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Railroading, Aviation and Automotive History and Equipment Will Be On Display

May 20, 2013 – 2:00 pm

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum is expanding a well known event to include more options for families, more things to see and do and more experiences for everyone who attends. June 1, the museum’s traditional “Rail Days” event will become the “Museum in Motion” festival. The “Museum in Motion” festival will provide as many [...]

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N.C. Transportation Museum Spring Kick Off Welcomes Back Warmer Weather

February 27, 2013 – 4:51 pm

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum welcomes back the warmer weather season with a day full of family fun. The 2013 Spring Kick Off will be held March 9, featuring a steam engine pulling a train full of cabooses, unlimited rides on the museum’s regular passenger train, model railroaders, photo opportunities with some of the [...]

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A Polar Express Adventure

December 12, 2012 – 9:42 am

Children and adults can experience “A Polar Express Adventure” at the Museum of the Albemarle.  The Albemarle Railroad Club’s O scale train display of the Polar Express will provide an adventure for all.  The Polar Express will stop at Billy’s house and make its way over the mountains to get to the North Pole.  A [...]

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Norfolk Southern Heritage Locomotives: A Family Portrait, Gets Bigger As Event Approaches

June 29, 2012 – 11:06 am

The Norfolk Southern Heritage Locomotives: A Family Portrait event at the N.C. Transportation Museum July 3 and 4 continues to grow to historic proportions.  The event celebrates Norfolk Southern Corporation’s 30th Anniversary, created by the merger of Southern Railway and Norfolk & Western Railway.  These two companies, however, were the product of hundreds of predecessor [...]

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Transportation Museum Hosts Rare Steam Program Excursions June 16-17

May 25, 2012 – 4:49 pm

SPENCER, NC – For the first time since 1994, you can ride behind a real coal-fired steam locomotive on mainline tracks in North Carolina when the N.C. Transportation Museumhosts passenger train excursions June 16 and 17.  Part of the 21st Century Steam program, the trips are being offered in cooperation with Norfolk Southern Corp. and the Tennessee Valley Railroad [...]

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