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Riding the Rails-From Union Station to Old Town Alexandria
If you're just joining the "Magical History Tour" you might want to take a few minutes and check out where we have already been in the DC and Northern Virginia area.
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Today our tour is just a short train ride from Union Station to Old Town Alexandria.  We wanted to leave you plenty of time to take in the sights of our stops and enjoy a leisurely afternoon explore Old Town Alexandria.  So All Aboard and away we go.
 
 
If we are going to start in Union Station then you first have to take a look around this magnificent piece of architecture which opened in 1907.  When it was built it was the largest train station in the world.  The arrival of Union Station in DC was the start of a transformation of the city and its gold leaf coffered ceilings, white granite block construction and neo-classic lines are amazing.  The same theme used for Union Station can be seen at the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the Supreme Court Building a few blocks away. 
As with so many train stations as air travel became the preferred ... more

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