November 8, 2024

NC Transportation Museum

If your travel ever takes you to the Carolinas, be sure to stop in Spencer, NC; the home of the North Carolina Transportation Museum. You will find everything from planes to cars and yes, trains; in this over 57-acre facility. I was amazed at how much they had on exhibit, from locomotives to rolling stock in its 37-bay roundhouse. The Museum is located at the former Southern Railway’s Spencer Shops, which includes a 37-bay roundhouse, 100-foot turntable, and repair shops. My dad and I enjoyed all of the exhibits and even took a train ride around the museum, pulled by engine #2601 of the Southern Railways.

Right across the street is the Little Choo Choo Shop Model Train shop. Great place to visit while you’re at NC Transportation Museum.

Rail-Scanning
Listen to all the activity on 160.695 MHz

Here are some photos were taken last July from our visit.

Historic Spencer, NC Shops
Historic Spencer, NC Shops
The 37-bay Roundhouse with this 100 foot turntable.
The 37-bay Roundhouse with this 100-foot turntable.
Amtrak EMD F40PH Engine #307
Amtrak EMD F40PH Engine #307
Inside the Southern Railway "Postal Car" built in 1920's
Inside the Southern Railway “Postal Car” built in 1920’s
Southern Railway EMD FP7 #6133
Southern Railway EMD FP7 #6133
Southern Railway #542 2-8-0 Locomotive built in 1903 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Southern Railway #542 2-8-0 Locomotive built in 1903 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Southern Railway GP30 #2601, built in 1963 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
Southern Railway GP30 #2601, built in 1963 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors
View from inside the train
View from inside the train
Great Shot of the end of the train
Great Shot of the end of the train
Little Choo Choo Shop, Model Trains Shop right across the street!
Little Choo Choo Shop, Model Trains Shop right across the street!