FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007           
CONTACT:  Natalie Alford
                  Information & Communication Specialist
                  (704) 636-2889, ext 233

N.C. Transportation Museum open on the day after Thanksgiving;
train rides offered

SPENCER, N.C. – On the day after Thanksgiving, bring the extended family to the North Carolina Transportation Museum for a train ride. The museum will be closed on Thanksgiving day, but will re-open on Friday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. with train rides running at 11 a.m., 1, 2, and 3 p.m.

During the winter months, train rides are not normally offered on weekdays, except when there are scheduled group tours; however, it has become a tradition for the museum to offer special antique train rides on the day after Thanksgiving. Winter train rides normally run on Saturdays at 11 a.m., 1, 2, and 3 p.m., and Sundays at 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m.

The N.C. Transportation Museum, located in historic Spencer Shops, the former Southern Railway repair facility for steam locomotives, is part of the Division of State Historic Sites, Department of Cultural Resources.

The museum offers free admission and is located just five minutes off I-85 at Exit 79 in Spencer, N.C., and about an hour from Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem.

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Division of State Historic Sites, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
www.ncculture.com