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Updated August 25, 2025: Established in 2007, The Martin F. O’Rourke Memorial Railroad Library is operated by the National Railway Historical, Society, Washington, D. C. Chapter, Inc., (DCNRHS) an all-volunteer not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1944.

In Summer 2025 the City of Bowie (Maryland) Museums Division, our partner since 2007, requested that we vacate the Bowie Tower location by September 30. The City of Bowie plans to transition the space for use as a storage facility.

The Library is at this time temporarily closed until we can find a new place for our historic collection. DCNRHS has packed up the contents of the Library and is preparing to comply with the City’s request.

General Information

To ensure the integrity of the collection, a driver’s license or other form of government issued identification may be required to gain access to the collection.

No food or drink is permitted in the facility other than small bottles of water.

NOTE: Google Maps above shows the location as the Huntington Railroad Museum, the former name.