The New Hope Valley Railway at the North Carolina Railroad Museum

Come take a ride on the New Hope Valley Railway and see the locomotives and train cars of yesteryear.

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• Lesson plan: Trade and Transportation in the United States Students will imagine what it would be like to operate a plane, train, or truck along a trade route across the United States.
• Railroad Maps - 1828-1900 The Railroad maps in this website from the American Memory Project represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States.

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• Learn more about Chatham County, North Carolina, history, railroads, trains, and transportation.

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The East Carolina Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society restores and operates the The New Hope Valley Railway at the North Carolina Railroad Museum in Chatham County, NC. The museum is primarily an outdoor exhibit of historic and heritage railroad equipment. Participants can also learn to operate a locomotive. Group ride trains operate the third Friday of every month from May to November and must be booked in advance.

To schedule a special ride for your school group, call (919)-362-5416 for group ride dates and information.

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