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NC Transportation Museum: Rail Days This Weekend!

SPENCER – Source: Salisbury Post The N.C. Transportation Museum’s 2010 Family Rail Days Festival this weekend will celebrate the golden age of railroading and offer something for every member of the family. Featuring historic locomotives and rail cars displayed alongside modern rail equipment, the event will give visitors a chance to enjoy train rides, great [...]

The Great Train Expo

The Great Train Expo is a national, traveling show that caters to the model railroad enthusiast. The show features 200-500 tables of train dealers, who offer everything from… HO Scale, N Scale, Lionel (O Gauge), G Gauge, Z Scale, American Flyer (S Gauge), hobby tools, die-cast vehicles, train whistles, scenery items, Railroadiania Slides, t-shirts, videos, [...]

NC Transportation Museum’s Santa Train!

December 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 Tickets only available on the day of the event. Meet Santa Claus as he trades his sleigh for a locomotive! Take a 25-minute train ride with Santa and his elves, as Santa hands out oranges and candy canes, a Southern Railway tradition. Children will hear classic Christmas tales and have fun [...]

“Halloween Village” outgrows Garrett Farms

It started as a passing fancy of a sort for one South Durhamite — one which came to take up a bit more space in his garage with each passing year: a collection of miniatures that form ghastly and ghoulish villages. And it drew children from around the neighborhood for the past six years, an [...]

New Hope Valley Railway – Halloween Express!!!

Trains run Saturday Oct. 24 departing at 4:00PM, 5:15PM, 6:30PM, and 7:45PM with each ride taking about an hour. Advance purchase of tickets is required. Also – Fall Steam Spectacular! Come ride behind two steam engines!  Enjoy a train ride behind our own Engine #17 and visiting Flagg Coal #75 through the beautiful New Hope [...]

Two Big Railroad Festivals in NC!

Two of the largest railroad festivals in NC are this weekend and next weekend.  First, the establishment known as Tweetsie Railroad will host its annual Railfan Weekend this Saturday/Sunday, September 12th & 13th. Tweetsie breaks out #12 (Tweetsie) and also 190 (Yukon Queen) for a double-barrelled shotgun full of fun on their historic steam locomotives. [...]

39th Annual Southeast Threshers Reunion in Denton, NC!

Featuring, The Handy Dandy Railroad, The Southeast Threshers Reunion is the greatest steam, gas and antique farm machinery show in the Southeast, featuring 800 antique tractors and gas engines, arts & crafts, border collie demonstration, 15 restored buildings, music, food and more. The festival is held in Denton Farm Park in Denton, NC, which is located [...]

Railfest 2009 – Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Bryson City, NC – June 2009 – Railfest 2009, a Great Smoky Mountains Railroad festival, will return to the Bryson City Depot, September 18th through 20th. This three day gathering for railroad enthusiasts and history buffs from around the world provides an opportunity to ride special excursions, see railroad memorabilia and experience music of the [...]

Folks flock to Rail Days Festival

Source: Salisbury Post By Mark Wineka SPENCER — Never go to the Family Rail Days Festival at the N.C. Transportation Museum without riding the rails. Don and Anne Sebastian settled into an open-air passenger car Saturday and gave 4-year-old grandson Jacob a window seat. “There’s a lot of history here, and a lot of people [...]