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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.

YouTube linkPrograms — Check out our YouTube channel for recent programs.
renewal linkRenew — You can renew your membership online, using a credit card or PayPal account.
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Internal business:

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

January 2026 program: Traveling the Mid-Atlantic States
Woodstown Central steam train Available on YouTube. Doug Scott's multimedia program that covers the Woodstown Central Railroad (with its 0-6-0 steam engine), scenes of Amtrak trains, CSX freights, and stations in Delaware, the Carolinas and Virginia.


November 2025 program: From the Camera of Mike Yuhas
BNSF freight train Available on YouTube. Former Trains Magazine Director of Advertising, Mike Yuhas presents multimedia slideshows featuring action in 1984, a 2015 hunt for early diesels, and select Midwestern locations in 2018-19.


October 2025 program: F Units on the E-L Bloomsburg Branch
F unit passing caboose Available on YouTube. Tom Nemeth, editor of Railpace Magazine, covers the Lackawanna's Bloomsburg Branch during the early to mid-1970s. That branch saw the regular use of A-B-B-A Erie-Lackawanna F-units between Scranton and the Reading connection at Rupert.


September 2025 program: Fs, Commuters, and Excursions
Two C&NW commuter trains Available on YouTube. Trains of the 1970s and 1980s: Alex Mayes' presentation highlights passenger and freight trains from those decades. The show includes Southern Railway's Southern Crescent, excursions in Northern Virginia, and a trip to Chicago in 1978.


August 2025 program: Southwest Rails & Music
Steam engine and classic car Available on YouTube. Doug Scott presents a multimedia program backed by musical soundtracks covering his trip to the Southwest in October 2024. The program features BNSF in the Albuquerque area and between Belen and Williams.


Clay and Diane
(Clay Moritz and his wife Diane at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.) After 35 years on the job, Clay has stepped down as editor of Potomac Rail News. October 2024 was his last edition. The newsletter has always been a delight to read. The Potomac Chapter is grateful for Clay's decades of service.

Newsletter linkNewsletter — 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 symbolParking — There are many parking alternatives for the membership meeting. See a map with alternatives.
Link to photo page
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.
Fun photo linkJust for Fun: Wayne Sherwin uses his digital editing skills to create some interesting images.

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. You can write to us at:

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

For membership or other information about the chapter e-mail:
Bill Holdsworth, info@potomacnrhs.org

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