The train is about to enter Leesylvania State Park to the right of the trestle. When the railroad was built, the property was the home of former Confederate Lt. Colonel John W. Fairfax, who sold the right of way (actually two rights of way on separate alignments over time). Fairfax served as a staff officer in the Army of Northern Virginia's First Corps for much of the Civil War, and was raised on the property. He retired to it in 1875 and died there in 1908.
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