Jan 24, 2025 · built by Lima in 1918 for the Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR), this sturdy yard switcher was the 2nd #75 on the NKP roster. It was finally sold to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co in 9/8/1950 for scrap.

Historic steam locomotive no. 765 is a high-stepping, fourteen-wheeled, time machine that stands 15 feet tall, weighs 404 tons and can go over 70 miles an hour. It was one of famous class of steam locomotives called the Berkshire; one known …

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a preserved S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road".

NKP 75: 1918: 0-6-0 5681 : 220729: NKP 76: to NW 2076 08/66, to Birmingham R&L 04/74: S4 80470: 1: 225670: NKP 79: Built 1953, to N&W 2079: S4 80448: 10: 55857: NKP 79: 3/1918, class B11c, sfs 9/14/1951 to US Steel: 0-6-0 5685: 1: 252672: NKP 83A: blt 12/50 as MILW 110C: F7A 11803 : 226938: NKP 84: ex-PTM 1052, ex-BCLR/Copperweld Steel 1052: S2

The NKPHTS was founded to preserve the history of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, commonly known as the Nickel Plate Road (NKP). The Society is one of the oldest railroad historical organizations in the country, and today has over 800 members including authors, historians, photographers, railroad employees and officials ...

There are six surviving NKP 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type locomotives.

The NKP began discarding its 4-6-0s in the mid-1920s and scrapped this Clover Leaf quartet in 1927-1929. Class E-4/G-8/P-6 (Locobase 6710) Data from TStL&W 1 - 1924 Locomotive Diagram supplied in May 2005 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Data Exchange.

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a Berkshire steam locomotive that was fortunate enough to be preserved and put back into excursion service by a non-profit group of volunteers.

These eight locomotives were the pride of the NKP's passenger service and saw 16 years of handling main line passenger trains between Buffalo, NY and Chicago, IL until displaced by diesels in the 1950s.

Nickel Plate Road 759 is a preserved S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio as a member of the S-2 class for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road".