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  • July and August Monthly Programs A Real Treat! We have some fantastic educational activities coming up at our monthly programs- July 21st is our annual "Skyline View" night.   Join us at 7PM at the George Washington Masonic Memorial ...
    Posted Jul 9, 2017, 9:14 AM by James Lilly
  • DCNRHS Annual Summer Picnic Returns - Trackside! It has been a while since DCNRHS has had a picnic, but it's back again this year! The picnic will be held on Saturday, September 16, at the Chapter ...
    Posted Jul 9, 2017, 9:09 AM by James Lilly
  • The Crew Must Eat Too! Last October 29th a member of the Mechanical Crew of the Dover Harbor deadheaded the car from Huntington, WV to Washington, D.C behind Amtrak's Cardinal after a charter ...
    Posted Jun 11, 2017, 9:04 AM by James Lilly
  • Special June Program at Long Bridge Park Join DCNRHS and fellow rail fans for a summer's evening of train watching and chatting at Long Bridge Park in Arlington, VA. We will convene on the wall adjacent ...
    Posted Jun 1, 2017, 5:14 AM by James Lilly
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July 2017

"In case of danger to the Company’s property employees must unite to protect it."

New Haven Railroad Operating Rules, 1943.


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Upcoming Seminars

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August 25, 2017 8:00 PM John W. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Silver Spring, MD B&O Station Kathleen Waters Sander will discuss her new book John W. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (JHU Press, published April 14, 2017). This meeting will take place at 8 pm at the B&O Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD. Sander teaches history at the University of Maryland University College. Free and open to the public. 
September 16, 2017 8:00 PM Picnic at Bowie Tower Martin F. O'Rourke Library at Bowie Tower (Bowie, MD) Our trackside late summer event returns this year,once again at Bowie Tower, the site of our Railroad Library and along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Bring a covered dish. Open to the public. 
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