Volume 64 – Issue 1                            1 January 2024 From the Brass Hat All Hail the arrival of a New Year! 2024 has plenty of promise for the NCRM as we celebrate our 40th Anniversary in Bonsal and the 120th Anniversary of the original railroad we currently...

Volume 63 – Issue 12                          1 December 2023 From the Brass Hat Welcome to Winter! The leaves are on the ground and the thermometer is showing abnormally cold temps. We have rain in the forecast, so that must mean it will be warming up, at least...

Volume 63 – Issue 11                          1 November 2023 From the Brass Hat Gina and I gratefully thank everyone for their sincere expressions of sympathy and condolences upon the passing of my mother. The beautiful flowers from the NCRM were a pleasant surprise....

Volume 63 – Issue 10                           1 October 2023 From the Brass Hat I have to open this month with a HUGE “Thanks” to everyone who came out to help with the Halloween decorating. The simple act of putting all the displays on the train and dropping them...

Volume 63 – Issue 9                            1 September 2023 From the Brass Hat Greetings to everyone and I hope you enjoyed the “slow” week at the end of August and survived the Tropical Storm. August was a good month for us, with a lot of things getting done...

Volume 63 - Issue 8             1 August 2023 From the Brass Hat July was a busy month and I’m glad that I got to see a lot of y’all out at the yard. It seems that we should have been equipped with life jackets and swim fins for the Brew & Choo. We had a pretty...

    Volume 63 - Issue 7               1 July 2023 From the Brass Hat What constitutes a “successful” train ride on our line? That could be many things to many people, but here are a few suggestions. First and foremost, it was safe – nobody got injured and...

    Volume 63 - Issue 6               1 June 2023 From the Brass Hat Hi all and thanks to everyone who had a hand in preparing and executing the Nuclear Fuel Train Veterans’ rides. This began with the Save the 10 project when Duke Energy donated the two...

    Volume 63                1 May 2023 From the Brass Hat Hi all and thanks to everyone who had a hand in preparing and executing the Hop Into Spring rides. We had the third best April in our history with 1584 riders. From all reports, the trains ran safely...

    Volume 63 - Issue 4                       4 April 2023 From the Brass Hat Greetings from the sunny Florida Keys! As you read this, opening day is now in the books. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in preparing and executing. While preparations for Hop...