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NC Transportation Museum - Trains!

The NC Transportation Museum is located at the historic Spencer Shops, once the largest steam locomotive maintenance shop in the US. It features a roundhouse with a large turntable for routing locomotives into a arc-shaped maintenance shop. The have a fairly large collection of steam and diesel locomotives, cabooses, and train cars, as well as a small collection of vintage automobiles. All the workers at the museum are unpaid volunteers and admission is free! Donations are gratefully excepted.

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Highway Patrol Car 2
Highway Patrol Car 2
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This is one of the support legs for the Back Shop crane.
Crane Support

This is one of the support legs for the Back Shop crane.

Blue Caboose
Blue Caboose
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Diesel locomotive in a maintenance bay in the roundhouse.
Waiting...

Diesel locomotive in a maintenance bay in the roundhouse.

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Locomotives and rail cars in maintenance bays in the roundhouse. Note the radial rails leading to each bay.
Roundhouse 1

Locomotives and rail cars in maintenance bays in the roundhouse. Note the radial rails leading to each bay.

A closer view of locos and cars in roundhouse maintenance bays.
Roundhouse 2

A closer view of locos and cars in roundhouse maintenance bays.

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Caboose in the Roundhouse
Caboose in the Roundhouse
The turntable was used to rotate trains around to the rails leading to each maintenance bay in the roundhouse.
Turntable

The turntable was used to rotate trains around to the rails leading to each maintenance bay in the roundhouse.

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