Visit to the NC Transportation Museum - Spencer Shops

I visited the Spencer Shops about 12 years ago when my son used to live in Charlotte.  I really enjoyed it.  I do believe it is about time for me to get back down there for another visit.
Dennis

My home away from home ….love that place, they host an open house in the spring, with a descent swap meet, train rides, etc,….fun way to spend a day,…deals abound at the swap meet….

Pat

@C.Sam, this is a neat thread, I’m wondering if this is the train Museum near Salisbury, NC.? If so, hear some pictures I took last fall. It’s a great museum with lots of interesting trains and a huge turntable. I think the name is North Carolina Transportation Museum, we had a lot of fun visiting this hidden treasure. Pat, known as Harmonyards told me about this place. Happy Railroading Everyone

Lovely picture of Ms.Sue  …Larry!…looks like y’all had a great time!..

Pat

My wife and I were there in November, 2019.  I went to the Lionel warehouse sale and she went shopping.  611 was parked out in back with nobody around so I got a couple of pictures with it.  My wife turn the picture of her with 544 into a mouse pad for me.  A lot to see and a great place to spend the day.

Went to Spencer several years ago.  Great.  Lots of neat trains and old automobiles.  I especially enjoyed the round house and shops servicing the RH.  Learned a lot about RH and operation.  I spent several hours there. Not many places to see how the back shops of an old steam era RH operated.

After the visit I needed a name for my homemade water tower and I chose Spencer NC.  My turntable and round house are near by.

Charlie

Yes, Larry - the same. Thanks for your and the other's good photos to contribute to the thread. Please anyone else who has some do post here with any antidotes to embellish your images!

It's nice to see the E8 home.  I remember it running in its Crescent paint scheme on the Jersey shore in the late 70's or early 80's as a kid.  Great shots and thanks for sharing!  This is a place I'd really enjoy visiting sometime.

I drive past this all the time (I live in Raleigh and do a lot of work in Charlotte) and have never stopped in.  I need to make a point of going sometime soon.

It's been around 20 years since I've been to Spencer Shops.  I've got family in Statesville, NC, not too far,  During a visit with my then young children,  we made the trip down to the museum.  Haven't been back since and the kids are now 27.  Now that Irene and I are in Myrtle Beach we're planning a trip to Statesville this spring.  A visit to the museum is definitely in order.  Pat if you've got any info on the open house maybe I can coordinate our visit and we can try to meet at the open house?

@coach joe posted:

It's been around 20 years since I've been to Spencer Shops.  I believe the Museum was still pretty new.  I've got family in Statesville, NC, not too far,  During a visit with my then young children,  we made the trip down to the museum.  Haven't been back since and the kids are now 27.  Now that Irene and I are in Myrtle Beach we're planning a trip to Statesville this spring.  A visit to the museum is definitely in order.  Pat if you've got any info on the open house maybe I can coordinate our visit and we can try to meet at the open house?

Sounds like a plan man, ….I’ll look up the info on the web site and sticky it on here….if I can….I’m not much a computer guy, but I’ll try …..😉

Pat

https://www.nctransportationmuseum.org/train-show/  

here y’all go,….I will be there, god willing and the river don’t rise,….😉

Pat

Looks like another great place to visit when I get some time to do so. I know there are a couple of places I still have to get out to in a few places where I have relatives living in those states where museums are at, it's just a question of when.

@coach joe posted:

It's been around 20 years since I've been to Spencer Shops.  I've got family in Statesville, NC, not too far,  During a visit with my then young children,  we made the trip down to the museum.  Haven't been back since and the kids are now 27.  Now that Irene and I are in Myrtle Beach we're planning a trip to Statesville this spring.  A visit to the museum is definitely in order.  Pat if you've got any info on the open house maybe I can coordinate our visit and we can try to meet at the open house?

Joe the NCTM train here is scheduled for May 14 &15.  I normally have a table or two but not up to for this year. The show is now  inside the remodeled Backshop. Will go by to see some old friends only live about a mile& quarter away as the crow flies!

The show before COVID use tone pretty good!  Hope this one will get back to that status.

Ron