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North Carolina Transportation Museum |
28159 Spencer, NC, United States of America (USA) (North Carolina) |
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| Address |
411 S. Salisbury Ave
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| Floor area | 226 000 m² / 2 432 644 ft² |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Transport in general
- Passenger cars
- Trams
- Carriages
- Trucks / Lorries
- Air and Space (aviation, spaceflight etc.)
- Railway
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Opening times
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March 1 - October 3: Tuesday - Saturday 9am-5pm; Sunday: 12noon-5pm November 1 - December 31: Wednesday-Saturday 9am-5pm; Sunday 1-5pm January 1 - February 28: Wednesday-Saturday 9am-5pm; Closed for New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. |
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Status from 11/2015
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Adults: $ 6; Seniors $ 5; Children 3-12: $ 4; Admission + train rides: Adults: $ 12; Seniors $ 510; Children 3-12: $ 8; |
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| Homepage | www.nctrans.org | ||||
nctrans.org 
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| Location / Directions |
Ride aboard an Amtrak Train to Salisbury Depot, then take public transportation to the museum. The N.C. Transportation Museum is located about five minutes off I-85, about an hour's drive from Charlotte, Greensboro or Winston-Salem. The museum is located at the former Southern Railway's 1896-era Spencer Shops. |
| Description | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The North Carolina Transportation Museum is a transport museum in Spencer, North Carolina. The museum is largely devoted to the state's railroad history; however, its collection also includes exhibits of automobiles and aircraft. It is the largest repository of rail relics in North and South Carolina Heritage railroadThe museum has a heritage railroad, which operates passenger excursion trains several times per day, year round, but on a seasonal schedule. Trains are powered by diesel locomotives from the museum's collection. Cab rides can be purchased at Barber Junction.CollectionSteamGraham County 3-truck shay # 1925 Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 # 4/Spencer (painted Southern letters) 2-8-0 # 604 (Moved to West Virginia For Restoration Efforts & Return To Operation In September 2016) Southern 2-8-0 # 542 Seaboard Air Line 2-10-0 # 544 Diesel Southern E8A-Unit # 6900 Norfolk & Western GP9 # 620 Atlantic Coast Line E3A-Unit # 501 Southern GP30 # 2601 Southern FP7-Unit # 6133 US Navy switcher # 65-00556 Duke Power Plymouth switcher # 5951 USA/Beaufort & Morehead H12-44 # 1860 Norfolk Southern Railway (former) #1616 Amtrak F40PHR # 307 |
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