DCNRHS - Washington, D.C. Chapter NRHS

Upcoming Trips - Join Us!

Trip Name	Destination	Start Date
The Metropolitan Explorer	Point of Rocks, Gaithersburg, and Brunswick.	September 7, 2019	RESERVE NOW!
Baltimore: Railroading’s Hometown	Baltimore Railroading highlights	October 11, 2019	RESERVE NOW!

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Announcement - April 10, 2019

Important Notice Regarding Spring 2019 DOVER HARBOR Trips

Upcoming Seminars & Programs

Date	Time	Topic	Location	Description
June 21, 2019	7:30 PM	How Railroads Shaped the American Civil War	Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum	Free and open to the public.
July 19, 2019	7:30 PM	Washington -- America's North South Gateway	Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum	Free and open to the public.

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Recent Announcements

Freights at the Ferry Saturday June 8th was a beautiful day along the Potomac River in Maryland and West Virginia. Member Grant Lilly captured this photo of a CSX freight passing the historic and ...
Posted Jun 12, 2019, 4:49 PM by James Lilly
DCNRHS Receives $10,000 Grant from UPS Foundation for DOVER HARBOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWashington, D.C. - June 12, 2019 - The National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Inc (DCNRHS) received a $10,000 grant from the UPS Foundation, which ...
Posted Jun 12, 2019, 4:11 PM by James Lilly
DOVER HARBOR in the media The HeritageRail alliance, which DCNRHS is a member of, recently with permission reprinted on their web site an article from The Timetable on the replacement of DOVER HARBOR's carpet ...
Posted Jun 4, 2019, 5:48 PM by James Lilly
Railway Post Office Program Handouts Handouts from the May 17th program on the Railway Post Office are available below. Railway Mail Service Library Curator Dr. Frank Scheer gave a fascinating talk on the history and ...
Posted May 21, 2019, 7:21 PM by James Lilly

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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives

June 2019

"Instructions regarding the handling of vestibule trap doors, step boxes, tailgates, etc. are designed to prevent injury to employees and passengers; therefore it is extremely important that car service employees operate safely in accordance with these instructions."

Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Busboys, The Pullman Company, August 1, 1952.

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