Southern Railway 542, a J-Class 2-8-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903, poses for a night photo shoot at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The Atlantic & Yadkin Railway was a subs... (more)

Having been attending events at NCTM since my youth, it was no surprise NS elected to hold a once-in-a-lifetime event gathering their entire roster of "heritage" painted locomotives here... (more)

Streamliners: For several incredible days in 2014, North Carolina was the place to be. After all, where else would you see things like a meet between an Alco PA and EMD E8?

A beautiful A-B-A lashup sits next to the depot during a night photo session at the "Streamliners at Spencer" event.

By the Signals! The N&W 620 passes the NCTM’s signal and crossing guard display on its way to Barber Junction to load the day’s first passenger train run. To the left are some Southern... (more)

High Hood Reversing. Running the day's passenger train, the N&W reverses the train here underneath the old Southern Railway signals on the museum grounds.

85 puts on a tremendous show departing with four passenger cars (including three heavyweights). The locomotive had to to take 2-3 cracks at the hill at the front of the property.

Amidst the Shops. The Champion E3 runs between the old Back Shop on the left, once used to service steam locomotives, and the Master Mechanic's Office on the right, which once housed the h... (more)

SAL and ACL Meeting. Perhaps symbolic of the July 1, 1967 merger between the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line, the SAL's Budd-built Silver Meteor observation car (recently acq... (more)

Running the Grounds. With its first load of passengers for the day, the NCTM's ACL E3 runs by the front of the museum grounds with a non-homogenous mix of passenger cars behind it.

Getting to Work. Probably because it was built in 1939 and has about six million miles to its credit (debit?), this ACL locomotive is rarely seen outside. Today, though, it led all of the ... (more)

NW 611 sits outside the station in the rain as one of the crew members looks on. Color version of https://www.railpictures.net/photo/771014/more)

N&W Class J #611 and Southern J Class #542 stand guard inside the North Carolina Transportation Museum yard in Spencer, NC as part of a NCTM sponsored night photo charter on May 1st, 2021. A "... (more)

It's all hands on deck for the hostlers and engine helpers of N&W Class J #611 on the evening of May 1st, 2021. This locomotive even after a long day of running across the N&W system will need to ... (more)