The NS executive F-Units perform some switching at Spencer Shops

The NS executive F-Units perform some switching at Spencer Shops including moving N&W 611 to the Roundhouse

Things I thought I would never see. A UP E9 shoving N&W class J 611 off the turntable at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer.

Nickel Plate Road number 190, a rare Alco PA1 locomotive, poses next to the Barber Junction station at the NCTM during the "Streamliners at Spencer" event which drew thousands. Behind the 190 is C... (more)

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The Spirit of Roanoke began its temporary residence at NCTM this week, and she's got a few admirers milling about as seen from this overhead view of Spencer Shops.

NCTM staff member John Barnett gives the ease on back hand signal to the engineer aboard C&O 8016 (ex-CRR 800) during the Streamliners at Spencer event. The staff and volunteers of NCTM spent man... (more)

GM Demo unit 103 and her B Unit are tied on to a cut of freight cars at the Streamliners at Spencer event.

The MLW(Alco) unit puts on a smoky show pulling a short freight at the Streamliners event.

Streamliners at Spencer... Displaying a variety of diverse paint schemes of fallen railroads, current Class I's, and short-line equipment, 15 cab-units idle outside of the Bob Julian Roundh... (more)

A unique scene of vintage railroading share the spotlight at Spencer, NC...many of these locomotives never shared trackage when they were in service.

Back at home: Following two years of repairs and work in Roaonke, Southern Railway E8 #6900 returns to its duties on museum train rides back at Spencer. Today however, it runs with the assi... (more)

Union Pacific E9 #949 heads the south end of the day's museum train ride as they return to the loading area after another successful short run.

Reproducing a Classic. One of my favorite railroad photos (See it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ATSF_DL_in_Kansas.jpg) involves the cleaning of ATSF FT #103 in 1943. 71 years late... (more)

DLW 664 leads a photo freight by the flue shop at Spencer.