Restoring the Past to inspire the future
Bringing new life to an historic steam locomotive
Restoring the Past to inspire the future
Bringing new life to an historic steam locomotive
About Us
The North Carolina Railway Museum
The North Carolina Railway Museum
The North Carolina Railway Museum
The North Carolina Railway Museum (NCRM) operates the New Hope Valley Railway over a portion of the old Durham and South Carolina Railroad in central NC.
We pride ourselves on being an educationally-focused living railway museum, providing our guests with a hands-on railroading experience. Our museum includes locomotives, rolling stock, an historic depot, and a garden railroad for your enjoyment.
Locomotive 110
The North Carolina Railway Museum
The North Carolina Railway Museum
The Vulcan Iron Works Steam Locomotive fits perfectly within the NCRM mission. She spent the vast majority of her working life supporting a cotton mill in western North Carolina. Locomotive 110 played an essential role in getting raw materials to the mill and then finished products back out to the mainline for outside distribution. The goal is to restore her to full operating condition.
Get Involved
The North Carolina Railway Museum
Get Involved
Individuals, businesses, and foundations can all help us restore 110! Please contribute your time or money through:
- Monetary donations
- Grants or grant writing
- Marketing or just spreading the word about the project
- Mechanical support
- Historical research
- Donated services or goods
We greatly appreciate your contributions!
Steam Expertise
The restoration of the 110 steam locomotive is in excellent hands. The steam department at the North Carolina Railway Museum (NCRM) has a diverse crew of steam locomotive experts who are very experienced at all phases of restoration, maintenance and operations. All told, the team has over 100 years of experience with live steam! We also have connections to an extensive network of steam experts and enthusiasts from across the nation. We work to mentor interested younger members into the department to carry steam expertise into the future. Our training program includes learning to fire a locomotive as well as all aspects of maintaining one. Once mastered, the candidate will then be promoted to engineer. Number 17, shown in these pictures, has been a great training locomotive for teaching steam operations, maintenance and restoration.
Support our preservation efforts
100% of your generous donation will go to the restoration of 110
(Please click on the number plate to the right to donate)
If you would like to donate by check, please mail your check to:
North Carolina Railway Inc.,
P.O. Box 40, New Hill, NC 27562.
Please add 110project in the memo line of your check so that we can direct your donation to this project.
Jump on board and help us make history come alive!
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