Meandering Passage (Free subscription) | 02/08/2009
This first photo is the Seaboard Airline 2-10-0 (ten drive wheels) steam Locomotive #544, mentioned in a previous post, built in 1918 for the Russian railroads. It’s parked in one of the 37-stalls of the Roundhouse (see photo below) located behind/around the operational 100-foot railroad turntable. Space was tight for photographing any of the stored locomotives. [...]
Meandering Passage (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
Nearby, in the small town of Spencer, NC, lies the North Carolina Transportation Museum–a 57-acre site of what was once Southern Railway Company’s largest steam locomotive repair facility. If you’re into history here’s a few interesting tidbits about this site: The Town of Spencer exists primarily because of Spencer Shops, and grew up around the repair facility–the [...]...
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 13/06/2009
(The Associated Press) A new route for the railroad tracks at the North Carolina Transportation Museum will allow visitors to see more of the museum's 57 acres and downtown Spencer. The Salisbury Post reported that the museum will unveil the improvements to the public Saturday and Sunday during the annual Rail Days Festival. Charles W. Moorman, who's the president, chairman and CEO of Norfolk-Southern...
Raph's Website (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
I am in Kannapolis, North Carolina, on vacation. My dad recently moved here. Naturally we are exploring the area — did you know that Salisbury steak comes from the time a train’s chef didn’t have a T-Bone for a passenger, so he made him two burger patties mashed together as they pulled into the Salisbury [...]
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