The National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Inc. presents an Amtrak Ivy City Shop Tour Sunday, November 10, 2013 SOLD OUT
Join the
Washington, D.C. Chapter, NRHS for a three-hour walking tour of the Amtrak Ivy City Washington DC shop complex. Participants will have a behind the scenes
tour of all the shop complex facilities – Maintenance/Bad Order, Locomotive
Shop, Car Shop, Acela shop, Annex-Electric / Diesel 24 hour Inspection, Annex-Wheel
True, Conventional S&I, and PM Line and learn how Amtrak keeps the
equipment in operating order. Today more than 60 trains originate or terminate each
day out of the Ivy City shop complex
including Virginia Railway Express
and MARC commuter trains. This is a walking
tour of a railroad facility on hard and gravel surfaces so proper, comfortable
shoes are needed.
Tour participants will meet at the shop complex at 9:45am and then will be led to the appropriate shop entrance to begin the tour promptly at 10:00am. Directions to the shop and for free parking will be provided to tour participants with their tour confirmation.
PER PERSON FARES: DCNRHS Members: $29 Nonmembers: $39
For this tour, children must be at least 12 years old, accompanied by an adult and pay the same fares as adults CONDITIONS 1. No refund or credit after October 10, 2013, other than by operator's cancellation of the trip or reselling of the space. Reservations are not transferable and may not be resold without the consent of the operator. 2. This tour is of an active Amtrak shop facility which is not open to the public. Tour participants must be able to stand for times in places without seating, walk over gravel and hard surfaces, step over rails and some climbing may be required. 3. The Washington DC Chapter NRHS makes every effort to accommodate the physically challenged however this tour will require transiting over rails, gravel and areas which may not be accessible. Operator requires those physically challenged individuals requiring special assistance to be accompanied by someone who is able to assist them. 4. All participants must be dressed appropriately for safety, wearing long pants, and closed, hard soled shoes (no flip flops, sandals, open shoes, athletic shoes/sneakers or high heels permitted). Participants not properly dressed will be denied entrance, and no refund will be provided. 5. Children above age 12 are welcome on this tour, however each child must be supervised by an accompanying adult. There is no separate child’s fare. 6. The General Conditions for tours, trips, excursions and events as published on the DCNRHS web site (www.dcnrhs.org) apply. By making a reservation, participants agree to be bound by both the General and these specific Conditions.
AMTRAK IVY CITY SHOP TOUR, Sunday, November 10, 2013 I’m ready to go! My reservation and payment are enclosed: Name: _____________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ City, State, Zip: ____________________________________________ Telephone: ____ day ____ evening _________________________________ Mobile phone (day of trip): ____________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________________
PAYMENT METHOD ____ Check payable to Washington DC Chapter, NRHS ____ Charge to my Visa/Mastercard:
Card No.: __________________________________________________ Exp. Date (MM/YYYY): _____/_______ CID # (from back of card) _______ Signature: _________________________________________________Please reserve the following spaces: # ____ DCNRHS Member at $ 29.00 = $ ________________ Please include DCNRHS membership number with name below! # ____ Nonmember at $ 39.00 = $ ________________ TOTAL AMOUNT: $ ______________
ALL PARTICIPANT NAMES (Required) / DCNRHS Member No. _______________________________________ / ____________________ _______________________________________ / ____________________ _______________________________________ / ____________________ _______________________________________ / ____________________
How I heard about this trip: ¨ Trip News E-mail
Mail to: WASHINGTON, D.C. CHAPTER, NRHS c/o Mike Martin, Reservation Agent 503 Mayfield Avenue West Chester, PA 19380-5211Get this trip announcement as a PDF flyer.
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