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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/17/1951 - 8/20/1956
Album Info:The Nickel Plate adopted the Mikado 2-8-2 wheel configuration as a result of its Motive Power Superintendent, Gus Ayers, whose prior NYC experience helped fashion the new specifications. Very successful group.
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WLE 2-8-2 #6018 (will become NKP #688 in 1949)
Title:  WLE 2-8-2 #6018 (will become NKP #688 in 1949)
Description:  Although it was officially still a Wheeling & Lake Erie loco, this 1918 Brooks-Alco M-1 class "heavy Mikado" would be renumbered by the Nickel Plate Road in 1949 to #688. It had the typical 63" drivers and 200 psi boiler pressure common to all NKP Mikados. Sadly it was sold for scrap on 4/23/1955 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co.
Photo Date:  6/1/1941  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 6:28:51 AM
Location:  Canton, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  WLE 6018(2-8-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-2 #677, Nickel Plate Road ex-W&LE
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #677, Nickel Plate Road ex-W&LE
Description:  This is an example of an Alco-Brooks Mikado originally built for the Wheeling & Lake Erie as a class M-1 "heavy Mikado" in 8/1918 and acquired by the Nickel Plate in 1949. it also had the typical 63" drivers and 200 psi boiler pressure. It met is demise when sold for scrap in 10/1955 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co. This is an August, 1970 reprint of a C. W. Burns photo.
Photo Date:  6/17/1951  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:46 AM
Location:  Zanesville, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 677(2-8-2)
Views:  2036   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-2 #624, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #624, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Description:  Fifteen of these were built by Lima in 1922 as a class H-6d with 63" drivers and developing 200 psi. One of only three preserved NKP 2-8-2's, this one was donated to Hammond, IN on 9/13/55 and is still there but in much worse shape. The photographer C.W. Burns noted on the photo back "One of the first engines given to a city for display. Now in sad shape, but are trying to fix it up. Also will fence it." August, 1970 reprint.
Photo Date:  9/13/1955  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:05 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 624(2-8-2)
Views:  3291   Comments: 2
NKP 2-8-2 #643, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #643, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Description:  Thirty of these were by Lima Locomotive Works in 1922-23 as a class H-6e. Like the rest of the NKP Mikados, they had 63" drivers and developed 200 psi boiler pressure. It was sold for scrap on 11/11/1961 to Luntz Iron & Steel
Photo Date:  8/20/1956  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:21 AM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 643(2-8-2)
Views:  814   Comments: 1
NKP 2-8-2 #646, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #646, Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis)
Description:  Another of the thirty of these were by Lima Locomotive Works in 1922-23 as a class H-6e. Like the rest of the NKP Mikados, they had 63" drivers and developed 200 psi boiler pressure. It was sold for scrap on 12/20/1961 to Luntz Iron & Steel. This is the way I like to remember Nickel Plate locos - roaring down a Midwest prairie track blowing smoke skyward!
Photo Date:  8/20/1956  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:31 AM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 646(2-8-2)
Views:  460   Comments: 2
NKP 2-8-2 #957, ex-511 Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #957, ex-511 Nickel Plate Road
Description:  This original NKP 511, renumbered later to #957, is another Brooks-Alco Mikado built in 8/1917 as a class H-5b. Twenty five were built and were extremely successful in the NKP service, setting the stage for demanding more Mikados for the railroad. Unfortunately it was sold for scrap on 8/20/61 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co. This is another C.W. Burns photo.
Photo Date:  8/20/1956  Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:54 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 957(2-8-2)
Views:  593   Comments: 1


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