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Old Hickory FD Engine 1 Rides Flat Car
Title:  Old Hickory FD Engine 1 Rides Flat Car
Description:  This is a photo from our fire department's archives. Exact date unknown, but circa 1940's Engine 1 for City of Hickory Fire Department is delivered on an old Southern Railway flat car.
Photo Date:  1/1/1940  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 11:34:27 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Thomas Raper
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Views:  790   Comments: 3
The Jim Martin for Governor Special
Title:  The Jim Martin for Governor Special
Description:  Stopped prior to arrival at Hickory to apply bunting
Photo Date:  10/22/1984  Upload Date: 10/6/2013 2:20:14 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  456   Comments: 0
Watering at Hickory
Title:  Watering at Hickory
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/1989  Upload Date: 2/18/2014 5:39:21 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NKP 587(2-8-2) NW 1218(NW Type A 2-6-6-4)
Views:  1349   Comments: 0
CNWS/RLIX 477
Title:  CNWS/RLIX 477
Description:  Carolina & Northwestern's (CNWS) sole power in 199< was CF7 477. It was origfnally ATSF F7A 225C and released from Cleburne as CF7 2477 in 7/76. Once Santa Fe was done with it the unit went to Tenken RR (TKEN) and Nashville & Ea tern (NERR) before going to Rail-Link (RLIX) owned CMWS. Carolina & Northwestern serviced the former NS Hickory to Lenoir line between 1990 and 1994, when Caldwell County RR (CWCY) took over the operation.
Photo Date:  11/30/1992  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:43:09 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  RLIX 477(CF7)
Views:  1733   Comments: 1
CWCY 1811 has its stacks capped
Title:  CWCY 1811 has its stacks capped
Description:  CWCY 1811 has its stacks capped
Photo Date:  7/26/2001  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 5:44:26 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
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Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  1673   Comments: 0
CWCY 1747 has its stacks capped
Title:  CWCY 1747 has its stacks capped
Description:  CWCY 1747 has its stacks capped
Photo Date:  7/26/2001  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 5:44:49 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1747(GP16)
Views:  1475   Comments: 0
CWCY 1747 is secured
Title:  CWCY 1747 is secured
Description:  CWCY 1747 is secured
Photo Date:  7/26/2001  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 5:44:59 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1747(GP16)
Views:  1409   Comments: 0
NS 8526
Title:  NS 8526
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2002  Upload Date: 12/1/2021 8:28:16 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8526(C36-7)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
NS 8526 & 9206 head out of Oyama yard
Title:  NS 8526 & 9206 head out of Oyama yard
Description:  NS 8526 & 9206 head out of Oyama yard in Hickory
Photo Date:  10/2/2002  Upload Date: 1/18/2008 8:37:02 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8526(C36-7) NS 9206(C40-9W)
Views:  1878   Comments: 0
NS 8384 & 8526 lead a train out of Oyama yard
Title:  NS 8384 & 8526 lead a train out of Oyama yard
Description:  NS 8384 & 8526 lead a train out of Oyama yard in Hickory
Photo Date:  12/2/2002  Upload Date: 1/18/2008 8:36:46 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8384(C40-8W) NS 8526(C36-7)
Views:  2054   Comments: 2
NS 8974
Title:  NS 8974
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/2003  Upload Date: 12/31/2023 4:06:24 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
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Locomotives:  NS 8974(C40-9W)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  is backing into the lead into the Oyama Yard (MP S-54.0) in this last minute snap and go pic. NS 9146, BNSF 8286 and NS 9585.
Photo Date:  4/3/2004  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 11:48:34 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
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Locomotives:  NS 9146(C40-9W)
Views:  1505   Comments: 0
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  NS 135 eases through downtown Hickorys Union Square area with a colorful consist of former CR, NS, KCS and BNSF power. The Hickory Station is to the right.
Photo Date:  4/3/2004  Upload Date: 4/3/2004 11:50:03 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Carter Buchanan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8451(C40-8W)
Views:  1625   Comments: 1
Caldwell County owns this, but you wouldn't know it
Title:  Caldwell County owns this, but you wouldn't know it
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2004  Upload Date: 6/1/2004 9:18:18 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Tim Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  1612   Comments: 2
Caldwell County GP16 with stacks covered
Title:  Caldwell County GP16 with stacks covered
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2004  Upload Date: 6/1/2004 9:18:18 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Tim Huemmer
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1747(GP16)
Views:  1323   Comments: 0
Dead industrial spurs collide
Title:  Dead industrial spurs collide
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/31/2004  Upload Date: 6/1/2004 9:18:18 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Tim Huemmer
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Views:  987   Comments: 1
Trees Disguise the Southern Depot
Title:  Trees Disguise the Southern Depot
Description:  This Depot has been converted into a restaurant
Photo Date:  5/31/2004  Upload Date: 5/31/2004 10:12:03 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Jon Huemmer
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Views:  715   Comments: 0
CWCY 1811
Title:  CWCY 1811
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/2004  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 1:55:12 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Jeff Marley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  900   Comments: 1
CWCY 1811
Title:  CWCY 1811
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/2004  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 1:55:12 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Jeff Marley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  907   Comments: 0
CWCY 1811
Title:  CWCY 1811
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/20/2004  Upload Date: 9/3/2005 1:55:11 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Jeff Marley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  781   Comments: 0
CWCY 1811
Title:  CWCY 1811
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/3/2005  Upload Date: 2/21/2006 6:11:36 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Grady McKinley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  929   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/2005  Upload Date: 7/22/2005 9:34:15 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Bryan McNiel
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Views:  737   Comments: 0
NS 3261 leads an all-EMD lineup eastbound
Title:  NS 3261 leads an all-EMD lineup eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2005  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 8:24:39 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3261(SD40-2) NS 6199(SD40-2) WC 7515(SD45) NS 1624(SD40)
Views:  1817   Comments: 1
NS 4812
Title:  NS 4812
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/2005  Upload Date: 11/5/2021 9:58:50 AM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4812(B40-8)
Views:  915   Comments: 0
GMTX 2622
Title:  GMTX 2622
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/15/2005  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 6:59:14 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2622(GP38-2)
Views:  1348   Comments: 0
NS train heading east
Title:  NS train heading east
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:37:08 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  407   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:37:40 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  339   Comments: 0
Derailed car on spur for Caldwell County Railroad, the car aparantly hit the derailer
Title:  Derailed car on spur for Caldwell County Railroad, the car aparantly hit the derailer
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:16:23 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  601   Comments: 0
Ex Southern Depot, now restraunt
Title:  Ex Southern Depot, now restraunt
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:17:54 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
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Views:  433   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:21:55 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
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Views:  425   Comments: 0
abandoned and torn up sidings
Title:  abandoned and torn up sidings
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:25:39 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  542   Comments: 0
The Begining of the Caldwell County Railroad
Title:  The Begining of the Caldwell County Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:20:50 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  416   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:24:14 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  404   Comments: 0
Outside of Yard, east side of Hickory
Title:  Outside of Yard, east side of Hickory
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:24:39 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  417   Comments: 0
NS train sitting in yard, about 1/3 of a mile away or so.
Title:  NS train sitting in yard, about 1/3 of a mile away or so.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:33:31 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  376   Comments: 0
NS train "flying" by, really doing about 5 MPH
Title:  NS train "flying" by, really doing about 5 MPH
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 1/23/2006 10:24:52 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
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Views:  371   Comments: 0
NS 8371
Title:  NS 8371
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/20/2006  Upload Date: 3/9/2007 11:26:19 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8371(C40-8W)
Views:  1166   Comments: 0
Almost home
Title:  Almost home
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 6/27/2006 5:26:35 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  1010   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 6/27/2006 5:28:23 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  932   Comments: 1
Backing up
Title:  Backing up
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 6/27/2006 5:30:01 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  768   Comments: 0
Moving an engine in the yard
Title:  Moving an engine in the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 6/27/2006 5:27:38 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16) CWCY 1747(GP16)
Views:  1261   Comments: 2
CWCY locomotive, Hickory NC
Title:  CWCY locomotive, Hickory NC
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:50:37 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  791   Comments: 0
Upclose
Title:  Upclose
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:51:18 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
Location of Ex C&NW shops, Hickory NC
Title:  Location of Ex C&NW shops, Hickory NC
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:53:01 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  563   Comments: 0
CWCY 1811
Title:  CWCY 1811
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 3/14/2007 9:03:08 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CWCY 1811(GP16)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2006  Upload Date: 2/27/2006 10:29:40 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Derek Poole
Categories: 
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Views:  558   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/27/2006  Upload Date: 2/27/2006 10:26:59 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Derek Poole
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Views:  634   Comments: 0
Hickory, looking west
Title:  Hickory, looking west
Description:  Looking towards the west in Hickory
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:21:57 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  323   Comments: 0
Looking west, Hickory, NC
Title:  Looking west, Hickory, NC
Description:  Looking to the west
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:21:09 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
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Views:  329   Comments: 0
Eastbound Coal train, Hickory NC
Title:  Eastbound Coal train, Hickory NC
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2006  Upload Date: 3/26/2006 7:55:54 PM
Location:  Hickory, NC
Author:  Joey Bowman
Categories: 
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Views:  389   Comments: 0


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