Harrisburg Chapter NRHS

Harrisburg Chapter NRHS The Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, home to Harris Switch Tower Museum, welcome's you!

We're open! 9 to 4. See you soon
06/06/2026

We're open! 9 to 4. See you soon

06/04/2026

Woohoo! Our restroom on the first floor was fixed today which will allow us to comfortably open Harris Tower Museum for visitors this Saturday (6/6/2026).

We'll be open Saturday from 9 AM to approximately 4 PM (based on visitation that day). In 2026 we're hoping to be open most Saturday's thru October.

Admission is by donation, and yes our Tower is climate controlled.

COME SEE US!
www.harrisburgnrhs.org/visit

Well, best of plans but a near 100-year old building dictates our opening sometimes. Due to a plumbing issue, we're goin...
05/27/2026

Well, best of plans but a near 100-year old building dictates our opening sometimes. Due to a plumbing issue, we're going to delay our opening for the season to Saturday, June 6th.

Keep an eye for other updates.

Meeting reminder for Tuesday (5/12/26)! Guests are ALWAYS welcomed to join us. We do suggest that you arrive one (1) hou...
05/11/2026

Meeting reminder for Tuesday (5/12/26)! Guests are ALWAYS welcomed to join us. We do suggest that you arrive one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting (6:30 pm) if you'd like to have dinner (full menu available). We meet in the community room.

Join our presenter, Steve Barry, as he takes us on an adventure of steam trains and specials here in the Keystone State!

Chapter Meeting reminder! A few days ahead of, but be sure to join us next Tuesday (5/12) for our last Chapter Meeting f...
05/07/2026

Chapter Meeting reminder! A few days ahead of, but be sure to join us next Tuesday (5/12) for our last Chapter Meeting for a few months.

Presenter Steve Barry is joining us and always puts on a great program; Pennsylvania steam train trips!

Docent Day! Keeping the stories of Harris alive is important, just as much as the building itself. Lead Docent, Dan Rapa...
05/02/2026

Docent Day! Keeping the stories of Harris alive is important, just as much as the building itself. Lead Docent, Dan Rapak, is doing training for new docents.

Interested in being a docent, please let us know!

Here we go, kids! 4014's schedule
04/28/2026

Here we go, kids! 4014's schedule

Welcome to Harris! The Chapter, by way of the late Bill Seigford's family, donated his cherished roll top agent's desk. ...
04/14/2026

Welcome to Harris! The Chapter, by way of the late Bill Seigford's family, donated his cherished roll top agent's desk. Bill worked for the PRR, PC and Conrail just before retirement in the late 1990s. His grandfather and father were ex-PRR men, too.

His daughter relays that this desk likely came from the ex-RDG freight house in Lititz, where they were living at the time. Bill was a customer sales rep for Conrail including the ex-RDG Reading & Columbia branch customers out of Lititz. That desk traveled where Bill did, including to Tulsa, OK in the early 1990's ;-)

Bill was a railroader, true with many connections that greatly benefited the Chapter financially.

While Bill passed away many years ago, his legacy will be remembered by this piece of railroading history. We thank his family for trusting us with this item. When yer at Harris next, ask to see "Bill's desk".

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637 Walnut Street
Harrisburg, PA
17101

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+17172326221

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