Tarheel Telegrapher April 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 4   April 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat It’s pollen season once again. Which means it’s time to wipe down the seats for another operating season. With a successful opener on March 27th, we look forward to our first major event, Hop Into Spring, coming...

Tarheel Telegrapher March 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 3   March 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat It is with great sadness that I report another loss for our museum. Most know by now that Board Member, Museum Chair and all-around friend of the NC Railway Museum and New Hope Valley Railway, Tim Carroll passed...

Tarheel Telegrapher February 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 2   February 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat Well, it looks like the weather is finally giving us a break. Today is the 26th , and it actually hit 50 where I live. Weather does not stop the work at Bonsal, but it sure is a lot nicer when its north of...

Tarheel Telegrapher January 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 1   January 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat Happy New Year! As I write this, it is still 2024 and I hope everyone had a good Christmas with family and friends. It was a time to relax after a busy and very successful holiday train season. I would like to...

Tarheel Telegrapher December 2024

Volume 64 – Issue 12.   December 1,  2024 From the Brass Hat Happy Holidays.  This month’s article is a bit different as it is coming from someone other than Chris Tilley.   By now, everyone has either read Cindy Grau’s board election announcement or heard through the...