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Pictures of NS 5648
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:Rebuilt EMD GP38-2Built As:PC 7897 (GP38)
Serial Number:36956Order No:7291
Frame Number:7291-30Built:2/1971
Notes:Rebuilt from NS 2941
Other locos with this serial:  CR 7897(GP38) NS 2941(GP38) PC 7897(GP38) NS 5648(GP38-2)
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NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 10/26/2017 10:37:49 AM
Location:  Bethlehem, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  NS Symbol 047, The James Strates Carnival train, passes Blandon westbound on the REAL. 5:10PM
Photo Date:  8/6/2009  Upload Date: 8/6/2009 7:15:03 PM
Location:  Blandon, PA
Author:  David Spohn Jr
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
NS 31T and Yard Job
Title:  NS 31T and Yard Job
Description:  31T gets moving east as a yard job sits next to them.
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 8/12/2010 2:08:36 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Dan Davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8447(C40-8W) BNSF 1041(C44-9W) NS 9951(C40-9W) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5216(GP38-2)
Views:  634   Comments: 0
Three train meet
Title:  Three train meet
Description:  Left to right: 10G, 31T, Yard job. Note that there are four paint schemes in this photo.
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 8/12/2010 2:10:32 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Dan Davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9715(C40-9W) UP 8215(SD9043MAC) NS 8447(C40-8W) BNSF 1041(C44-9W) NS 9951(C40-9W) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5216(GP38-2)
Views:  786   Comments: 0
NS 10G and others
Title:  NS 10G and others
Description:  NS 10G rolls east as the Yard job sits still, pretty obvious who's the big engine in this group.
Photo Date:  7/31/2010  Upload Date: 8/12/2010 2:27:55 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Dan Davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8215(SD9043MAC) NS 9715(C40-9W) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  The NS track geometry train approaches Toledo on the former W&LE line from Bellevue. NS 5648 was rebuilt from NS (PRR) 2941, was originally PC/CR 7897.
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 11/9/2010 2:58:11 PM
Location:  Oregon, OH
Author:  Mike Woodruff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
NS 5648 #904
Title:  NS 5648 #904
Description:  904 Track Geomertry Train...
Photo Date:  9/22/2010  Upload Date: 10/7/2010 12:40:16 PM
Location:  Fostoria, OH
Author:  John C Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
NS 5648 & 3002
Title:  NS 5648 & 3002
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/2011  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 9:29:54 AM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 3002(GP40-2)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  Eastbound NS freight heads through the ArcelorMittal (former Inland Steel) steel mill ROW.
Photo Date:  8/11/2011  Upload Date: 8/18/2011 5:53:39 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  Eastbound NS freight heads through the ArcelorMittal (former Inland Steel) steel mill ROW. Not sure what the plastic wrapped bundle of papers on the hood is
Photo Date:  8/11/2011  Upload Date: 8/18/2011 5:54:21 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  Eastbound NS freight heads through the ArcelorMittal (former Inland Steel) steel mill ROW. Not sure what the plastic wrapped bundle of papers on the hood is
Photo Date:  8/11/2011  Upload Date: 8/18/2011 5:54:28 AM
Location:  East Chicago, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 1
NS 5645 on NS C42
Title:  NS 5645 on NS C42
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2012  Upload Date: 2/22/2012 1:01:29 AM
Location:  Huntingdon, PA
Author:  Richard Thompson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5645(GP38-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  228   Comments: 1
NS CB60
Title:  NS CB60
Description:  NS Altoona Yard local CB60 heading to Holidaysburg.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/11/2013 10:33:55 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
NS CB60
Title:  NS CB60
Description:  NS Altoona Yard local CB60 heading to Holidaysburg.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/11/2013 10:32:11 PM
Location:  Altoona, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
NS CB60
Title:  NS CB60
Description:  Altoona Yard local CB60 heading to Holidaysburg.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/16/2013 8:51:46 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5645(GP38-2)
Views:  364   Comments: 1
NS CB60
Title:  NS CB60
Description:  Altoona Yard local CB60 heading to Holidaysburg.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/16/2013 8:51:56 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
NS CB60
Title:  NS CB60
Description:  Altoona Yard local CB60 heading to Holidaysburg.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/16/2013 8:52:15 PM
Location:  Duncansville, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5645(GP38-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
NS 5645 Leads a Local Manifest.
Title:  NS 5645 Leads a Local Manifest.
Description:  Two Geeps lead a Local Manifest through downtown Altoona to Rose Yard.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 8:45:37 PM
Location:  Altoona (CP ALTO), PA
Author:  Dustin Faust
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5645(GP38-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
NS 5645 Leads a Local Manifest.
Title:  NS 5645 Leads a Local Manifest.
Description:  Two Geeps lead a Local Manifest through downtown Altoona to Rose Yard.
Photo Date:  2/19/2012  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 8:49:25 PM
Location:  Altoona (CP ALTO), PA
Author:  Dustin Faust
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5645(GP38-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
NS #5646
Title:  NS #5646
Description:  A Geep duo on the Herzog train.
Photo Date:  7/22/2012  Upload Date: 9/3/2016 4:29:06 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5646(GP38-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
NS #5648
Title:  NS #5648
Description:  The Herzog train caught everyone off guard...
Photo Date:  7/22/2012  Upload Date: 11/5/2012 9:18:55 PM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Light Engine Move West
Title:  Light Engine Move West
Description:  13 Locos!
Photo Date:  9/1/2012  Upload Date: 9/2/2012 12:27:05 PM
Location:  Sinking Spring, PA
Author:  Tom S
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9504(C40-9W) NS 6694(SD60) NS 6619(SD60) NS 5278(GP38-2) NS 2600(SD70M) NS 3048(GP40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 9596(C40-9W) NS 5220(GP38-2) NS 5281(GP38-2) NS 5271(GP38-2) NS 9340(C40-9W) NS 3523(B32-8)
Views:  895   Comments: 1
NS M72
Title:  NS M72
Description:  After a heavy snowfall, M72 is continuing northbound towards Linwood past CP Reid with a snow battered catfish leading
Photo Date:  2/16/2013  Upload Date: 2/17/2013 10:19:03 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Drew Faulk
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9010(C40-9W) NS 2565(SD70) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 9753(C40-9W)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
NS 6177 leads train P61 westbound
Title:  NS 6177 leads train P61 westbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 3/31/2013 8:45:54 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6177(SD40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 3/31/2013 8:46:10 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  455   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/28/2013  Upload Date: 3/31/2013 8:46:20 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
NS P61
Title:  NS P61
Description:  A crusty former Norfolk & Western SD40-2 leads two GP38-2s on local manifest P61 at Salisbury. This train is a railfan favorite because of the motive power consists like this that frequent this train daily.
Photo Date:  3/30/2013  Upload Date: 4/2/2013 8:48:15 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6177(SD40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5132(GP38-2)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
NS 5648 rolls by milepost 415 with B38
Title:  NS 5648 rolls by milepost 415 with B38
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2014  Upload Date: 8/25/2014 4:06:47 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
B38 heads east with a decent cut of cars for local industries
Title:  B38 heads east with a decent cut of cars for local industries
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2014  Upload Date: 8/25/2014 4:06:51 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2014  Upload Date: 8/25/2014 4:06:55 PM
Location:  Dunlap, IN
Author:  Jon Hall
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
NS 5648-312
Title:  NS 5648-312
Description:  312 sits idling on the north siding of the Redkey runner. It must have been short on time not to have reversed to Goodman Yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:06:40 AM
Location:  Marion, IN
Author:  Alan Culley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 9671(C40-9W)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
NS 8931
Title:  NS 8931
Description:  NS 8931, NS 9394, HLCX 8145, HLCX 8147, HLCX 7860, HLCX 7014, HLCX 7843, and HLCX 7180 and NS 9142 with another NS engine waiting for the cars to move in front of it and NS 2571, with a CSX engine, NS 5648, and another NS engine in the background in Bison Yard
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2014 4:37:14 PM
Location:  Buffalo (Bison Yard), NY
Author:  matthew northem
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8931(C44-9W) NS 9394(C44-9W) HLCX 8145(SD40-2) HLCX 7180(SD40-2) HLCX 7843(SD40-2) HLCX 7014(SD40-2) NS 9142(C40-9W) NS 2571(SD70) NS 5648(GP38-2) HLCX 8147(SD40-2) HLCX 7860(SD40-2)
Views:  719   Comments: 0
NS 8931
Title:  NS 8931
Description:  NS 8931, NS 9394, HLCX 8145, HLCX 8147, HLCX 7860, HLCX 7014, HLCX 7843, and HLCX 7180 and NS 9142 with another NS engine waiting for the cars to move in front of it and NS 2571, with a CSX engine, NS 5648, and another NS engine in the background in Bison Yard
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2014 4:41:13 PM
Location:  Buffalo (Bison Yard), NY
Author:  matthew northem
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8931(C44-9W) NS 9394(C44-9W) HLCX 8145(SD40-2) HLCX 7180(SD40-2) HLCX 7843(SD40-2) HLCX 7014(SD40-2) NS 9142(C40-9W) NS 2571(SD70) NS 5648(GP38-2) HLCX 8147(SD40-2) HLCX 7860(SD40-2)
Views:  680   Comments: 0
NS 8931
Title:  NS 8931
Description:  NS 8931, NS 9394, HLCX 7860, HLCX 8147, HLCX 8145, HLCX 7014, HLCX 7843, and HLCX 7180, and NS 9142 with another NS engine waiting for the cars to move in front of it and NS 2571, with a CSX engine, NS 5648, and another NS engine in the background in Bison Yard
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2014 4:57:21 PM
Location:  Buffalo (Bison Yard), NY
Author:  matthew northem
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8931(C44-9W) NS 9394(C44-9W) HLCX 8145(SD40-2) HLCX 8147(SD40-2) HLCX 7860(SD40-2) HLCX 7014(SD40-2) HLCX 7843(SD40-2) HLCX 7180(SD40-2) NS 9142(C40-9W) NS 2571(SD70) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  686   Comments: 0
NS 2571
Title:  NS 2571
Description:  NS 2571, with a CSX engine, NS 5648, and another NS engine in Bison Yard
Photo Date:  7/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2014 5:22:54 PM
Location:  Buffalo (Bison Yard), NY
Author:  matthew northem
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 2571(SD70) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
A Sea of Black & White
Title:  A Sea of Black & White
Description:  Enola Yard
Photo Date:  3/12/2015  Upload Date: 3/16/2015 6:35:27 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 101(RP20BD) NS 8395(C40-8W) NS 8354(C40-8W) NS 5304(GP38-2) NS 8360(C40-8W) NS 9438(C44-9W) NS 9178(C40-9W) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 6983(SD60E)
Views:  934   Comments: 0
NS GP38-2s 5648 & 5124
Title:  NS GP38-2s 5648 & 5124
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/2015  Upload Date: 3/18/2015 1:42:30 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5124(GP38-2)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
NS 3048
Title:  NS 3048
Description:  NS 3048 leads a combo Tech/OCS train up the Sunbury Sub
Photo Date:  3/19/2015  Upload Date: 3/28/2015 8:05:14 PM
Location:  Glenburn, PA
Author:  David Balko
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3048(GP40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 6349(SD40E)
Views:  712   Comments: 0
NS 902 - NS Geometry Train
Title:  NS 902 - NS Geometry Train
Description:  At 12:34pm on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, I got a surprise when the NS Geometry Train showed up heading south on the NS Youngstown Line. NS #3048 (GP40-2) and NS #5648 (GP38-2) led NS #34 (Research Slug) and NS #33 (Research Car) south, operating as a 902 symbol, shown here at CP Graham in Struthers, Ohio.
Photo Date:  3/31/2015  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 4:22:18 PM
Location:  Struthers, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3048(GP40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 34(Track Test Unit)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
NS 3048-904
Title:  NS 3048-904
Description:  After waiting for traffic at CP 79 to clear, geometry train 904 crosses the Mississinewa River enroute to Alexandria south on the Branch.
Photo Date:  4/15/2015  Upload Date: 4/16/2015 9:42:20 PM
Location:  Marion, IN
Author:  Alan Culley
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3048(GP40-2) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 34(Track Test Unit)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/22/2015 4:09:01 AM
Location:  Chesterton, IN
Author:  Kris Rumbut
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description:  g45
Photo Date:  8/19/2016  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 8:24:23 PM
Location:  Brunswick, GA
Author:  max linder
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
A light, heavy run...
Title:  A light, heavy run...
Description:  NS Linwood-Oyama Local P60 makes a light move with several locomotives around the infamous Newton Curve. The S-48 Milepost is behind the locomotives, and the foundation I was standing on was for the long-gone wooden freight depot.
Photo Date:  12/12/2016  Upload Date: 1/9/2019 11:14:48 PM
Location:  Newton, NC
Author:  James Glenn
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 3333(SD40-2) NS 5118(GP38-2)
Views:  424   Comments: 1
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/2020  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 10:41:12 AM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
NS 7575
Title:  NS 7575
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/19/2021  Upload Date: 5/20/2021 12:04:33 AM
Location:  Bennington, PA
Author:  Dave Wolfe
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7575(ES40DC) NS 8171(ES44AC) NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5665(GP38-2)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
NS 5648
Title:  NS 5648
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/19/2021  Upload Date: 5/20/2021 12:07:31 AM
Location:  Bennington, PA
Author:  Dave Wolfe
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5648(GP38-2) NS 5665(GP38-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
NS 5643
Title:  NS 5643
Description:  Local to Tyrone
Photo Date:  10/11/2024  Upload Date: 10/11/2024 8:32:53 PM
Location:  Fostoria, PA
Author:  Dave Wolfe (Milepost 33 R
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 5643(GP38-2) NS 5636(GP38-2) NS 5648(GP38-2)
Views:  185   Comments: 0

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