North Carolina Transportation Museum

North Carolina Transportation Museum
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Antique automobiles

The North Carolina Transportation Museum is a transport museum in Spencer, North Carolina.

The museum is largely devoted to the state's railroad history, however its collection also includes exhibits of automobiles and aircraft.

Antique airplanes

The museum is located at the former Southern Railway's 1896-era Spencer Shops.

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1 History
2 Heritage railroad
3 Collection
- 3.1 Steam
- 3.2 Diesel
4 See also
5 External links

History

GE 45-ton Locomotive

The museum was founded in 1977, when the Southern Railway deeded four acres of land to the state of North Carolina for a transportation museum. Two years later, another 53 acres was added to the original donation; the entirety of the railway's largest former steam locomotive repair shops. The museum is currently undergoing a major renovation which will increase its size and number of exhibits.

Roundhouse

Several bays of the Spencer Shops roundhouse are devoted to restoring locomotives and rolling stock in the museum collection. Restoration work is done by volunteers.

Heritage railroad

The museum has a heritage railroad which operates passenger excursion trains several times per day during the tourist season. Trains are powered by either steam or diesel locomotives from the museum's collection. Cab rides can be purchased for $10 (diesel locomotives only).

Visitors may also purchase tickets to ride the roundhouse turntable on selected days, demonstrated in the video link below.