned U. S. Government track to the Naval Surface Weapons Center at Dahlgren, VA, hence the name Dahlgren Junction where it departs from the RF&P mainline just north of FB. Customers as of early 2019 include Waste Management, the Birchwood power generating station, and CMC Steel (formerly Ameristeel, Gerdau, et al). The spur into Crop Production Services is intact, but no rail activity has been seen there as of early 2019. The lead across VA Route 3 to Bardon Sand has been pulled up.
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