Tarheel Telegrapher April 2026

Volume 66 – Issue 4                                                                             1 April 2026 From the Brass Hat The pollen is definitely out, so it must be spring around the railway museum. While the pollen can be annoying, it did not stop volunteers...

Tarheel Telegrapher March 2026

Volume 66 – Issue 3        1 March 2026 From the Brass Hat It’s beginning to look like spring is around the corner. After the bout of freezing rain last month, the railroad faired very well with no large downed trees to clear. We are thankful for that, but we do have...

Tarheel Telegrapher February 2026

  Volume 66 – Issue 2  February 1,  2026 From the Brass Hat Welcome to real winter. As I write this, we have had one freezing rain event and may be hit with another. On January 17th we held our annual meeting and were very pleased at the turnout. It was a new...

Tarheel Telegrapher January 2026

  Volume 65 – Issue 13  January 1,  2026 From the Brass HatHappy New Year! I hope everyone was able to enjoy holiday time with friends and family, or just found a place to chill and recover from what was a busy Santa Train operating season. We typically do well...

Tarheel Telegrapher December 2025

  Volume 65 – Issue 12  December 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat Welcome to Winter! The cold arrived this week, but as is typical around here, the weather will be all over the place. As of today, the start of our Santa trains is showing some rain, but that may...

Tarheel Telegrapher November 2025

Volume 65 – Issue 11  November 1,  2025 From the Brass Hat Happy November. Wow, that was a successful 30th Anniversary Halloween season. As someone who has seen all thirty, (ouch, I’m getting old) I can definitely say this one ranked up there considering we had to...