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The N.C. Transportation Museum is a historic site, once home to Southern Railway’s largest steam locomotive repair facility in the southeast, and a museum featuring all types of transportation history – railroading, automotive, aviation, and more.
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The North Carolina Transportation Museum is a museum in Spencer, North Carolina. It is a collection of automobiles, aircraft, and railway vehicles. The museum is located at the former Southern Railway's 1896-era Spencer Shops and devotes much of its space to the state's railroad history.
Smoky Mountain Trains Museum. The museum boasts a collection of 7,000 Lionel engines, cars and accessories, impressive operating layout and children's activity center. Admission is free with your Great Smoky Mountains Railroad train ticket; otherwise adults $9; 12 and under $5; under 2 free.
Learn about railroad history at the N.C. Railway Museum, watch the G-Scale garden railroad and visit the gift shop. Trains operate April-Dec. Visit the website for special events, dates, times and ticket prices.
Planning Your Visit. Face masks are optional for the train ride and in all areas of the N.C. Transportation Museum. As COVID-19 protocols can change, visitors to the N.C. Transportation Museum must follow requirements in effect at the time of their visit. Barber Junction Visitor Center – Ticket sales and visitor orientation.
Opened in 1976, the National Railroad Museum & Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving railroad history – especially local history. Discover why Hamlet was once dubbed the “Hub of the Seaboard,” while viewing various displays, photographs, plaques, rolling stock and model train exhibit.
Museum Train Rides. The museum offers a train ride pulled by a vintage diesel locomotive on select days during the year. The seasonal schedule of the train ride is available on the “Plan a Visit” and home pages of our website.
