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Trip NameDestinationStart Date
Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Jessup, MD December 13, 2019 RESERVE NOW! 
Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Jessup, MD December 14, 2019 SOLD OUT 
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Upcoming Seminars & Programs

DateTimeTopicLocationDescription
December 1, 2019 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Railfan Sunday - Train Watching at Bowie Tower Railroad Library at Bowie Tower Free and open to the public. 
December 20, 2019 7:30 PM Envisioning Trains, One Track at a Time Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum Free and open to the public. 
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Recent Announcements

  • 2020 Membership Drive All aboard....Already a member? Time to renew your membership.    You can send back the form recently mailed to you, make a donation via paypal via the link on http ...
    Posted Nov 10, 2019, 7:41 AM by James Lilly
  • Vermont Rails DCNRHS recently operated a long weekend trip 12 - 15 October with our Pullman DOVER HARBOR to Burlington, VT. The fall colors were glorious. It was a joint trip hosted by ...
    Posted Nov 10, 2019, 7:27 AM by James Lilly
  • Details The difference between riding the DOVER HARBOR, and riding other railroad cars or riding is often in the details.  DCNRHS works tirelessly to create an environment with a 1930s ambiance ...
    Posted Sep 16, 2019, 7:16 PM by James Lilly
  • Pullman National Monument Did you know that the former Pullman factory in South Chicago is now a National Monument?  This photo of the main administration building was taken by one of our members ...
    Posted Sep 3, 2019, 5:12 PM by James Lilly
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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives
November 2019

The Chief Train Director has charge of the towers, of the men employed therein and the general movement of trains in the interlocked district controlled by tower operations.  

[Rule #155, Washington Terminal Company Book of Rules, Rules for Tower Men, October 1, 1925]

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