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OLD DOMINION RAILWAY MUSEUM          
804-233-6237                              Fax:  804-745-4735  www.odcnrhs.org
102 Hull Street, Richmond, VA  23224

DIRECTIONS: I-95 to Exit 73, right onto Maury, go 2 blocks, left on 2nd Street, three blocks to Decatur Street, museum is inside fence on right.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:  A project of the Old Dominion Chapter, National Railway Historical Society.  Museum at the former Hull Street Station features steam, caboose, freight and passenger equipment. 

PARKING:  Located on original 1915 cobblestones, lanes are not marked.  RV parking.

TYPES OF PATHS TO OR AROUND ATTRACTION:  Cobblestone

ENTRANCE:  Main exhibit is in baggage car, enter from end of car.  7 exterior steps, each 9 in. in height and marked with tactile strip/color change.  Handrails on left and right.  Entry doors, 24 in. wide, open in with knob handle located 36 in. above floor. 

SPECIAL SERVICES:
For guests with hearing disabilities,there are tours in American Sign Language.  Signing interpreters available with advance notice. 

For guests with visual disabilities, there are hands-on exhibits.  In addition to railroad rolling stock, these include locomotive bell, railroad telephones and telegraph, antique platform scale, baggage, specimen rails, track tools, baggage wagons and streetcar fare box.   

GIFT SHOP:  Aisles 48 in. wide.  Counters 30 and 48 in. high.  Clerks  assist customers with special needs.  Aisles clear of temporary displays.

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