Your donation in 2026 accelerates the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc. in its creation of sixty-five new STEM education exhibits – and that is only the beginning…
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc (NCRM), the parent organization of the Triangle’s Train – New Hope Valley Railway. For Corporate and Business donors, please check out our Sponsorship page.
The mission of NCRM is to educate current and future generations in the exciting science, technology, and development of America’s railroads while preserving the heritage of railroading, its connection to and social impacts on the land, people, and industries of North Carolina and our nation.
Between now and October 2028, NCRM is quadrupling its museum’s exhibit space – opening for the first time, seven (7) pieces of heritage railroad equipment and the relocated 1884 Goldston Railroad Freight Depot. But this cannot happen without you.
Your support and donations to the NC Railway Museum are vitally important to allow us to continue with our major restoration and preservation projects and to continue with our mission to preserve and share the North Carolina railroad history.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Your donation at any level allows us to continue sharing these rare pieces of history with YOU and ALL communities in North Carolina and beyond.
You can make your donation in the following ways:
- PayPal Giving Fund. This requires a free PayPal account to login.
- Network For Good (NFG) We use Network For Good (NFG) to process our online donations. NFG charges us a 5% fee for use of their service. NFG will give you the option to cover their 5% fee in addition to the donation you wish to make to the NCRM. But you are under no obligation to do so. NFG will provide you with a receipt for your tax-deductible donation to the NCRM.
Please click the Donate Now Button - By mailing a check to:
NC Railway Museum – Fundraising Committee
PO Box 40
New Hill, NC 27562
Please make check payable to NC Railway Museum.
Also, please check to see if your donation is eligible for a matching gift from your employer (or former employer if you are retired).
Help us preserve and share North Carolina’s railroad history!
Your donation is doubled today, thanks to two Institute of Museum and Library Services’ museum grants received for the design and creation of new interactive and self-directed learning exhibits for visitors of all ages and abilities. They are 50% matching grants, which means every dollar you donate to our “LOCOMOTION” and “Voices From a Golden Age” projects will be doubled.
Trains.com article about these grants.
Your donation will support the new matching grants projects and ongoing and new projects listed below:
LOCOMOTION – The Power to Move – S.T.E.M. Exhibition 
This engaging interactive STEM Exhibition will feature three diesel-electric locomotives from the 1940s and a Swift Premium Ice-refrigerated box car. Funds needed over two (2) years: $56,800.
Voices From a Golden Age – Learning From Our Technological Heritage
Conversion the interior of this 1918 Pullman Baggage car to a collection of exhibits from Pullman history and add learning exhibits to a 1962 Security Escort Vehicle (Caboose), and a Pre-K STEM Play and Learn area inside a 1968 Nickel Plate Road Caboose. Total funds needed $71,200.
1844 Goldston Freight Depot and Museum
Complete the restoration of this historic structure providing needed public accessibility and special lighting for a host of exhibits. Estimated funds needed: $270,000
Vulcan Iron Works Steam Locomotive #17
Continued progress on the required 15-year rebuilding of our favorite steam locomotive requires another $240,000 to bring it back into operation in 2027.
1922 Southern Railway Post Office (RPO) and Express Baggage Car #188
Our premier museum car desperately needs a coat of paint and heating and air condition. Estimated funding needed: $25,000.
Your donation will help us bring history to life, inspire future engineers and innovators and make our museum more engaging and inclusive than
ever before.
Please contribute today to our ongoing Fundraising Campaign!
Thank YOU for helping us to preserve and share the NC railroad history!
Be a Corporate or Business Sponsor
For information about how to become a corporate or business sponsor and sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc. (NCRM) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization. Your donations and financial contributions are tax deductible. “Financial Information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at (919) 814-5400. The license is not an endorsement by the State”. Federal Tax ID # 56-6073399.