Autumn Leaf Train Excursions Through The Mountains Of NC, SC, VA & GA!

A vintage train will ride the rails through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia   October 29 &  30 on its Appalachian Region tour. People from all over will have a chance to see and even ride this historic train. Our grand parents have ridden many of these restored passenger cars during the 1950’s and [...]

NC Transportation Museum Offers Excursions

Day Trips To Roanoke, Va. and Asheville, N.C. Scheduled for October 30 and 31 SPENCER –  The N.C. Transportation Museum Foundation and the Watauga Valley Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society will host day trip train excursions to Roanoke, Va. October 30 and Asheville, N.C. October 31. These excursions, now in their fourth year, [...]

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Presents All-Inclusive First Class Seating

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is excited to introduce its All-Inclusive First Class Seating with dining and exclusive souvenirs. First Class passengers ride in comfort and style in 1940’s era bar, lounge and dining cars that feature seating at well-appointed tables and lounge/restaurant style chairs. First Class passengers receive a delicious lunch served by the car’s [...]

Riding the rails for holiday travel is up this year

By Denis Cuff Contra Costa Times George and Georgia Schumann needed to get across America to spend Christmas with their daughter in Fayetteville, N.C., but they weren’t keen about the rigors of a drive or the hustle and bustle and sardine-can packing of an airline flight. “My husband likes to “… stretch in his seat. [...]

The Rebirth of the Railroad

By: Chris Morrison With transportation costs up, one of the oldest icons of the Industrial Age is once again coming to prominence. Trains are the object of interest in the United States at levels not seen for decades, with some of the most foresightful investors around — including the world’s richest man, Warren Buffet — [...]

Passenger Train Returns to Western NC

Source: http://ncgogreen.myncblogs.com Posted by Jennifer Wig October 27, 2009 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Several years ago, cities and towns in the foothills and mountains of western North Carolina were anxiously awaiting the return of passenger rail service. In March 2001, the N.C. Department of Transportation adopted a phased plan to extend passenger rail service to Asheville [...]

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 [...]

Blue Ridge Mountain Train Excursions Set The Fall

Source: Chattanoogan.com The N.C. Transportation Museum Foundation and the Watauga Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society offer a chance to see the beautiful fall foliage, experience a great destination and enjoy the romance of riding the rails this fall. The museum is again hosting fall train excursions. In addition to our traditional Charlottesville, [...]

N.C. Transportation Museum dedicates new equipment

Source: Salisbury Post SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum dedicated new pieces of rail equipment, an exhibit honoring an essential part of railroading history and two new additions to the museum grounds as part of its 2009 Family Rail Days activities in June. “It’s been an exceptional year, as we’re showing off a number of [...]

Ringling Bros. Rode the Rails in Style

Source: Wall Street Journal By STUART FERGUSON Seeing Henry Morrison Flagler and John Ringling’s private railroad cars — their interiors, furniture and opalescent glass skylights gleaming from recent renovations — you’d never know that by the 1950s one had become housing for migrant farm workers, and another a fishing shack. Now, thanks to the Flagler [...]