Join Us in Preserving and Sharing North Carolina Railroad History
Put your NAME on Education. Become a Corporate or Business Sponsor!
Your financial sponsorship in 2026 accelerates the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc., in its creation of sixty-five new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education exhibits – and that is only the beginning…
As a Corporate or Business Sponsor, you can help us educate future generations about the science and technology that built America’s railroads—while also preserving the heritage of railroading, its connection to and social impacts on the land, people and industries of North Carolina and across the nation.
Become part of the educational mission of NCRM! There is an opportunity for everyone in bringing this vision of an “educational museum park” built around a living historic railroad to reality. However, in these next three years of covering the “NCRM Share” of a 50-percent matching grant, your help is greatly needed. Become a partner with us in the research, restoration, curation, and presentation of these marvelous technological innovations in railroading. As an educational 501(c)(3) non-profit organization receiving no governmental support for operations, each dollar of revenue must stretch and be leveraged though volunteer efforts and other funding sources. Please consider how you can be a participant in this future of the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc.
One of the following seven levels of sponsorship is right for you. Don’t see exactly what you would like? Let’s talk and create a custom package.
Sponsorship Levels
- Benefactor of NC Railroad History – $15,000 and Greater
- Sustainer of NC Railroad History – $10,000 to $14,999
- Partner of NC Railroad History – $5,000 to $9,999
- Friend of NC Railroad History – $2,500 to $4,999
- Supporter of NC Railroad History – $1,000 to $2,499
- Business Friend – $500 to $999
- Business Supporter – $250 to $499
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, and funding for moving this work forward is needed now. The North Carolina Railway Museum (NCRM) must secure $70,000 in new sponsorship each year for the next three years to complete this ambitious expansion.
Five Exciting Historical Projects need your help today:
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.
The 1884 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
1941 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.
For full sponsorship benefits, download our 2026 Sponsor Packet.
Questions? Contact us at info@triangletrain.com.
North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc. (NCRM) is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations 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