The host hotel is the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Milwaukee Downtown, 611 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203. The telephone number to use for our event is: 1-414-273-2950.
Go to https://nrhs.com/convention/ for more details.
Due to COVID-19, both 2021 RailCamp East and West have been canceled.
For more information about RailCamp, please go to:
https://nrhs.com/programs/railcamp/
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, both East and West RailCamps have been canceled.
For more information about RailCamp, please go to:
The NRHS has canceled the 2020 Spring Conference that was to be held in
Cincinnati OH. This cancellation was undertaken due to the coronavirous
(COVID-19) situation.
Conference Committee
The 2021 National Convention will be held from August 23 thru August 28. The location will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Committee has settled on a host hotel. The hotel and reservation information will be announced soon.
Please stay tuned for further information including events that week and name of the hotel.
Posted on June 7, 2020.
The Officers and the Board of Directors of the NRHS have decided that due to the unpredictable situation which the Covid-19 virus has created, the 2020 NRHS Convention has been cancelled.
For more information, please see the Convention page at: https://nrhs.com/convention/
The 2019 Convention, held in Salt Lake City, is now history. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make it happen, and to all who attended!
Convention events for the 2020 Convention schedule are still in the planning stage. The dates are now confirmed. They are Monday, June 8th through Saturday, June 13th, 2020.
The 2020 convention hotel will be the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel. The rate will be $119 per night plus tax.
The NRHS Officers have reviewed the current situation concerning travel, meetings and the coronavirus (COVID-19). It has been decided that no events will be held for the 2020 Spring Conference. The Officers of the NRHS consider our members health to be extremely important and that gathering for this Conference could be risky and would not be recommended.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention is urging
everyone to defer travel.
A recent Medicare.gov release reads:
“According to the CDC,
Online registration is now open for the 2020 NRHS Convention. The Registration Booklet and Manual Order Form are also available. Please go to the Convention web page for the links.
The National Railway Historical Society
(NRHS) has announced nine recipients of its annual Heritage Grants
Program. The 2019 heritage grant awards total $48,000. The recipients
are not for profit organizations, including historical societies,
museums, and a NRHS Chapter.
This year’s grants were awarded to
the following recipients:
$8,000 to the Oregon Rail Heritage
Foundation in Portland, Oregon towards the refurbishment and
installation at its Rail Heritage Center of a 102’ continuous
turntable,