FYI: Train Days

Visit the Hendersonville Train Depot at 650 Maple Street on Saturday November 15, 2025 from 10 to 4pm to celebrate Train Day. Blue Ridge Southern Railroad will have a locomotive on display with engineer and conductor to answer questions. A national park ranger from the Carl Sandburg home will be on hand to answer questions about the Sandburgs, thier home and goats! Mrs Sandburg raised national prize winning goats and transported them by rail to contests accross the country. Visit the station to see our HO scale layout representing towns in Western North Carolina that had rail service from the 1950’s to mid 1960’s. See the garden railroad trackside that represents gravel and timber operations in Western North Carolina in the early 1900’s. There is no admission charge, but donations are cheerfully accepted.
Organizer: apple valley model railroad club; https://avmrc.com/