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DateDestinationTitleDescriptionDetailsReserve Now
06/07/25 08:00 AMManassas Railway Festival, Manassas VirginiaManassas Railway FestivalHelp DCNRHS staff a table and promote our programs at the annual Manassas Railway FestivalContact Lisa at 571-637-3920 to volunteer.General information about the festival is available here.
06/21/25 09:15 AMDover ParkDOVER HARBOR OrientationThe orientation is open to all chapter members who want to learn and have a hands-on opportunity with our Pullman. Attendance is a prerequisite for those who want to volunteer for crew assignments. Volunteering is not a requirement to attend this session, however new volunteers are always welcome! This six-hour information-filled session will be held aboard Dover Harbor at Dover Park siding in Jessup MD. The session will have a lunch break and end at 3:30 pm.Members-only event. Registration required. Space is limited.Reserve your space on-line here.
9/20/2025, 11:00AMRockhill Furnace PANarrow Gauge to Ragtime!DCNRHS is making a day outing to Pennsylvania to visit the East Broad Top Railroad in Pennsylvania on a musical weekend! This is a great tour package which will include by special arrangement a very rare ride on the EBT’s 1927 M-1 gas-electric doodlebug over recently refurbished track south of Orbisonia, an EBT shop complex tour, a trolley ride on the Shade Gap Electric Railway, and a ticket on that weekend’s special three hour early evening Ragtime at the Railroad Dinner Train—part of the Central Pennsylvania Ragtime and American Music Festival (https://www.rockhillragtime.com/). Reservations for this special package must close one month before the trip which we expect to be popular--- do not wait to book or you’ll miss the train!See flier (here) for full details on the DCNRHS website.Reserve Now here
04/01/25 12:00 AMMore trip and/or event announcements coming soon.Stay tuned

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