The Carolina Railroad Heritage Association is a 501c3, not for profit, association of approximately fifty members who enjoy railroads and railroad history. The CRHA meets on the third Friday of each month at the Fountain Inn Presbyterian Church’s Christian Fellowship Center (gym) at 7:00 pm. Meeting programs include presentations on historical and current railroad subjects presented by members as well as guest speakers. Our meetings include an annual photo contest, modelers night, favorite book night, railroadiana night, field trips, a picnic, and a December pot luck dinner. CRHA members volunteer as docents at our museum and caboose in Spartanburg.
If you have an interest in railroads, contact the President for more information and answers to any question you may have about the CRHA. To join please download and print the Membership Application and follow the instructions on the bottom.

The Hub City Railroad Museum is located in the historic Southern Railway Depot at 298 Magnolia Street in Spartanburg. Learn about the historic development of railroading in Spartanburg and the Upstate of South Carolina. Take a step back into history and acquire knowledge about how the railroads were connected to the textile and peach industries. Check out the display about the Hayne Car Shops that once employed 1,100 shopmen to maintain Southern Railway’s fleet of railroad passenger and freight cars. Become a telegrapher with the operating telegraph system and acquire the knowledge of how to dial an old telephone. Ring the 1950s locomotive bell and blow the Southern Railway steam locomotive whistle. Discover the history of the only operating railroad tunnel in South Carolina.
Visit the Museum gift shop for railroad themed and historical items, including clothing, books, videos, magazines, and many other items. The Southern Railway Caboose and the Trackside Observation Deck are available for you to watch and photograph the Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak trains that pass by the depot. The Caboose gift shop has model train items of various scales at very reasonable prices. The inventory changes periodically, as we receive donations.

Watch Norfolk Southern rail activity on our Virtual Railfan cameras. Got to our link for the Virtual Railfan cameras and scroll back to see how many passengers got on and off the Amtrak trains. Or, watch for one of the Heritage units on one of the many Norfolk Southern freight trains. When visiting make sure you wave and say hi and then go home and look for yourself on line on the Virtual Railfan web site.

We maintain two Facebook pages which contain current information about the Museum and the Carolina Railroad Heritage Association. Please check frequently to keep up to date with our happenings.