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As
a part of its mission of promoting knowledge of railroads
and their history, the Washington, D.C. Chapter NRHS sponsors
a series of trips, tours, events, and excursions through
the course of the year. These fun-filled informative jaunts
visit points of rail interest locally, within the region,
and occasionally beyond. The preferred mode of transportation
is always by rail when possible.
The Washington, D.C. Chapter NRHS has operated
a successful rail travel program since 1951. All trips are escorted
by experienced Chapter members.
Recent trips have visited Union Station, Metro's
facilities in Washington, D.C., historical railroad sites in
Alexandria, Virginia, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Dispatching
Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amtrak's Bear, Delaware
Car Repair Shops, Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton,
Pennsylvania, a Trolley Tour of Philadelphia, and Conrail's
Shops in Juniata, Pennsylvania. These types of trips range from
one-half day jaunts to weekend motor coach adventures.
The Chapter's 1923 Pullman Car, the DOVER
HARBOR, figures prominently in another facet of the trips
and tours offered. These trips include one day runs to New York
City and Williamsburg, Virginia as well as weekend package tours
to destinations such as Boston, Charleston, South Carolina,
Niagara Falls, Burlington, Vermont, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
and Savannah, Georgia. Other longer trips include the Grand
Canyon, Sacramento, California and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Full chartered train excursions are also offered
approximately once a year. These trains of as many as twenty-two
passenger cars leave from the Washington, D.C. area to destination
around the region. Destinations 
in recent years have included the Virginia State Fair in Richmond,
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, Meyersdale,
Pennsylvania, and Salisbury, Maryland. All excursions are staffed
by Chapter members serving as car hosts, first-class stewards,
and other service personnel to ensure a safe and enjoyable trip
for every passenger.
These trips, tours, events, and excursions are
open to the public. To receive notices for them as they are
announced, please sign up on our mailing
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