The North Carolina Railway Museum & New Hope Valley Railway are located approximately thirty minutes outside of the city of Raleigh. Here, guests can take a one-hour train ride on a true locomotive. Visitors can learn more about the history of the railroad at the North Carolina Railway Museum; look at antique train cars, memorabilia, and other artifacts; view the G-Scale garden railroad; or browse the museum’s gift shop during their time at the museum and railway. Monthly locomotive rides are offered at the New Hope Valley Railway, with trains operating between the months of April and December.
3900 Bonsal Rd, New Hill, NC 27562, Phone: 919-362-5416