Washington and Old Dominion Railway - 1911 dated $1,000 Uncanceled Railroad 30 Year Gold Bond

$1,000 5% Gold Bond. Most coupons remain. Attractive! The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, commonly known as the W&OD, was a short-line railroad operating within Northern Virginia. It emerged as a successor to the defunct Washington and Old Dominion Railway, as well as several earlier railroads, the earliest of which commenced operations in 1859. The railroad ceased operations in 1968. The oldest segment of the railroad stretched from Alexandria, situated on the Potomac River, northwestward to Bluemont, located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Snickers Gap, close to the Virginia-West Virginia border.

The railroad's trajectory largely mirrored the paths of the Potomac River and the current Virginia State Route 7 (VA Route 7). This single-tracked line traced the meandering course of Four Mile Run, moving upstream from Alexandria through Arlington to Falls Church. Beyond Falls Church, the railroad ascended above the Fall Line, allowing it to adopt a more direct northwesterly route through Virginia, passing through Dunn Loring, Vienna, Sunset Hills (now part of Reston), Herndon, Sterling, Ashburn, and Leesburg.