A new Broad Street Station was built in 1917 by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad-controlled Baltimore and Potomac Railroad was built in the 1870s to compete with the B&O.

The village's development was directly related to the construction of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad, initiated in 1867 and completed in 1872.

However darkness fell and the Eighth only advanced as far as the bed of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, never having been heavily engaged.

In 1872, Quantico was the original northern terminus for the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.

It has given up its one-sixth share of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.

He also served as the planner and the major builder of the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad.

In 1872 the Pennsylvania Railroad obtained control of the bridge and railroad through its Baltimore and Potomac Railroad.

By late afternoon the force crossed the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, west of Ashland Station.

At Quantico the 1.7-mile (2.7 km) Potomac Railroad, chartered April 21, 1867, and opened May 1, 1872, connected the two lines.