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

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. 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 and help us with education and sharing the technological heritage of railroads! Please review the Plan Your Visit page for important information regarding your visit. Buy tickets online.

A Facebook donation has been created for Tim Carroll in lieu of flowers. https://www.facebook.com/donate/1296561028093143/1037312778434065/

Operate A Loco seat available this weekend! Saturday 4/19/2025 at 2:30. Come and drive a real locomotive at New Hope Valley Railway.  Go to Buy Tickets to purchase tickets.  Learn more here: https://www.triangletrain.com/operate-a-loco/

We have a Weekday Ride coming up on Friday April 25, departing at 10:30.  This is a group eligible ride offering a $1.00 per rider discount for groups with over 12 riders. To request an Offer Code that will reveal the discount tickets, send an email to  [email protected] to describe the group headcount, special needs and the weekday ride preferred.  Add the group name in the Company / Group box on the order checkout payment page.  This will help us be better organized on group ride day.

Volunteer with us and help repair and restore our vintage rail equipment while learning about the history of railroading in North Carolina. We typically work as a group on Wednesday and Saturday doing railcar restoration and maintenance of grounds, buildings and donated equipment. We need folks that like to fix things while helping a non-profit with a good cause. Some of the projects going on are: painting, track maintenance, railcar refurb, adding a deck to the Goldston Depot to be used as an indoor museum, reassemble #17 Steam Switcher Locomotive and we need a lead for the track crew. If you are more the artsy type, we need folks to create and install decorations for our 3 main events- Hop Into Spring, Track or Treat and the Santa’s Reindeer Roundup. We also have a G-Scale Model Railroad with 8 tracks to operate and maintain. There are many things to do at NHV and we will provide a partner for training. Click here for membership info:

Child-sized ear protection
We have six noise-reducing child-sized ear protectors available in the Gift Shop that may be borrowed for free during the train ride to reduce the impact of the train horn. We are required by Federal law to use the horn for safety purposes. Sitting in the middle rows in the middle cars will also put you farthest away from the train horn. Our child ear protection is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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.

Like and Follow our social media channels to stay up-to-date on the happenings in our rail yard. Facebook: @TriangleTrain Twitter: @Triangle_Train Instagram: @TriangleTrain and YouTube: Triangle Train – New Hope Valley Railway

Operate-a-Loco

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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.