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Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society.

The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., founded in 1921, is the oldest organization in North America devoted to railroad history, and among the first anywhere to pursue formal studies in the history of technology. The Society promotes research and encourages preservation of documentation and photography of business history, finance, labor history, and biography as well as technology.

We count by calendar years. Since the original charter, published in 1921, said the annual meeting will be held on the first Saturday in January most likely the first formal meeting was early in January 1921. Thus, the 94th year began on January 1, 2015.

The organization is nationally-known for its annual awards for significant and long-standing contributions to the writing, preservation, and interpretation of North American railroad history: the Gerald M. Best Senior Achievement Award, David P. Morgan Article Award, George W. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award, and Fred A. and Jane R. Stindt Photography Award. The Arthur D. Dubin Medal, first awarded in 2009 to Dubin, honors lifetime contributions to the study of railroad history.

The Society has ten local/regional chapters, which are open to all national society members. Chapter membership requires membership in the national society. Memberships are offered in the national society plus, optionally, as many chapters as the member may wish to join.

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