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".

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 …

On September 28, 29, and 30, 2018, Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive no. 765 was carrying the voice of one of her fallen sisters: engine no. 760. Built shortly before the 765, engine 760 was...

NKP 765 leaving Biltmore, headed uest. NKP 765 backs the train off the main line, so diesels can take the train to Crossville while the 765 is serviced.

Seven-Six-Five documents Nickel Plate Road 765, operating the New River Train on October 12 & 19th 1985 & the Wabash Cannonball on September 13th, 1986. Former FWRHS Member & Engineer Rich...

Nickel Plate Road No. 765 is an S-2-class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio in 1944. As of today, it operates on occasional mainline excursion service and is owned and operated by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

With 28 scheduled and 12 conditional stops, plus numerous meets with freight trains on its single track main line, there was no way the Nickel Plate could compete with the parallel four-track mainline of the mighty New York Central.

Long displayed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, the locomotive has been acquired by the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum at Bellevue, Ohio for cosmetic restoration.

One of the famed 2-8-4 Berkshire-type locomotives of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (better known as the “Nickel Plate Road”), No. 763 was constructed in August 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio.

Jun 2, 2022 · FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Tickets will go on sale starting June 7 for the Indiana Rail Experience, a series of steam excursions behind Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765 on the Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company.