Rail cars in maintenance bays in the roundhouse. Some have been restored, some are waiting to be restored.

In thanks for the US liberating France in WWII, France built 49 "gratitude trains", one for each state and one for the District of Columbia. Each car was filled with gifts and had a placard from each region of France. In NC, the gifts were passed out to schools and libraries, and the car was taken to each county of the state via rail. The car was then loaded on a flatbed trailer and taken around to schools across the state. After the tour was completed, the car was brought here and covered up for 60 years before being unwrapped and restored for display.