↓ SOUTH ↓ Milepost Name Function Notes

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
Ave
tunnels

  Virginia Ave tunnel

tunnel

tracks run underneath I-395 Southeast-Southwest Freeway; Note 8 explains tunnel project

Jersey
yard

CFP112.5 Capitol x-over
yard
crossover 2-3
New Jersey Ave. yard; storage tracks for U.S. Capitol power plant coal

Washington
Terminal
RR

CFP112.2
WT 137.1
CP Virginia Ave jct
x-overs
JCT Washington Terminal RR to Union Station
crossover 4-3; Note 4

VRE
storage

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

VRE
storage

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

CFP110.5 Division Post

 

Virginia/District of Columbia border
"The Districk Line" on western shore of Potomac River
CFP110.1 RO x-overs double crossovers
CFP110.1 RO siding
NETT
north end RO siding
north end triple track
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

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
Cameron
yard

CFP104.3

A-F

more x-overs

jct

JCT Norfolk Southern Cameron yard

A-F
siding

A-F
set off
track

CFP104.3 A-F

still more x-overs!

jct

NE A-F siding and set-off track; crossover 1-2; crossover 2-3
JCT NS Washington District

CFP103.9 Seminary signal Track 4 only; SE A-F siding to Horn track; CSX tracks 1-3 flyover NS tracks

Trk 4
(Horn
track)

Conn. to NS
Washington
district

CFP102.5 Cameron Run signal  
CFP101.2 Van Dorn signal intermediate signal

Franconia
spur

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
Valley

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
Shores

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
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

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
spur

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

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
branch

CFP61.1 Dahlgren Jct

x-overs

jct

double crossovers
JCT Sealston industrial track Note 12

Team
track

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

Stock
M&M

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
Park

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

CFP54.77 Mine Rd grade xing Mine Road grade crossing, Auto Train crews call it “Haislip Pond Road”

Culpeper
Wood

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

Spotsylvania

CFP53.3 Spotsylvania station
SETT
Spotsylvania VRE station Note 6
south end triple track

CMC

VRE

CFP53.1 XR (CrossRoads)

x-overs
industry
yard

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
team
track

Guinea
siding

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
CFP43.4 Collins signal  
CFP41.75 Chainedora Rd grade xing Chainedora Road, VA666
CFP41.2 Rixey signal  
CFP39.4 Holly Hill signal  

DeJarnette

Milford
depot

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

Jones

Hoover

CFP37.00
CFP36.99
Jones Chemical
Hoover Wood
industry
industry
Jones Chemical
Hoover Treated Wood Products

Milford
Terminal

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

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
CFP25.0 Chandler signal  
CFP23.1 North Doswell x-over
siding

crossover 2-3
track 4 is 2880' controlled siding

Structural
Tech

CFP23.1 Structural Technologies industry Structural Technologies of Sound Structures built soundly with structural technology

New
Page

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
Feeds

CFP21.7 Bakery Feeds industry covered hoppers getting loaded

CFP21.6 Doswell

x-over

crossover 3-2

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
Creek

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
 

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
Park

CFP5.3 Industrial Park industry [ALL DEAD] Quebecor Printing, Virginia Green Lawn Care, Performance Foods/Taylor & Sledd

Florence Div.
Richmond Terminal

CFP4.8 Greendale division point

END RF&P sub

BEGIN Richmond terminal sub

Notes

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.