Southern Railway E8 #6900 at Barber Junction on the Museum Grounds
Southern Railway FP7 #6133
The former shops as viewed from the signal display at the NC Transportation Museum
An old Railway Express truck
The New Haven "Pine Tree State" Combo Sleeper/Parlor Car. This car was once owned by the Piedmont Carolinas Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. I used to work on this car with friends back in the day when I was a member.
Norfolk Southern SD60E #6920 Honoring U.S. Veterans
Southern Railway Post Office Car on the Turntable
Ah....the star of the show. Steam crew members working on 611 this morning.
Here they are loading bags of play sand into the locomotive.
Inside the Bob Julian 37-stall roundhouse, we checked out some of the exhibits.
Atlantic Coastline E3 #501
Chesapeake & Ohio E3A #8016
Southern Railway Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-0 Consolidated #542
Atlantic Coastline Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler #1031
Norfolk Southern Baldwin Locomotive Works AS-416 #1616
Clerk Office Exhibit
Wright Brothers Exhibit
Piedmont Airlines used to have a major terminal in Charlotte
I also remember Eastern Airlines growing up.
Ricky Rudd's Piedmont Airlines paint scheme for Nascar
A very large N scale display of what Southern Railway's Spencer Shops looked like back in the day.
Norfolk & Western Extended Vision Caboose
Interior of Caboose
Interior of Caboose
Looking down the length of the caboose at the NS #6920 Veteran Locomotive
A 70's NC State Trooper Car with that ever so large blue light beacon on top.
N Scale modular layout on display in the back shop
Norfolk Southern SD60E #6920 Veteran Locomotive
Southern Railway SD40-2 #3170 recently painted back to it's Southern "Tuxedo" Paint Scheme by Norfolk Southern for road service.
Atlantic Coastline Caboose
Seaboard Coastline Caboose
Norfolk & Western Caboose
Norfolk & Western Caboose
Southern Railway Caboose
Southern Railway GP30
Norfolk & Western 611 - the sun finally came out burning off the fog this morning.
What a beauty!
The automotive exhibit at the NC Transportation Museum
Southern Railway E8 passing by the old back shop building
Southern Railway SD40-2 passing by the old back shop building
A view from the overhead walkway on the north end of the facility
Southern FP7 pushing back on a passenger train special on the museum grounds.
Myself, my wife and cousin standing on the overhead bridge.
Southern Railway SD40-2 shoving back on a caboose train special on the museum grounds
It was a nice day to get out to see some trains. The museum had a great turnout from what we saw this morning and nice equipment to check out.
Here's my favorite Amtrak commercial that was shown a few years back (maybe longer now that I think about it).
