Old Dominion Railway Museum

The articles of incorporation of the OLD DOMINION CHAPTER, NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY state that the purpose of the corporation is:

"To educate members of the public in the basic role of transportation in building and maintaining American society... through the establishment and maintenance of a museum and library for public display and study."

To accomplish this, the Old Dominion Railroad Museum strives to interpret the social and economic impact that the area railroads and their employees had, and continue to have, on the Richmond area and its citizens.

The museum is located at 102 Hull Street, next to the former Southern Railway passenger station at First and Hull Streets in South Richmond in an express car donated by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company. It is open to the public on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Admission is free with donations going to fund the operation of the museum.

The Hull Street Station was donated to the chapter by the Southern Railway for the permanent home of the museum. The Old Dominion Chapter recently purchased the land on which the station is located, and plans are being finalized for its conversion to house the museum and library. Future plans include the addition of displays of both passenger and freight railroad cars.

Volunteers are needed to staff the museum, plan activities, participate in fund raising and to maintain the museum.

Tour the Richmond Flood Wall

Tours of the Richmond Flood Wall are sponsored by the Old Dominion Railway Museum once each month, on the 2nd Sunday of the month. The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. and departs from the Old Dominion Railway Museum at 102 Hull Street. The Museum is located between 1st and 2nd Streets on the south end of the 14th Street Bridge (across from the Shockoe Slip area of downtown Richmond).

Tours sponsored by the ODRM are free, but donations are greatly accepted at the end of the tour in the Old Dominion Railway Museum. Booklets outlining the floodwall tour are normally available in the ODRM for a donation of fifty cents.

Parking is available in the Old Dominion Railway Museum's parking lot.

2008 Floodwall Tour Schedule :

March 9th, April 13th, May 11th, June 8th, July 13th, August 10th, September 14th, October 12, November 9th, and December 14th

Participants should expect a brisk walk of about an hour and a half. The tour is wheelchair accessible by advance arrangement. For information, weather cancellation advisories, and arrangement of wheelchair access, call (804) 233-6237

Rails in Richmond

Rails in Richmond by Carlton McKenney

First published in 1986 this comprehensive history details the story of the world's first successful electric streetcar system, which made Richmond, Va the forerunner of urban mass transit systems everywhere. It also covers streetcar service in Henrico, Hanover, Chesterfield, Petersburg, Dinwiddie,and Hoepwell. It has 192 pages, 240 photos and illustrations, nine maps, and three corporate charts. Hardbound with front and back color covers.

This book is available at the museum or:

Mail and make payment of $39.95 plus $5 shipping (Virginia residents please add 5% sales tax) and handling to:

Old Dominion Chapter, NHRS

PO Box 8583

Richmond, Va 23226