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Trip NameDestinationStart Date
Tidewater Traveler Williamsburg, Newport News May 19, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
Tidewater Traveler -- Garden Sense Williamsburg, Newport News May 20, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
Star City Special Roanoke May 25, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
The Washington Special Washington, DC May 26, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
Boston Getaway Boston August 2, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
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Recent Announcements

  • DCNRHS Receives $15,000 Grant from The UPS Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETeam UPS Volunteers work painting the side of the an REA Baggage Car - August 12,  2017Washington, D.C. - April 20 - The National Railway Historical Society, Washington ...
    Posted Apr 18, 2018, 3:29 PM by James Lilly
  • Want to See the Inside of the Tunnel under Capitol Hill? One of our members shot this video on a recent train trip.   It provides the unusual view of the tracks from a train as it travels from Washington, D.C ...
    Posted Apr 18, 2018, 2:58 PM by James Lilly
  • PRR E8 with GG1 at Washington Terminal - Help Us Identify the Photographer A friend of the Society shared this photo with us of PRR E-8 5893 helping a GG1 East (North) out of Washington, D.C. in we are told 1964 ...
    Posted Mar 13, 2018, 6:53 PM by James Lilly
  • Pullman @ Piscayne Here is a video from Facebook with our Pullman Dover Harbor on the rear of Amtrak's No. 20 on 3/11/2018 at Piscayne, LA. Video is courtesy of ...
    Posted Mar 11, 2018, 7:06 PM by James Lilly
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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives
April 2018

"Rule 140: Passenger trainmen and employees of the Pullman Company must keep the doors of toilet rooms in passenger equipment cars locked between New York Avenue and Second Street and Virginia Avenue, except cars which have been placed in the station for occupancy and have been provided with waste pans."

The Washington Terminal Company, Safety Rules for the Guidance of Employees, effective October 1, 1925.

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Upcoming Seminars

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April 19, 2019 8:00 pm A railroad related topic to be announced. Silver Spring, MD B&O Station Free and open to the public. 
May 18, 2018 8:00 PM A railroad related topic to be announced. GWNMM-Alexandria, VA Free and open to the public. 
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