While at the streamliners event there was relief from the crowds and the heat in the shade here where one could always find a good conversation with knowledgeable railfans.
"It ain't prototype". Yeah, but it's pretty. This late model GP9 is great looking in passenger colors, which it did not wear in service. N&W as it should have been I like to think.
Several Southern Railway veterans layover at the Old Yard in Spencer NC.
Two battle weary Southern Railway veterans, one wearing a new tuxedo lay over at the Old Yard in Spencer NC. No doubt this isn`t the first time either of these have been to this yard or have met e... (more)
The "real" Southern heritage unit laying over at the former Southern Railway Spencer Yard now referred to as the Old Yard in Spencer NC. No doubt this isn`t the first time this unit has laid over ... (more)
A trio of Western visitors lead NS train 135 away from Linwood on a sunny Spring morning.
No nose doors on those noses: I'd always had a vague notion that there was 'something missing' on these units; a Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: EMD E9(A)Location: Spencer, North Carolina, USALocomotive #: UP 949Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 31, 2014
NCTM hostlers take the museum's Southern Railway FP7A for a spin on the turntable. ACL 4-6-0 #1031 and a Southern derrick are seen sitting outside the roundhouse.
After a day of excursion trips around the museum, Southern Railway GP30 #2601 has parked its train of Norfolk Southern excursion cars beside the old fuel pit at the former Spencer Shops. This unit... (more)
The C&O 8016 is the last holdout from the wildly successful "Streamliners at Spencer" gathering from last summer. It is currently sitting in the Bob Julian Roundhouse beside the Graham C... (more)
Vulcan Iron Works 0-6-0T built 1931.
