Norfolk Southern (NS) 5141 - EMD GP38-2

NS train P95 leaves the site of the former site of the Newton Depot with its rare 3-unit lashup. The conductor has just lined the switch back to the mainline from the old Carolina & Northwestern (now called the "South Newton Lead". This is at MP S-48 in Newton, NC.

NS train P95 stops at the former site of the Newton Depot with its rare 3-unit lashup. The conductor is lining the switch back to the mainline from the old Carolina & Northwestern (now called the "South Newton Lead". This is at MP S-48 in Newton, NC.

Pulling into the end of the yard to pull the train up the switch and onto the main! NS train P95 waits with its rare tree unit lashup to get back onto the S-Line mainline in the foreground off of the South Newton Lead, once part of the Carolina & Northwestern. This is at MP S-48 in Newton, NC.

NS train P95 waits with its rare tree unit lashup to get back onto the S-Line mainline in the foreground off of the South Newton Lead, once part of the Carolina & Northwestern. This is at MP S-48 in Newton, NC.

NS P95 switching the only industry on the South Newkon Lead, the 1-mile remaining in operation of the old Carolina & North-Western between Newton and Gastonia.

Coasting down the steepest portion of the Carolina & Northwestern between Newton and Chester, SC on whats now NSs South Newton Lead, a rare three-unit lashup of older NS power coasts downhill with train P95. The South Newton Lead is only operated for one mile as a spur off of the NS S-Line, although rails are still in place many miles south to the other side of Maiden, NC.

Rolling down the steepest portion of the Carolina & Northwestern between Newton and Chester, SC on whats now NSs South Newton Lead, a rare three-unit lashup of older NS power coasts downhill with train P95.

A rare three-unit lashup backs NS train P95 down the former Carolina & Northwestern (now only known as the South Newton Lead) less than a mile south to the lines only customer.

A rare three-unit lashup backs NS train P95 down the former Carolina & Northwestern (now only known as the South Newton Lead) a mile south to the lines only customer, through the campus of the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum.

A rare three-unit lashup backs NS train P95 down the former Carolina & Northwestern (now only known as the South Newton Lead) a mile south to the lines only customer, through the campus of the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum.

Southern/NS veteran High-Hood #5141 rolls past the historic Newton Depot back towards the S-Line with train P95 after switching the only customer on the South Newton Lead, now only operating a one mile stretch of the former Carolina & Northwestern.

Southern/NS veteran High-Hood #5141 rolls by the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museums pavilion, with this photo being taken from Carolina & Northwestern narrow gauge boxcar #401, that rolled through that spot back in the late 1800s.

Southern/NS veteran High-Hood #5141 rolls by the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museums pavilion, with this photo being taken from Carolina & Northwestern narrow gauge boxcar #401, that rolled through that spot back in the late 1800s.

Setting abck the derail switch in the old Carolina & Northwestern Yard in Newton, NC on whats now NS's "South Newton Lead".

NS/Southern veteran High-Hood #5141 gets in the siding to run around its train in the old Carolina & Northwestern Yard in Newton. The siding the locomotive was on is currently out of service, so these switching moves for trains P95 and P71 must take place a few miles east in Claremont.

The long-hood of this veteran High-Hood up close and personal. Doing a switching move around its train, P95, in the old Carolina & Northwestern Yard at Newton. Thats a narrow gauge boxcar that ran the line in the late 1800s, now restored and sheltered at the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum that also calls that area home.

Instead of going to Claremont, P95s high-hood power does its runaround in the old Carolina & Northwestern Yard in Newton on the South Newton Lead where it has its "Mill Job". This move is not possible today, as both of the outer sidings have been placed out of service.

Not quite backing into the woods, but one might think so. But go another mile or so on this section of the old Carolina & Northwestern, and youll be there! This is on the 1-mile operating section, known as the South Newton Lead.

Backing down the beginning of the grade on the South Newton Lead, part of the former Carolina & North-Western.

Second hign-nosed Geep I saw that day.

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