With the exception of Grand Trunk Western 4070, probably the most asked about piece of equipment in Midwest Railway Preservation Society’s possession is our vintage Pullman heavyweight passenger car, the former Nickel Plate Railroad 62, …

The Lackawanna Limited wreck occurred when a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) passenger train, the New York-Buffalo Lackawanna Limited with 500 passengers, [1] crashed into a freight train on August 30, 1943, killing 29 people [2] in the small Steuben County community of Wayland in upstate New York, approximately 40 miles (64 km)...

Nickel Plate Road GP9 number 526 switches a way freight at Gibson City, IL, on November 24, 1962. The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (reporting mark NKP), abbreviated NYC&St.L, was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States.

May 25, 2014 · In August of 1943, an engineer at the controls of a Lackawanna train out of Cleveland, Ohio was traveling along an upstate New York line. He was twenty minutes late as he hit a bend going 70 miles an hour--this is when he saw another locomotive pulling onto the track. The two trains collided.

The Story of NKP 62, aka “the Death Car” Blog , Uncategorized / By ken With the exception of Grand Trunk Western 4070, probably the most asked about piece of equipment in Midwest Railway Preservation Society’s possession is our vintage …

Oct 28, 2023 · Welcome aboard Nickel Plate Road Car #62. It’s a typical intercity coach of the 1930s, but for one dark day that’s lead to an eerie reputation!Follow us on F...

NKP 62 - Nickel Plate Road Description: A star in its own right having been part of the Robert Redford movie, "The Natural", it also has a dark history leaving it haunted according to many who have helped restore it.

NKP 62 suffered some broken windows and exterior paint damage while it was on location in Mississippi last year for the filming of the ABC Network mini-series “Women of the Movement”. Volunteers have been working to replace the broken windows and also replace a …

Nickel Plate Road Coach #62 was built by Pullman Standard in 1934. It is an all steel coach weighing in at 170,000 pounds, is 83 feet 3 inches long, rides on six-wheel trucks, and has room for 78 happy passengers.