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Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Washington Union Station October 5, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
Dover Harbor Chefs' Table Washington Union Station October 6, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
The Steamboat Special New Orleans October 18, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
Tidewater Traveler-Garden Sense Williamsburg, Newport News October 28, 2018 RESERVE NOW! 
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Recent Announcements

  • PAINT BLITZ/PICNIC/OPEN HOUSE/BOOK SWAP RESCHEDULED The painting blitz, picnic, open house, and book swap scheduled for 9/8/2018 at Dover Park has been rescheduled due to weather.  The new date and time are 9 ...
    Posted Sep 7, 2018, 3:04 PM by James Lilly
  • The RailCamp Experience DCNRHS sponsored a camper to RailCamp 2018.  This year's winner was Logan Dahir. Read about Logan's experience, in his own words, here.  And we are now taking applications ...
    Posted Aug 28, 2018, 3:14 PM by James Lilly
  • Donna Dolan - Iron Worker John Kelly, author of the Washington Post column John Kelly’s Washington, included volunteer Donna Dolan’s response to his column about ironing his own shirts. From the August 15 ...
    Posted Aug 28, 2018, 12:40 PM by James Lilly
  • Taking Volunteerism to All Heights Saturday, August 18, was a typical work day at Dover Park.  Volunteers were completing a variety of maintenance tasks on our equipment.  Our team does whatever it takes to make ...
    Posted Aug 19, 2018, 6:18 PM by James Lilly
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Safety Rule of the Month - History Archives
September 2018

"Rule 101: Baggage Masters will have baggage destined beyond Washington requiring transfer at that point near the door of the baggage car on arrival at Union Station so it can be promptly dispatched to connecting trains and assist in unloading same and other baggage."

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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September 8, 2018 9:00 AM Picnic, Book Exchange, and Paint Party at Dover Park  On September 8th we will be having a picnic, work session, and library book swap meet and sale at our rail maintenance facility. To attend, send an email to picnic@dcnrhs.org. 
October 19, 2018 8:00 PM Missouri Scrapbook Silver Spring, MD B&O Station Photographer and writer R.G. Edmonson will present a look back at the railroad scene in Missouri in the early 1980s. It was a colorful time, when long-gone lines like the Missouri Pacific, Frisco, Illinois Central, Burlington Northern, Rock Island, and Missouri-Kansas-Texas – The Katy – still rolled through the state's unique landscape. Free and open to the public. 
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