2026 Annual Meeting

May 13-16, 2026

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Hosted by the PRRT&HS National Board and the DC Chapter

The PRRT&HS National Board and the DC Chapter welcome you to the PRRT&HS 58th Annual Meeting. 

The event site is the Eisenhower Hotel and Convention Center and the adjoining Aspire hotel. The location is ten minutes south of downtown historic Gettysburg, and eight minutes from the National Military Park.

In addition to the Banquet presentation and annual modelling committee open meeting, 18 presentations covering a broad range of subjects will be presented, nearly all twice, using three presentation rooms operating on a relaxed schedule, providing plenty of time to visit the vendor room and the model room. Specific PRRT&HS presentations will cover using our new Digital Keystone Collection and an update on recent changes at the Archives. Check out the presentation pop-up below.

A rail excursion Thursday on the Walkersville Southern, operating on a portion of the old PRR Frederick branch, layout tours Friday night and Sunday, a sale of surplus used PRR books from our Archives along with member donated models at the society's vendor table, and the annual society business meeting Saturday morning round out the PRR related activities.

There is also a lot of history in the immediate area. We have arranged bus tours of Gettysburg battlefield narrated by a noted historian before our meeting starts and an alternate tour of downtown Gettysburg on Friday for those not focused on the PRR. We expect some members will take advantage of the opportunity to visit historic sites before or after our meeting to include a more in depth visit of the Battlefield park, downtown Gettysburg, which includes several smaller museums that may be of interest, and the Eisenhower national historic site, all within ten minutes of our convention site.  

Come and join us in Gettysburg!