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12/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:James Glenn
Dates:7/5/2015 - 9/23/2016
Album Info:Since the site won't show me my first album, here's the 2nd for trains in the Newton, NC area. Enjoy!
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Making a Dash 8 by the Depot
Title:  Making a Dash 8 by the Depot
Description:  NS 550 and 5806 pull train P95 by the Newton Depot, 7/6/15.
Photo Date:  7/6/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 12:03:24 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 550(B32-8) NS 5806(GP38-3)
Views:  352   Comments: 2
Shifting times...
Title:  Shifting times...
Description:  A high hood moves around its train, P95 in the old Carolina * Northwestern Yard in Newton, now just part of the NS South Newton Lead coming off the S-Line. The siding the locomotives were about to go on here is now out of service.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 12:14:33 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5126(GP38-2) NS 5825(GP38-3)
Views:  332   Comments: 2
No stop here...
Title:  No stop here...
Description:  NS train P95 rolls back up the South Newton Lead back to the S-Line passing the historic Newton Depot on its way, part of the growing Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 12:37:44 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5825(GP38-3)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Rolling backwards in time...
Title:  Rolling backwards in time...
Description:  NS P95 rolls down the South Newton Lead, once the mighty Carolina & Northwestern. Were it not for the ditchlights on the locomotive, we wouldnt really be able to tell exactly what year it was!
Photo Date:  10/17/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 12:53:11 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5116(GP38-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 1
High Hoods in the Fall
Title:  High Hoods in the Fall
Description:  Two former Southern High Hoods roll train NS P95 onto the South Newton Lead (former Carolina & Northwestern) off the S-Line at MP 48.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 1:14:57 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5024(GP38-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 1
Falling into line...
Title:  Falling into line...
Description:  The high-hood backs train P95 down off the NS S-Line onto the South Newton Lead, the first mile south of Newton on the old Carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 11:41:50 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5024(GP38-2)
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Falling in line...
Title:  Falling in line...
Description:  Two veteran Southern/NS high-hoods back their train onto the South Newton Lead off the NS S-Line. The South Newton Lead now operates a one mile section of the once mighty Carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 2:37:27 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 2
Fall in the High Hood
Title:  Fall in the High Hood
Description:  Two veteran Southern/NS high-hoods back their train onto the South Newton Lead off the NS S-Line. The South Newton Lead now operates a one mile section of the once mighty Carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 2:43:31 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5024(GP38-2)
Views:  301   Comments: 1
Spurring Fall
Title:  Spurring Fall
Description:  Two veteran Southern/NS high-hoods back their train onto the South Newton Lead off the NS S-Line. The South Newton Lead now operates a one mile section of the once mighty Carolina & Northwestern. This track is actually a spur used to occasionally store extra cars to be switched in the future, as is the situation here.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 2:48:27 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5024(GP38-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 1
High-Hoods backing down...
Title:  High-Hoods backing down...
Description:  Two veteran Southern/NS high-hoods back their train onto the South Newton Lead from the NS S-Line. The South Newton Lead now operates a one mile section of the once mighty Carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 3:01:56 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
No Station Stop today!
Title:  No Station Stop today!
Description:  NS P95 pulls up the South Newton Lead towards the NS S-line on the former Carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 6:55:01 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5123(GP38-2) NS 5024(GP38-2)
Views:  266   Comments: 1
One car...
Title:  One car...
Description:  Backing down the beginning of the grade on the South Newton Lead, part of the former Carolina & North-Western.
Photo Date:  10/30/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 7:04:18 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7100(GP60) NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
From the brush to the backwoods...
Title:  From the brush to the backwoods...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/30/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 9:13:33 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  221   Comments: 1
 Time for a runaround...
Title:  Time for a runaround...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2016 9:53:08 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 1
Meeting the end...
Title:  Meeting the end...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 10:49:21 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
 Running around...
Title:  Running around...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 11:05:46 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
Dont back up...
Title:  Dont back up...
Description:  Setting abck the derail switch in the old Carolina & Northwestern Yard in Newton, NC on whats now NS's "South Newton Lead".
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/12/2016 11:36:56 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Rolling by the High Hood
Title:  Rolling by the High Hood
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 10:55:32 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  534   Comments: 2
Looking down on a High Hood
Title:  Looking down on a High Hood
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 10:59:35 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
Modern-Day Railroad History in Newton
Title:  Modern-Day Railroad History in Newton
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 11:13:30 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Station,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  112   Comments: 1
Still in the "Roster"
Title:  Still in the "Roster"
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  10/31/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 11:18:14 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
Backing towards Town
Title:  Backing towards Town
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 11:27:39 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  410   Comments: 1
Always facing the Wrong Way
Title:  Always facing the Wrong Way
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 11:36:05 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  273   Comments: 1
Backing Down over 3%
Title:  Backing Down over 3%
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/15/2016 11:41:35 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7100(GP60) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 547(B32-8)
Views:  274   Comments: 1
Downhill Power
Title:  Downhill Power
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:22:34 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  239   Comments: 1
From one spur to another...
Title:  From one spur to another...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 12:28:40 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  263   Comments: 2
Hiding but Local
Title:  Hiding but Local
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 1:11:07 AM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Scenic,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 2
Waiting to Cross onto the Main
Title:  Waiting to Cross onto the Main
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 2:29:42 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  303   Comments: 1
Pulling in to pull Up
Title:  Pulling in to pull Up
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 2:41:36 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
 Stopping for no station...
Title:  Stopping for no station...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 9/22/2016 2:21:53 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  324   Comments: 2
Leaving the Station site...
Title:  Leaving the Station site...
Description:  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.
Photo Date:  11/7/2015  Upload Date: 9/22/2016 2:35:11 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Station,Action
Locomotives:  NS 547(B32-8) NS 5141(GP38-2) NS 7100(GP60)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Log Car Delivered
Title:  Log Car Delivered
Description:  The Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museums replica Hutton & Bourbonnais log car has just been placed on its trucks and rolled to the end of paviion track two for display.
Photo Date:  11/20/2015  Upload Date: 9/22/2016 2:48:34 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  VC 50(2-6-0)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Look Hood Forward Crossings
Title:  Look Hood Forward Crossings
Description:  NS train P95 rolls toward the NS S-Line interchange up the South Newton Lead, a 1-mile section of the former carolina & Northwestern.
Photo Date:  11/21/2015  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 8:44:23 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7100(GP60) NS 5099(GP38-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
Finally, The Rock has come back...
Title:  Finally, The Rock has come back...
Description:  At the Renwood Mills silos in Newton, NC, near the end of that operating portion of the Carolin & Northwestern, now just the South Newton Lead.
Photo Date:  12/20/2015  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 9:45:23 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  145   Comments: 1
A Shady Hood...
Title:  A Shady Hood...
Description:  NS 5071 leads a rare light engine run up the South Newton Lead, a one mile operating stretch of the former Carolina & North-Western.
Photo Date:  1/2/2016  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 9:35:31 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5071(GP38-2) NS 5825(GP38-3)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Passing through history...
Title:  Passing through history...
Description:  A rare light engine move features P95s locomotives heading to the interchange with the NS S-Line after doing their job on the South Newton Lead, what little operates of the former Carolina & Northwestern between Newton and Gastonia. This section divides the campus of the Southeastern Narrow Gauge & Shortline Museum.
Photo Date:  1/2/2016  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 10:05:10 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5825(GP38-3)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
Backing towards the Main
Title:  Backing towards the Main
Description:  A rare light-engine move shows the locomotives of train P95 backing through the former Newton Yard of the Carolina & North-Western, now just the South Newton Lead.
Photo Date:  1/2/2016  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 10:25:32 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5825(GP38-3)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Leading on the Curve
Title:  Leading on the Curve
Description:  An eastbound NS freight rolls past through the interchange with the South Newton Lead (former Carolina & North-Western) into the infamous Newton curve at the milepost S-48, in brisk early morning hours of early January. The Newton Depot used to be behind the locomotives on the engineers side before it was moved in 1998, and the freight Depot stood on the spot where the picture was made.
Photo Date:  1/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 10:42:06 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8456(C40-8W)
Views:  166   Comments: 0


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