Old Dominion Railway Museum

The Renovation of the Southern Railway station is underway!. For this reason, the museum will be closed starting September 1st until early 2010.This has been a long anticipated project and when completed will house a large amount of artifacts and documents relating to Railroading in the Richmond area. check back to see the photo gallery of the renovation process.

Click here for photos of the restoration!

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. If you would like to volunteer, please email us.

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