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New Hope Valley Railway / North Carolina Railway Museum (NCRM)

We are celebrating many milestones during our 2024 season. Come out and visit us! The NCRM operates New Hope Valley Railway so that visitors can experience a ride on our historic railroad. Also affectionately known as the “Triangle’s Train”, it travels along 4 miles of historic railroad track through piney woods and over a trestle on an hour-long, round trip from Bonsal to New Hill and back. In addition, on some ride days we also offer food and drinks for sale. Please keep in mind that we are only open to visitors during the times we run trains during scheduled ride days. Steam locomotive rides are not available at this time but our diesel locomotives travel down the same route and offer the same exciting excursions. Join us as a member and help us maintain and operate the railway! Please review the Plan Your Visit page for important information regarding your visit.

Help for Western North Carolina:

New Hope Valley Railway operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum is collecting financial and other donations to help the people affected by Hurricane Helene through the American Legion Post in Fuquay Varina. You may click on the Donate Button above and click on the Network For Good to send a cash donation and indicate that it is for Hurricane Helene assistance. You can use Paypal, however, they don’t have a place to indicate where the donation needs to go. We will also have a donation box at the Railway starting on Wednesday 10/2 and through the month of October for items as well as monetary donations.  Please come and ride our Track or Treat Halloween Express train rides and see the spooky decorations and actors on the tracks dressed up as a flying witch and other Halloween characters and fill our donation box on site to help our friends and businesses around Asheville. – thanks from the Crew and Staff

 

Group Train Ride, October 16th, 10:30 AM – Sensory Friendly
The weekday rides are perfect for groups or individuals looking for a fun and educational activity during a weekday morning. We offer a $1 discount per rider for groups of 12 or more using a special offer code for your discounts. Visit our Groups/Charters page for more information. This ride has all the Halloween decorations up, but, no actors in the woods.

Track or Treat Halloween Express
The Track or Treat Halloween Rides began on Saturday and the first 3 rides were sold out!  Get your Track or Treat tickets soon before the next two ride days sell out. Don’t be afraid to ride the 7:45 ride where its dark and you can see all the scary lighting! Many people like it the best.  We also have a special less scary, sensory friendly Track or Treat Halloween event on Wednesday, October 16 at 10:30 with less bright lights and no actors in the woods along the track. We are required to blow the train airhorn for safety several times during the ride to comply with the law, so, make arrangements for ear protection if needed.  This is for riders who are sensitive to this kind of activity.  Food from Dogfather is available.

Boo ‘n’ Brew
We have a Boo ‘n’ Brew scheduled on Friday, October 25th with Beer, Food and Halloween decorations and actors in the woods. This would be a great date night for dinner and a spooky train ride.  The 7:45 ride is always the best, in the dark, so the lights all are visible on the decorations.

Child sized ear protection
We have a couple of noise-reducing child size ear protectors available in the Ticket Office and the Gift Shop that may be borrowed to use during the ride to reduce the impact of the train horn.

Veterans Ride Free!
Come ride free on the November 10 Slow Down Sunday ride. Order free veterans ticket online or at the ticket office with your other paid riders.  Bring your military ID on ride day when you pickup your paper tickets at the Ticket Office.

Our last weekday group ride is on Wednesday, November 13 at 10:30. 
This ride is a perfect make up ride for the one we cancelled last Friday due to Helene.  All the riders from the cancelled ride should have their refunds back on their credit card by now, so, let’s fill up this ride and enjoy the cooler fall weather. Contact me at [email protected] to get your new group discount Offer Code for parties over 12 riders.

Santa’s Reindeer Roundup Express
Come see all the Christmas decorations and ride the train with Santa! Tickets will begin to sellout soon, so, don’t wait too long! Food from Dogfather is available. 

Birthday Party Caboose – Have your kid’s birthday party at New Hope Valley Railway – Sold out for this year!

Operate a Locomotive – Sold out for this year!

Launching of Adopt-A-Train program!
The North Carolina Railway Museum is delighted to announce that NOW you can adopt a train – locomotive, caboose, or railcar from our collection of heritage rolling stock! Your 12-month, symbolic adoption makes a great gift for your kids or love ones, memorial recognition, or business promotion at the same time that you are supporting our mission of preserving and sharing North Carolina railroad history for generations to come! For more information

Making Headlines
We appreciate the Triangle’s interest in our trains, events and rail yard! Below is some of the media coverage we’ve received.

 

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Steam Loco #17 Refurb

 

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The New Hope Valley Railway is the Triangle’s Train, offering excursion rides on vintage equipment at the North Carolina Railway Museum. The North Carolina Railway Museum is a private, educational, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and sharing North Carolina’s railroad history. The open-air museum features displays of historic railroad equipment and artifacts, a large garden railroad, memorabilia, and a gift shop.

Year the organization was started.

Miles of track for an hour ride out & back.

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All volunteer staff.

Minutes southwest of Raleigh NC.