Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541.

Mar 5, 2021 · Kentucky Steam’s official acquisition of the water car, baggage and RPO car coincides with a multi-entity deal that also includes ownership change for Nickel Plate 587.

Mar 3, 2025 · Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. has halted its planned auction of Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 No. 587, shown during its excursion career for the Indiana Transportation Museum. The organization is in settlement talks with the locomotive’s former owner.

Nickel Plate Road No. 587 is an H-6o class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, PA in 1918, originally for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad as their No. 5541.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. said today (Jan. 23) in a public notice that NKP No. 587, a Class H-6o 2-8-2 built by Baldwin in 1918, will be the subject of a sealed-bid auction as part of a judgment against the owner for unpaid storage fees. The winner will be notified on March 3.

There are three surviving NKP 2-8-2 "Mikado" type locomotives. Number 624 is on display at the Civic Center in Hammond, IN, number 639 is on display at Miller Park in Bloomington, IL and number 587, which is operational at the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, IN.

The Nickel Plate Road H-6o was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad (LE&W) and were given to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (NYC&StL) or …

Mar 5, 2025 · The sale of Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 587 has been halted. In January, Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., announced that the 1918 built locomotive would be sold at auction after the owner failed to pay the non-profit storage fees .

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #587 leads a Southbound NS Excursion Train through Dundee, MI, in 1993. From the Collection of Dennis Schmidt. NRHS special is turned in Argos Indiana. Doublehead NRHS steam excursion from Chicago to Argos Indiana.

Big news out of Ravenna, Kentucky! The Kentucky steam heritage museum has inked a deal to acquire former L&N "Big Emma" water tender, a 1910 Pennsylvania RPO, and a Pennsy baggage car will now be under the ownership of KSHC.