PLEASE HELP US TO PRESERVE AND SHARE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD HISTORY!
Every Dollar you Donate to our “LOCOMOTION” and “Voices From a Golden Age” projects WILL BE DOUBLED!
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.
We welcome visitors to our railyard museum to see and learn about railroad cars, cabooses, equipment, artifacts and even an 1884 train depot on those days/times a couple times each month when we run train rides. 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!
We have just received two grants from the Institute for Museums and Library Services to create needed new educational exhibits for our museum! They are 50% matching grants, which means every dollar you donate to our “LOCOMOTION” and “Voices From a Golden Age” projects will be doubled.
Your donation will support the new matching grants projects and ongoing and new projects listed below:
LOCOMOTION – The Power to Move (STEM Exhibition)
This STEM Exhibition will feature engaging, interactive displays focused on locomotives 67, 71 (#3), and 75, along with the Swift Premium Reefer, a static display of railroad wheels and trucks (including a recreated traction truck), and the engine from a diesel-electric locomotive.
Grant Total: $110,487
Matching Funds Needed over TWO (2) years: $112,907
Voices From a Golden Age – Learning From Our Technological Heritage
This project involves accessible interactive and educational exhibits for the 1916 ACL Baggage Car built by the Pullman Car Company, Caboose 302 (a rare Nuclear Escort Vehicle donated by Duke Energy to NCRM), and a Pre-K STEM Play-and-Learn area inside the Nickel Plate Road Caboose 468.
Grant Total: $169,729
Matching Funds Needed over THREE (3) years: $178,906
Vulcan Ironworks Steam Locomotive #17
Continue the required 15-year rebuild of our 1941 Steam Locomotive #17 bringing steam power back to our train rides. Our beloved #17 Steam Locomotive has carried many thrilled passengers over the years. Please help us put it back into service! Uncompleted Project Value: $340,000 (estimated)
1844 Goldston Freight Depot and Museum
Complete restoration and renovation of the Goldston Freight Depot including providing public accessibility, a passenger platform (deck), fire protection and lighting to finish our interior interactive museum exhibit space. Uncompleted Project Value: $311,302
1922 Southern Railway Post Office and Express Baggage Car #188
Renovate our ever-popular Railway Post Office (RPO) and Express Baggage Car #188 with a much-needed fresh coat of its special paint and lettering and installation of air conditioning. Project Value: $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 Sponsor and Business Donor
For information about how to become a corporate sponsor and business donor and sponsorship opportunities, please click here.
Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitations License Branch at 919-814-5400.
The license is not an endorsement by the State.