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Pictures of NS 5181
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:EMD GP38-2Built As:SOU 5181 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:767011-10Order No:767011
Frame Number:767011-10Built:10/1976
Notes:Ex-SOU
Other locos with this serial:  NS 5181(GP38-2) SOU 5181(GP38-2)
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Local
Title:  Local
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1986  Upload Date: 8/12/2002 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Paris, SC
Author:  Ralph Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  1156   Comments: 2
Power Move
Title:  Power Move
Description:  A trio of hi-nose Geeps come out of the yard and on to the layoff track at CP Bethlehem.
Photo Date:  6/24/2004  Upload Date: 10/4/2004 2:29:07 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Matthew Sebastionelli
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 2874(GP38AC) NS 5116(GP38-2)
Views:  1638   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description:  NS GP-38-2 #5181 leads #820 Coal Train into Lambert's Point in 2005.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 3/16/2005 11:07:10 PM
Location:  Norfolk, VA
Author:  Grady McKinley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NREX 5476(SD40-2) FURX 3002(SD40-2)
Views:  1685   Comments: 1
C37 in a holding pattern at Flatrock. On the NS Sandusky District
Title:  C37 in a holding pattern at Flatrock. On the NS Sandusky District
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2006  Upload Date: 3/22/2010 4:11:52 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Daniel Valentine
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  762   Comments: 2
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2006  Upload Date: 10/12/2006 4:48:45 PM
Location:  Berea, OH
Author:  TOM HABAK
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  692   Comments: 1
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description:  NS 5181 hekps NS 5553 pull westbound freight thru Berea, Ohio
Photo Date:  10/23/2006  Upload Date: 10/23/2006 9:34:03 PM
Location:  Berea, OH
Author:  Rich Kaminsky
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  920   Comments: 1
16N
Title:  16N
Description:  Norfolk Southern eastbound mixed freight train 16N, with newley painted NS 9917, leading NS 8976 & 5181, is leaving the city of Toledo, Oh., behind as it cross the CSX at CP 285.
Photo Date:  11/15/2006  Upload Date: 8/26/2009 10:06:19 PM
Location:  Northwood, OH
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9917(C40-9W) NS 8976(C40-9W) NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  1296   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 9/10/2007 12:00:26 PM
Location:  Milan, MI
Author:  Patrick Caauwe
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  966   Comments: 0
5181 has the local
Title:  5181 has the local
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2007  Upload Date: 9/10/2007 12:01:03 PM
Location:  Milan, MI
Author:  Patrick Caauwe
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  965   Comments: 1
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2008  Upload Date: 12/28/2008 9:08:59 AM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Scott A
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  711   Comments: 0
NS 2607
Title:  NS 2607
Description:  NS 307 heads west from Blair Yard. The lead two units were added here, after coming in from the west on NS 272. They certainly ruined the retro consist!!
Photo Date:  7/2/2009  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 7:37:06 PM
Location:  Fostoria, OH
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2607(SD70M) NS 2717(SD70M-2) NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 6161(SD40-2) NS 3062(GP40-2)
Views:  948   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description:  Third and fourth units on NS 307
Photo Date:  7/2/2009  Upload Date: 7/3/2009 7:37:30 PM
Location:  Fostoria, OH
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 6161(SD40-2) NS 3062(GP40-2)
Views:  890   Comments: 0
O98
Title:  O98
Description:  A hour after sunrise, and NS O98, is eastbound just outside of Kunkle, OH., with NS 5181, handling, the last steam locomotive to arrive for Train Festival, NKP 765, and three passenger cars. Train Festival is just 48 hours away.
Photo Date:  7/20/2009  Upload Date: 8/27/2009 3:15:44 PM
Location:  Knukle, OH
Author:  Matt Smith
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
Backing Around the Wye
Title:  Backing Around the Wye
Description:  NS 5181 is shoving the 765 around the wye onto the Ann Arbor.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:42:05 PM
Location:  Milan, MI
Author:  Jeff Williams
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  666   Comments: 0
Now on the Ann Arbor
Title:  Now on the Ann Arbor
Description:  The Ann Arbor engines wait for their turn to pull the 765.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:44:55 PM
Location:  Milan, MI
Author:  Jeff Williams
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NKP 765(2-8-4) AA 7771(GP38)
Views:  1070   Comments: 0
On the Way to Train Festival
Title:  On the Way to Train Festival
Description:  NKP 765 is on its first leg of todays trip to Owosso. It pulls into Milan on the NS.
Photo Date:  7/21/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:38:24 PM
Location:  Milan, MI
Author:  Jeff Williams
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  718   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2009  Upload Date: 10/29/2009 9:01:30 AM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Bill Gawthrop
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 0
NREX 1222
Title:  NREX 1222
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2010  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 2:18:58 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NREX 1222(SW10) NS 3318(SD40-2) NS 3336(SD40-2) NS 874(RPU6) NS 6196(SD40-2) NS 5243(GP38-2) NS 6146(SD40-2) CEFX 7077(SD40-2) NS 7630(ES40DC) NS 5336(GP38-2) NS 6157(SD40-2) NS 3321(SD40-2) NS 9025(C40-9W) NS 6607(SD60) CEFX 3171(SD40-2) NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 3803(SD38) NS 8341(C40-8W) NS 3327(SD40-2) NS 3326(SD40-2) NS 1627(SD40-2) NS 9413(C40-9W) NS 2758(SD70M-2) NS 5019(GP38-2) NS 9263(C40-9W) NS 5416(SD50) NS 5176(GP38-2) NS 9889(C40-9W) NS 9959(C40-9W) NS 8367(C40-8W) NS 3275(SD40-2)
Views:  3166   Comments: 1
NS 5181 switches cars at the west end of the yard as an autorack train waits
Title:  NS 5181 switches cars at the west end of the yard as an autorack train waits
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/27/2010  Upload Date: 11/29/2010 9:27:08 PM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 9501(C40-9W) NS 6799(SD60M)
Views:  565   Comments: 1
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/9/2011  Upload Date: 1/9/2011 8:49:07 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 5181
Title:  NS GP38-2 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2011  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 3:37:21 PM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/25/2011  Upload Date: 3/26/2011 8:32:45 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  415   Comments: 0
Power Sits
Title:  Power Sits
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/28/2011  Upload Date: 8/30/2011 10:27:10 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Brandon Kaback
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NS 2378(MP15DC) NS 3040(GP40-2) NS 5258(GP38-2) NS 9534(C40-9W) NS 6731(SD60I) NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 5171(GP38-2) NS 2674(SD70M-2) NS 2508(SD70) NS 3025(GP40-2) NS 5136(GP38-2) NS 2430(MP15DC)
Views:  1275   Comments: 0
15N
Title:  15N
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2011  Upload Date: 9/19/2011 3:53:09 PM
Location:  Alliance, OH
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2771(SD70M-2) NS 7569(ES40DC) NS 9729(C40-9W) NS 2530(SD70) NS 3063(GP40-2) NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2011  Upload Date: 9/17/2011 1:25:25 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Pat Huemmer
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
178
Title:  178
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/10/2012  Upload Date: 3/21/2012 3:45:27 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Cody Zamostny
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6176(SD40-2) NS 5106(GP38-2) NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 9875(C40-9W)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2 5181
Title:  NS GP38-2 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/4/2014  Upload Date: 1/30/2015 11:24:20 AM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  404   Comments: 0
NS P61 and a Plethora of Power
Title:  NS P61 and a Plethora of Power
Description:  NS P61 with its usual cycling of power on Sunday climbing the grade out of Spencer Yard.
Photo Date:  8/17/2014  Upload Date: 9/16/2014 11:39:40 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Reginald McDowell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3508(SD40-2) NS 3281(SD40-2) NS 6345(SD40E) NS 540(B32-8) NS 544(B32-8) NS 5183(GP38-2) NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  1532   Comments: 0
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description:  NS 5181 switches East Wayne yard in New Haven.
Photo Date:  9/7/2014  Upload Date: 4/9/2015 5:06:20 PM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  528   Comments: 1
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/23/2015  Upload Date: 2/24/2015 6:53:19 PM
Location:  Gary, IN
Author:  Seth Lakin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
NS #5181
Title:  NS #5181
Description:  The ever reliable GP38-2.
Photo Date:  7/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/6/2019 6:50:12 AM
Location:  Worthington, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
NS 870
Title:  NS 870
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2016  Upload Date: 3/20/2016 10:26:13 AM
Location:  Marysville, PA
Author:  Robert Tackett
Categories:  Roster,Bridge
Locomotives:  NS 870(RPU6) NS 6205(SD40-2) NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 6907(SD60E) NS 9697(C40-9W)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
NS 7241
Title:  NS 7241
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/2017  Upload Date: 1/24/2017 3:33:06 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Chris Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7241(SD70ACU) NS 4015(AC44C6M) NS 3389(SD40-2) NS 2365(MP15DC) NS 7203(SD80MAC) NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  1403   Comments: 1
NS D76
Title:  NS D76
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2022  Upload Date: 4/30/2022 2:30:25 PM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Blaise Lambert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
NS D76
Title:  NS D76
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/29/2022  Upload Date: 4/30/2022 2:30:33 PM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Blaise Lambert
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
On the hill....
Title:  On the hill....
Description:  They dropped the 4 center beams before I arrived, which was a bit unusual. They might be back later to move them(?). Conductor is at the switch by the main, as an air test takes place before moving.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:20:41 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  472   Comments: 1
At the pinnacle......
Title:  At the pinnacle......
Description:  Long shot, in the heat, as conductor watches the cars ease by.....
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:21:22 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  456   Comments: 1
Rollin'......
Title:  Rollin'......
Description:  We are finished here (for now), and heading for the steel fabricator on the other side of the river.
Photo Date:  7/18/2022  Upload Date: 7/28/2022 4:21:46 PM
Location:  Earth City, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  498   Comments: 1
NS 5181
Title:  NS 5181
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2023  Upload Date: 9/22/2023 11:29:09 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  433   Comments: 0
NS 5181 wrecked.....
Title:  NS 5181 wrecked.....
Description:  Do not know what happened to this one. I have captured this one switching at Earth City some time back.
Photo Date:  3/30/2024  Upload Date: 4/3/2024 6:19:56 PM
Location:  Moberly, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Wreck
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
NS 5181 & 3362
Title:  NS 5181 & 3362
Description:  Parked out on their own after some kind of mishap.....
Photo Date:  3/30/2024  Upload Date: 4/3/2024 6:20:41 PM
Location:  Moberly, MO
Author:  Butch Getz
Categories:  Roster,Wreck
Locomotives:  NS 5181(GP38-2) NS 3362(SD40-2)
Views:  413   Comments: 1

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