Potomac Chapter NRHS

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Upcoming events

Since COVID-19 our meetings are a mixture of Zoom, in-person, and hybrid. Keep an eye on the schedule below.

Programs — Check out our YouTube channel for recent programs.

Renew — You can renew your membership online, using a credit card or PayPal account.

Donate — Help the chapter further its mission.

Internal business:

• Membership meeting minutes
• Board meeting minutes
• Chapter bylaws
• Email voting procedures
• Archives of prior year minutes
• Small grants program

May 2024 program: Rodney Peterson's Erie-Lackawanna and New York Central Pt. 2
Available on YouTube. Jim Kleeman presents Rodney's photography from 1963 to 1970. Rodney was a project engineer in the B&O Division Engineers Office in Akron, Ohio. He spent time documenting the E-L and NYC operations from New York to Western Ohio. Part 2 focuses on the NYC. This video is an encore studio edit, (with Bob Kaplan providing additional commentary), of a Potomac Chapter NRHS program originally presented on June 20th 2023.

May 2024 program: Rodney Peterson's Erie-Lackawanna and New York Central Pt. 1
Available on YouTube. Jim Kleeman presents Rodney's photography from 1963 to 1970. Rodney was a project engineer in the B&O Division Engineers Office in Akron, Ohio. He spent time documenting the E-L and NYC operations from New York to Western Ohio. Part 1 focuses on the E-L. This video is an encore studio edit, (with Bob Kaplan providing additional commentary), of a program originally presented on June 20th 2023.

April 2024 program: The Colorful Norfolk Southern
Available on YouTube. George Hamlin presents a program covering the intriguing heritage paint schemes currently worn by Norfolk Southern diesels. The program also includes diesels from other railroads photographed leading NS trains.

March 2024 program: ALCO Shortlines & Regionals
Available on YouTube. Alex Mayes took us on a tour of shortline and regional railroads in the Eastern U.S., including several all-ALCO lines.

Newsletter — We're very proud of our newsletter, Potomac Rail News.
– See last month's issue.
– Read the issue from two months ago.
– See the issue from three months ago.

Meetings — We meet the third Tuesday of every month at 8:00 p.m. Sometimes on Zoom. Sometimes in person in downtown Rockville. Check the calendar.

Chapter Information — Learn more about our chapter and how to become a member.

Parking — There are many parking alternatives for the membership meeting. See a map with alternatives.

Photos — See a sample of photos from our chapter.

Visiting our area? — As railfans, we can offer sightseeing suggestions for visitors to the Washington, D.C. area. Sample our collective wisdom.

Just for Fun: Wayne Sherwin uses his digital editing skills to create some interesting images.

A thank you for our donors
Aberdeen B&O station
Many thanks to our members who donated to our fund-raising drive to help preserve the B&O Railroad’s only existing station on the Philadelphia Subdivision. We sent $4,400 to the Friends of the Aberdeen B&O Train Station, Inc.

Golden Spike 150th anniversary celebration
Member Jay Creswell captured these two images at the May 10, 2019 event marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad 150 years earlier. (Click to enlarge.)

Potomac Chapter is a group of railfans based in the National Capital Area. We are chartered as a branch of the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS). We seek to increase public awareness of railroads and their history.

Contact us: For more information, you can call Vice President John Sery at (301) 431-0088 or Director Bob Dixon-Gumm at (301) 762-5073. You can write to us at:

    Potomac Chapter NRHS
    P.O. Box 235
    Kensington, MD 20895-0235

E-mail our Webmaster:
Bill Holdsworth, info@potomacnrhs.org

For membership information e-mail
Rick Davidson
Download a membership form

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