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Trip NameDestinationStart Date
Virginia Railway Express Shop Tour Crossroads Yard March 15, 2014 RESERVE NOW! 
DCNRHS Banquet 2014 Potomac MD March 23, 2014 RESERVE NOW! 
Appomattox Insider Lynchburg, VA; Appomattox, VA March 28, 2014 SOLD OUT 
Tidewater Traveler Williamsburg, Newport News April 26, 2014 RESERVE NOW! 
Tidewater Traveler Williamsburg, Newport News April 27, 2014 RESERVE NOW! 
The Low Country Limited – Garden Sense Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA May 1, 2014 SOLD OUT 
Grand Parade of Trolleys Tour Pittsburgh June 27, 2014 RESERVE NOW! 
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Recent Announcements

  • Amtrak's new "Sprinter" makes first NEC Revenue run After months of testing on the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak’s’ new ACS-64 electrics have been released for revenue service. The first revenue run was train No. 171 on February ...
    Posted Feb 9, 2014, 2:57 PM by James Lilly
  • Last Ride on the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension This year’s annual gala banquet is scheduled for Sunday, March 23, from 5:30 - 9 pm at Normandie Farm in Potomac, MD, a Washington area fine-dining landmark and ...
    Posted Feb 3, 2014, 9:50 AM by James Lilly
  • DCNRHS Now Taking Applications for 2014 RailCamp Scholarship DCNRHS is once again sponsoring a scholarship to RailCamp in 2014.  This year we are sponsoring a scholarship for one lucky high school student to RailCamp West in Tacoma, Washington ...
    Posted Dec 17, 2013, 8:23 PM by James Lilly
  • Future Generations Campaign Launched In the December 2013 Issue of Trains Magazine,  the article “Keeping Up with Pullmans” shines a national spotlight and recognition on DCNRHS and highlights what we have long known: our ...
    Posted Feb 10, 2014, 9:52 AM by James Lilly
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Capitol Limited at Washington Union Station - circa 1959
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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives
March 2014

 

To avoid personal injury or loss of life to passengers the practice of unauthorized employees opening side and trap doors on vestibule equipment is prohibited.
Rule 126, Book of Rules, The Washington Terminal Company, effective 12:01 am October 1, 1925.

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Upcoming Seminars

DateTimeTopicLocationDescription
March 21, 2014 8:00 PM Railroads of the Shenandoah Valley GWMNM-Alexandria, VA Presented by D. C. area rail historian, Bob Cohen. Bob will cover the history of railroads in the valley using historic photos from his recently published and favorably reviewed book on this subject. Location: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 101 Callahan Dr., Alexandria, VA. 
March 23, 2014 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm 2014 Gala (Banquet) Normandie Farm, Potomac, MD Keynote speaker Alan Freed will present "Last Ride on the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension" 
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DCNRHS (The National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Inc.) is a non-profit 501(c) organization founded in the District of Columbia in 1944.  Gifts are tax-deductible to the maximum extent permitted under the Internal Revenue Code.