In 2012 and 2013, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Southern 2-8-0 #630 visited the museum offering employee and public excursions to Barber, NC and Winston-Salem, NC. From 2014 to 2015, the Norfolk and Western 611 (owned by the nearby Virginia Museum of Transportation) was restored to operating condition at the museum, and ran public excursions departing from Spencer in 2016 and 2017. Destinations included Lynchburg, VA, Asheville, NC, Charlotte, NC, and Greensboro, NC. The #611 has also been used on site for "At The Throttle" and "Be The Fireman" sessions, Cab Rides, Caboose Rides, and it has pulled the Museum's Passenger Train.