About 200 Cub Scouts visited the N.C. Transportation Museum Saturday, earning their geography pin and belt loop by completing tasks at several workstations. Cub Scouts then enjoyed a train ride around the museum’s 57 acres.
At the end of the train ride, each pack was given a riddle to solve. The riddle focused on something “in the shadow of a field of blue with 50 stars, and red and white stripes. I won’t be opened until this date.”
The answer to the riddle was 2096, the year a time capsule underneath the museum’s flagpole will be opened. The date represents the bicentennial of Spencer Shops’ opening.
The museum grounds are located on what was once Spencer Shops.