Pictures of NS 5181

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Pictures of NS 5181

Owner:	Norfolk Southern
Model:	EMD GP38-2	Built As:	SOU 5181 (GP38-2)
Serial Number:	767011-10	Order No:	767011
Frame Number:	767011-10	Built:	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:	607 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:	836 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:	1039 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:	414 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:	354 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:	425 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:	644 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:	555 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:	496 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:	388 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:	470 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:	420 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:	526 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:	327 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:	548 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:	349 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:	261 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 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 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:	1932 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:	207 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:	188 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:	128 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:	156 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:	615 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:	360 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:	168 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:	324 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:	133 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:	831 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:	162 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:	133 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:	135 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:	305 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 5181(GP38-2)
Views:	833 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:	81 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:	89 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:	103 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:	91 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:	112 Comments: 1

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:	66 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:	83 Comments: 1

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