FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007                      
CONTACT:  Natalie Alford
                  Information & Communication Specialist
                  (704) 636-2889, ext 233

N.C. Transportation Museum winter train rides and operation schedule

SPENCER, N.C. – The North Carolina Transportation Museum will be closed from Sunday, Dec. 23 through Wednesday, Dec. 26. The museum will re-open on Thursday, Dec. 27 with train rides offered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11 a.m., 1, 2 and 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

The museum will be closed again on Monday, Dec. 31 and Tuesday, Jan. 1.

Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, the museum will offer new winter hours of operation: Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. During the months of January and February, train rides are offered on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

For more information about the N.C. Transportation Museum’s operating hours and on-site train schedule, call 704-636-2889, toll-free at 1-877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.

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