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Administrative Policy on Use of
NRHS Service Mark (NRHS Emblem)


    The NRHS Service Mark (emblem) is the registered service mark of the National Railway Historical Society, and it is to be used only with the permission of the Society.

    A. Usage Authorized:

    1. Active NRHS Chapters: Active chapters have permission to use the NRHS Service Mark for promotion of the chapter it its events, event handouts, and similar application.

    2. Chapters hosting NRHS Conventions: After award of the convention by the Board of Directors, host chapters have permission to use the NRHS Service Mark for all promotion and documentation of convention events and activities.

    3. Chapters hosting Board of Directors Meetings: After award of the Board meeting by the Board of Directors, host chapters have permission to use the NRHS Service Mark for all promotion and documentation of Boad meeting events and activities.

    B. Restrictions on use of Service Mark:

    1. Individuals, includign NRHS Members, may use the NRHS Service Mark only with specific advance written permission of the Society.

    2. Organizations and companies that are not active NRHS Chapters may use the NRHS Service Mark only with specific advance written permission of the Society.

    3. The NRHS Service Mark may be reproduced on merchandise intended for sale only with specific advance written permission of the Society.

    4. Chapters going on Inactive status or leaving the Society, individuals who are no longer Members in Good Standing, and organizations and companies terminating business relationships with the NRHS immeidately forfeit any previously granted authorization to use the NRHS Service Mark.

    5. Use of the NRHS Service Mark is STRICTLY PROHIBITED at any event or on any document that lobbies for legislation, supports a policitical candidate, or in any other activity inappropriate for a 501(c)(3) tax emempt organization, or for any fradulent, illegal, or immoral purpose. This restriciton also applies to any letter of notice written on a chapter letterhead on which the NRHS Service Mark appears and to any Internet page or website on which the NRHS Service Mark appears.

    6. In any authorized use, the NRHS Service Mark must be reproduced intact, unaltered, and in the proper alighenment.

    C. Access to Service:

    1. To obtain camera ready copies of the NRHS Service Mark in various sizes, contact the NRHS National Office.

    2. For questions regarding authorized use and for permission to use the NRHS Service Mark, contact the NRHS National Office.

    NOTE: A TIF format, higher resolution/quality version of the image, is available for downloading. Right click here, then Save the logo to your computer. This file is approximately 1328K.


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