New Hope Valley's 1545 Santa train departs Bonsal on the former NS branch to Durham in the late evening.

L614 approaches Merry Oaks enroute to the Phoenix Lead.

New Hope Valley's ex-US Navy 65-tonner awaits its next excursion on the former original NS line to Durham.

One of New Hope Valley's center-cab diesels has recently been painted in the scheme of the original Norfolk Southern Railway, the company that once owned the very tracks the engine currently sits ... (more)

New Hope Valley 65-tonner number 671, formerly employed by the US Department of Defense, has been painted into a nice rendition of the original Norfolk Southern Railway. The NHVR/North Carolina Ra... (more)

NHV #17 returns with the final trip for the day on hot Sunday afternoon with heat indices between 105 and 110 Fahrenheit. The crews working #17 alternated trips to avoid heat exhaustion.

NHV #17 rest under the stars awaiting passenger excursions for the 2016 calendar year. The remote location of the North Carolina Railway Museum allows for views of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Spr... (more)

On the last day to ride this year, this steam locomotive is preparing to couple up and take the Santa train up towards New Hill, NC.

New Hope Valley 17 gets ready to head another run to New Hill and back during a busy Sunday on the small railroad

The CSX Raleigh to Hamlet daily freight blasts past this piece of North Carolina railroading history, the ex-Beaufort & Morehead #75. The working days of #75 are long gone, but she's got a great v... (more)

Odds and ends, including a sign with the logo of the original NS, surround these interesting relics on display at the New Hope Valley RR in rural NC.

Rusty right angles: Stacked rails and an elderly boxcar bear the marks of life in the outdoors

For those of you who have heard about this incident and have been wondering, the following is an official statement from the railroad: "An automobile/train collision occurred on the New Hope V... (more)

1943-built #399 pulls out of the former Norfolk Southern (old NS) yard in Bonsal with a freshly painted Aberdeen & Rockfish caboose past the egg shack, so-called because a local farmer sells eggs ... (more)