An ex-SOU/NS GP38 brings up the rear of 114. Since it was rebuilt in 2005, 2177 spent the last 15 years of its NS career working in eastern PA/NJ before returning south to NC.
Shortly after midnight, Carolina Coastal GP9R's 4609 and 4624 lead the road train east into the CLNA yard in Wilson, NC, operating on former (original) Norfolk Southern Railway trackage.
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