Chatham's Historic Goldston Depot being restored by NC Railway Museum.
The North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc., home to New Hope Valley Railway (NHVR), has received a national grant to help restore the historic 1884 Goldston Depot in its rail yard that will be used to educate visitors. The depot will eventually be used to store and display railroad artifacts and memorabilia.
The old train depot originally served the community of Goldston from 1884 to 1973. In the mid-1970s, the building was saved from demolition by Goldston resident Jerry Gaines, who moved it a few blocks away and used it for storage for many years. Jerry’s son, Todd Gaines, donated the 23’ x 58’ building to the railway in 2017 so it could be restored.
The NHVR group plans to preserve the handwritten messages on the interior wall of the depot left by railroad employees, townspeople and others passing through Goldston more than 100 years ago.
Read more about the Goldston Depot:
https://www.triangletrain.com/goldstondepot/
About New Hope Valley Railway
New Hope Valley Railway (NHVR), the Triangle’s Train, is the vintage railway operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc. NHVR straddles the historic towns of Bonsal and New Hill, North Carolina, 30-minutes southwest of Raleigh, off of U.S. Highway 1, Exit 89. A real train takes passengers on one-hour scenic rides through the woods in covered, open-air train cars.
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