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- 2025 Annual Meeting & Holiday Banquet2025 Annual Meeting & Holiday Banquet Notice of Annual Meeting – December 18, 2025 The Board of Directors has resolved that the Annual Meeting of the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will be held Thursday, December 18, 2025. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at the… Read more: 2025 Annual Meeting & Holiday Banquet
The Roanoke Chapter NRHS is a not-for-profit, historical and educational organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3) organization
We have been involved in the preservation and dissemination of western Virginia’s rail heritage, most specifically the Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railways.
Our organization is quite active in the preservation and restoration of historical rail equipment, documentation and structures relating to the railroads in our area for the past 55 years.
Western Virginia has an interesting rail heritage, you can experience some of it here, and there are a variety of ways to also participate.