The need of the North Carolina Railroad in the 1850s to locate land where they could build, repair and do maintenance on its track was the genesis of Burlington, North Carolina. The area was originally called Company Shops.
Burlington’s former engine house built in the 1800’s to provide space for maintenance on train engines. Company Shops Station in now Alamance County’s passenger station. The 18,000 square foot facility also houses the NC Raiload Company’s Whistlestop Exhibit which includes a model of Company Shops (as Burlington was once known, scenes of life in the late 1800’s, steam and diesel train engines coming through the engine house, murals and more.
