Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Newton, NC: 1924 Museum/Southern Depot

(Satellite, 373 photos)

Steve Wood posted
There is a caboose. But it is more.....the little girl in the photo is now my wife and the lady is my late mother-in-law. The station is now the home of Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum in Newton, NC.
Randall Hampton: Locally assigned caboose; yellow bay window area.
Randall Hampton posted
RS-3? Nice station, a standard SR design for many years. I grew up in a town with an identical station.
[Comments indicate that Gainesville, GA, and Hickory, NC, still have their depots.]

David Kohler, Feb 2022

Street View, Sep 2021

There is another caboose behind the tree on the left and a passenger car behind the tree on the right.
Street View

VisitHickoryMetro
"This collection includes boxcars, log cars, passenger cars, cabooses, and a steam locomotive. We have the largest collection of vintage narrow gauge equipment in the south. Additionally, we operate several model railroads of N, HO, and O scale in our dedicated model railroad center. At the center of our 4-acre campus is an authentic Southern Railway depot, built in 1924. The depot houses our indoor museum, offices, and rental facilities."

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