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Trip NameDestinationStart Date
Tidewater Traveler Williamsburg, Newport News October 29, 2016 RESERVE NOW! 
Tidewater Traveler – Garden Sense Williamsburg, Newport News October 30, 2016 RESERVE NOW! 
The Low Country Limited Charleston, Savannah November 7, 2016 RESERVE NOW! 
Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Washington's Union Station November 18, 2016 RESERVE NOW! 
Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Washington's Union Station November 19, 2016 SOLD OUT 
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Recent Announcements

  • DCNRHS Receives Grant for Dover Harbor DCNRHS is proud to announce that we have been awarded a $10,000 matching grant from the John Emery Rail Heritage Trust. The grant is in response to a proposal ...
    Posted Sep 25, 2016, 3:03 PM by James Lilly
  • Potomac Pullman DCNRHS operated a long-anticipated private charter with our classic Pullman car Dover Harbor in cooperation with the Potomac Eagle out of Romney, West Virginia.  The trip ran as part ...
    Posted Sep 18, 2016, 1:20 PM by James Lilly
  • 2016 Reproduction Pullman China Auction In 1999, DCNRHS sponsored a reproduction of the classic Indian Tree pattern china used on Pullman railroad cars. This reproduction was made by Syracuse China, one of the original manufacturers ...
    Posted Sep 18, 2016, 1:02 PM by James Lilly
  • New On-line Railroad Library Catalog Released. Erik Delfino, Chairman of our Library Committee, has asked us to announce the rollout of the New Catalog System for the Martin F. O'Rourke Memorial Railroad Library.  Erik and ...
    Posted Sep 18, 2016, 1:22 PM by James Lilly
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September 2016

Employees on duty must wear the prescribed badge and uniform and be neat in appearance. (General Rule J, p. 10)

Taken from “New York Central Railroad Safety Instructions”, effective January 1, 1918. 

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Upcoming Seminars

DateTimeTopicLocationDescription
October 21, 2016 8:00 PM An Introduction to Amtrak's Archives Silver Spring, MD B&O Station Introduction to the Amtrak Archives With Patrick Kidd. Following the celebration of Amtrak's 40th Anniversary in 2011-2012, the company created a permanent archives based in Washington, D.C. Patrick Kidd, Amtrak senior communications specialist, will give an overview of the archives' creation, its major holdings, recent donations and 2016 projects.​ 
November 18, 2016 8:00 PM A railroad related program to be announced GWMNM-Alexandria, VA Free and open to the public. 
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