N.C. Transportation Museum - A Centennial Celebration

[@greatsmokymtnsrailfan]

Great video man! Nice job syncing up the 542 sounds! Now we just have to really restore her 😂

[@BenBensonStudios]

Very nice video! Looked like a lot of fun! Also glad you included clips of North Western Modelers' display. Those guys are awesome.

[@LanesTrains]

Great video man! Thanks for coming out, and it was great seeing you again!

[@trainmaster844]

Absolutely! 😎👍🏼 This was a fantastic event and hopefully, I’ll be back for more in the future 🚂

[@bryanclingerman2359]

Awesome video! Glad you had fun at the night photoshoot! It was a lot of fun!

[@trainmaster844]

Many thanks to you and the NCTM staff for your great orchestration of everything! I’d love to be back for more events like this! 😎

[@TKSP4449]

Part of this video that surprised me was seeing the Thomas replica models by North Western Modelers at 3:13.

[@Balerio2357]

Beautiful historic diesel and steam locomotives, really liked the Seaboard observation car. Great shots of the displays, excellent video and editing ! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed every minute. Greetings from Southern California; - Larry

[@trainmaster844]

Glad you enjoyed the video, Larry! I added some extra sound effects to the night photo shoot sequence to sell the shots of 542. 😉 NCTM has a beautiful collection of equipment and definitely worth a visit!

[@TNRailProductions_01]

Fun video 👍🏼

[@trainmaster844]

@@TNRailProductions_01 glad you enjoyed the video! More content is on the way, so please stay tuned 😎

[@yappytown]

I thought the 542 was still able to run, is it not? I know it's just on display for now, and I wanted to be there that day/night but our daughter was sick so had to miss it. Would have been glorious to see her rollin' down the track in person :) Thank you so much for making this video so I can see her in motion vicariously through this lol

[@trainmaster844]

This was the first time that NCTM moved 542 past the switch heading North out of the property and she rolled very smoothly for an engine that mostly sits on display. 😎👍🏼

[@justahillbilly7777]

@@trainmaster844 That being in no small part due to the efforts of plenty of Rail Ops volunteers and to get it lubricated and slightly polished up.

[@trainmaster844]

@@justahillbilly7777 And all their efforts are definitely appreciated 😎👍🏼

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

I have an Idea would Steam be here .

[@trainmaster844]

@@maxwellwalcher6420 How do you mean? The museum already has a few steam engines in their collection and is possibly looking to return Graham County Railroad Co. Shay #1925 to operation.

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

@@trainmaster844 oh right ,

[@SRFan2601]

Gotta ask about SOU 542s whistle was that edited in or they were actually able to be blowing it somehow

[@trainmaster844]

It was edited in. The sound is an archive from my video of Wilmington & Western 0-6-0 #58 from 2021.

[@SRFan2601]

Oh ok thanks for letting me know

[@2026_Productions]

This was very enjoyable :)

[@trainmaster844]

Glad that you enjoyed it! 😎🤝 Thanks for your support, as always!

[@seaboardrailfan429]

Very fun times that day! Really hope Brian puts on another show just like this, and maybe I can stick around to see the grand finale LOL! But where did the secondary audio for 542's runby come from? Sounds oddly like 734's more modern IC 3-chime, but that might be me mislabeling longbells :P

[@trainmaster844]

The audio was from Wilmington & Western 0-6-0 #58, with a Hancock 3-Chime from the Lehigh Valley Railroad. I wanted to add some extra ambience to sell the idea of 542 running by under power 😉

[@seaboardrailfan429]

@@trainmaster844 Ah, cool! Very smart to use a Hancock not gonna lie

[@Trainboy6010]

I was there the same time you were I think

[@evanf1293]

You've sure been visiting this place a lot lately, any particular reason? Still, good video.

[@trainmaster844]

It’s within easy driving distance for me and admission is very affordable. I’ve also got several friends up in North Carolina that I visit, too 😎

[@evanf1293]

@@trainmaster844 gotcha