Tarheel Telegrapher May 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 5   May 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat Spring activities and the pollen arrived with full force in April at NCRM. There was plenty of yellow stuff to clean off this year to get ready for what was a very busy month. This year Hop Into Spring returned on...

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...