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Upcoming Seminars & Programs

Date	Time	Topic	Location	Description
November 20, 2020	7:30 PM	Images of Railroading - Seven Tips for Better Photos	Registration Link.	For trainspotting month, we are offering a session to view some terrific rail photographs with a panel conversation on the ‘art of seeing’—what makes great rail photos. Get ready and join us as our panel, led by Ann Mason, shares seven tips for improving your rail photography. An on-line program. Free and open to the public. Registration will open on/about November 1.
December 18, 2020	7:30 PM	A Very Dover Holiday		Join the DCNRHS members as we celebrate a social distancing holiday event. Chef Fran will make us a signature cocktail (recipe in the Dec Timetable so you can make one or two at home!). Chief Mechanical Officer Jim Lilly will take us on a tour of the renovated Dover Harbor. Come join us for an interactive holiday session. Free and open to the public. An on-line program. Registration will open about December 1st.

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Upcoming Trips - Join Us!

Trip Name	Destination	Start Date
Spring operations being planned.	Stay tuned.	February 1, 2022	COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) National Emergency Update

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Recent Announcements

The Making of "Pullman: America's Hotel on Wheels" Our YouTube channel's latest addition is The Making of "Pullman: America's Hotel on Wheels." Years in the planning and making, Kalmbach released the documentary in October. Join us ...
Posted Oct 19, 2020, 6:22 PM by James Lilly
Washington's Best Restaurant One of our members recently acquired a postcard with a picture of the original restaurant from Union Station circa the 1910s. Savarins, as the restaurant was known, billed itself as ...
Posted Sep 23, 2020, 12:32 PM by James Lilly
From the DOVER HARBOR Archives Back in the early 1980s, not long after DCNRHS acquired our legendary Pullman DOVER HARBOR, we had a big job to do: return the livery to the correct color and ...
Posted Sep 23, 2020, 1:55 PM by James Lilly
The Railway Gun Now Posted The video from our August 2020 Program "The Railway Gun's Last 60 Miles is now posted on our YouTube channel.
Posted Sep 20, 2020, 7:23 PM by James Lilly

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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives

October 2020

Rule 98. Employees are required to carry a lantern or torch when passing through a tunnel where men cannot readily be seen.

[Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Safety Rules, Effective October 1, 1957.]

Safety Rule Archives

Historic 1923 Pullman on the mainlines of America at Mableton, Georgia

Travel a Legend: Pullman Dover Harbor

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WRECK OF THE FEDERAL AT UNION STATION 1953

We are often asked about the Wreck of the Federal at Union Station which happened January 15, 1953. The Federal was an express overnight train from Boston to Washington that became a runaway and crashed into Union Station 5 days before the first Eisenhower Inaugural. We have a detailed article on the incident you can read, as well as a YouTube Video about it by an individual who was there that day.