This sign tells the history of the rail line through the muesum grounds.

This building is over 100 years old. It was moved to Spencer from Barber Junction, where it was the station house at the junction of several major Southern Railway lines. It's now the visitor center for the museum.

This device was used to sandblast locomotives and railcars prior to painting.

This device was used to winch locomotives and railcars to the sandblaster for cleaning prior to painting.

This is my sister Kathy catching up to me. I'm not sure how she got behind when I took a lot more photos than she did - and my camera is a lot more complicated than hers!

Another angle on the "mule" - a winch that was used to pull locomotives and rail cars to the sandblaster for cleaning prior to repainting.

Another angle of the "mule".

An old Mack truck. There wasn't any other description posted; maybe somebody just likes old Macks...

The front of the Back Shop. This building is longer than two football fields and was at one time the largest industrial building in NC. It was used to perform major overhauls and repair of steam locomotives. It was equipped with a crane system that was used to pick up locomotives off tracks on the other end of the building and to move the locomotives around within the faciltiy.

Exterior restoration has just been completed on the building. The interior is being fitted with large displays of various transportation types and will have a DC-3 plane hanging inside. It'll take several years to complete.

An old diesel/electric locomotive. It looks sorta ugly, but it runs!

Another angle on the Back Shop.