Source: http://www.wral.com By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall New Hope Valley Railway opens a few weeks earlier this season so it can be part of the statewide North Carolina Science Festival. The railway, which features seasonal rides on its steam and diesel engines, will open Sunday and feature a day of demonstrations and kids’ activities, along with its regularly [...]
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New Hope Valley Railway opens this weekend with big event, train rides
Posted: April 21, 2012 in New Hope Valley Railway, Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: new hope valley railway, steam engines, tarheel trains, Train Rides in NC
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41st Annual Southeast Old Threshers’ Reunion Happening Now!
Posted: June 29, 2011 in Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: denton, denton farm park, handy dandy, handy dandy railroad, nc, threshers reunion
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 [...]
Transportation museum fires up coal engine!
Posted: December 7, 2010 in Spencer, Steam LocomotivesTags: nc train rides, nc trains, nc transportation museum, steam engines, train rides, Train Rides in NC, trains
Source: http://www.salisburypost.com The Flagg 75 steam engine spits, coughs, breathes heavily and blows off a lot of steam before it finally moves. In other words, I can relate. I hopped into the cab of the 1930 workhorse locomotive Saturday morning as Engineer John Barnett of Raleigh backed it onto the roundtable at the N.C. Transportation [...]
Guest Blog Post on The Daniel Boone RR: Lost Train of Hillsborough
Posted: November 22, 2010 in Daniel Boone Railroad, Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: daniel boone railroad, live steam, lost steam engines, nc train rides, nc transportation museum, north carolina trains, steam engines, Train Rides in NC
So, it seems The Daniel Boone Railroad and theme park in Hillsborough is fondly remembered by many. These posts continue to be some of the most popular. Recently, I received a note from someone we’ll call “Camo” and he shares the same memories I do. The difference: he’s been to what’s left of the park [...]
Daniel Boone Railroad – More info coming…
Posted: November 10, 2010 in Daniel Boone Railroad, Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: daniel boone railroad, hillsborough, north carolina trains, steam engines, train rides, Train Rides in NC
The posts I’ve written about the late Daniel Boone Railroad in Hillsborough are some of the most viewed on the site. Recently, I received an email from a guy we’ll call “Camo” who has fond memories of riding the train, as I do. He has volunteered to take some new pictures of the area, as [...]
Tweetsie’s Ghost Train, 2010!
Posted: September 12, 2010 in Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: halloween, locomotives, steam engines, Train Rides in NC, tweetsie, tweetsie railroad
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Great Smoky Mountains RR: “Day Out With Thomas!”
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Festivals, Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: day out with thomas, great smoky mountains railroad, nc train rides, thomas the train, trains in north carolina
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New Hope Valley Railway: Guest Blog by Adam Prince
Posted: June 2, 2010 in Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: engine number 17, new hope valley railroad, north carolina train rides, raleigh train ride, train rides in north carolina
New Hope Valley Railway Opens 2010 Season By: Adam Prince The New Hope Valley Railway is an all-volunteer excursion railroad. The East Carolina Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society acquired slightly over four miles of track and right of way from Bonsal to New Hill in 1982. Two years later, the first public ride was [...]
Tweetsie Officially Opens For The Season On April 30th!
Posted: April 21, 2010 in Steam Locomotives, Train Rides in NCTags: blowing rock, nc, steam engines north carolina, tarheel trains, Train Rides in NC, tweetsie railroad
Tweetsie Railroad, North Carolina’s first family theme park, opens for the 2010 season on Friday, April 30th. Come join the fun!! Source: Wikipedia Opened in 1957, Tweetsie Railroad began as an excursion train ride aboard steam locomotive #12, the only surviving narrow-gauge engine of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC). Built in 1917 [...]
Theme Song for The Daniel Boone Railroad – Lost Train of Hillsborough, NC
Posted: March 5, 2010 in Steam Locomotives, Train History, Train Rides in NCTags: daniel boone railroad, nc steam engines, occoneechee, old steam engine, train ride in hillsborough, Train Rides in NC
In my quest to locate the train or locomotive I used to ride as a small boy with my grandfather in Hillsborough, NC I have been able to locate many pictures and much info regarding the old engine and cars. The story started when I posted a story and photo of me in front of [...]
