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BMH 1860 switches some cars out at NCTM

SOU 6133 shoves hard up Spencer Mtn

In prep for a private night charter, SOU 6133 turns on the turn table while SOU 542 sits quiet on display. She'll also be used in the charter with smoke machines giving the look of her under steam!

Southern 2601 (EMD GP30) is backing off the turntable while Southern 6900 (EMD E8) is readied in diesel bay 4 to be brought out and spun too. 6900 would have some slight problems while loading and would take a while to leave the bay, but eventually would and get turned

Atlantic Coast Line 1031 and Seaboard Airline 544 sit outside on a hot May day. Both were outside, including Southern 542, and Norfolk & Western 611, due to COVID-19 and to let visitors still view these pieces of equipment while social distancing

Jeddo Coal 85 fights up "Spencer Mountain" with a caboose train and Engineer and Train Master Lane Baker at the throttle

The Bob Julian Roundhouse is quiet and still. After a long day of moving the daily train, and hosting the annual Brew & Choo event, NCTM is quiet. The crew is heading home, but me? I stop and admire the lights, equipment and roundhouse

Southern 6900 shoves it train train North on Thoroughfare 1. 6900 was facing South, a rare occurrence at NCTM. She was faced this way during the annual Brew & Choo event.

Jeddo Coal 85 shoves her train on NCTM Thoroughfare 2.

BMH 1860 puts away the passenger consist after a day full of halloween trains.

SOU 6133 sits outside the Bob Julian Roundhouse preparing for a day of hauling museum guests and later put on a show for photographers on a night photo session

NS 911 and 5642 run around the North Carolina Transportation Museum during the June 24th firetruck festival. They were getting quite the hose-down in this shot! 6/24/23

The North Carolina Transportation Museum's restored Southern Railway GP30 2601 leads one of the museum excursion trains under the preserved Southern signal bridge on the NCTM grounds in Spencer, North Carolina.