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NKP 770 on the Turntable
Title:  NKP 770 on the Turntable
Description:  It's Friday May 30, 1958 as Nickel Plate Road #770 (2-8-4) takes a spin on the turntable in Conneaut, Ohio at the roundhouse. Note the, what looks to be, ALCO switcher still in the roundhouse. Photo by James Pope.
Photo Date:  5/30/1958  Upload Date: 7/9/2016 4:40:45 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Scott Williams
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 770(2-8-4)
Views:  577   Comments: 0
NKP 771
Title:  NKP 771
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/23/1954  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:02:39 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 771(2-8-4)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
NKP 771 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 771 New to the site.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1957  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:02:14 PM
Location:  Wickliffe, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 771(2-8-4)
Views:  620   Comments: 2
NKP 772
Title:  NKP 772
Description:  Erie, PA August of 1951. The city of Erie was having a week long celebration of their centennial. Also in this consist are the flat car, an NKP caboose and boxcar. According to the source of this info, there were stairs erected to allow access to the all this equipment, it would have been on the left side of the engine. This was NKP's small yard in Erie near Holland Street. Thanks to J. Kreider for this information
Photo Date:  8/5/1951  Upload Date: 6/29/2012 11:34:16 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 772(2-8-4)
Views:  1913   Comments: 8
NKP 772
Title:  NKP 772
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/19/1957  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:01:53 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 772(2-8-4)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
NKP 773 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 773 New to the site.
Description:  Date approximate. Roller-bearing trucks to tender 9/57. Stored at Colneaut 4/58. Sold to Canton Iron & Steel 4/63.
Photo Date:  6/15/1955  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 2:55:08 PM
Location:  Buffalo, NY
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 773(2-8-4)
Views:  41   Comments: 3
NKP 773
Title:  NKP 773
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/8/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:01:34 PM
Location:  Canton, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 773(2-8-4)
Views:  660   Comments: 1
NKP 774
Title:  NKP 774
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/1957  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 5:57:03 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 774(2-8-4)
Views:  783   Comments: 2
NKP 774 New to the site, in the deaeline.
Title:  NKP 774 New to the site, in the deaeline.
Description:  Marked as 1959 not sure of month. Roller bearing trucks to tender 1/58. Stored at Conneaut 4/58. To Canton Iron & Steel 4/63.
Photo Date:  5/1/1959  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 2:57:07 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 774(2-8-4)
Views:  1085   Comments: 1
NKP 775 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 775 New to the site.
Description:  Roller-bearing trucks to tender 1/58. Stored at Conneaut 3/58. To Luntz 12/63.
Photo Date:  7/20/1955  Upload Date: 1/31/2012 3:43:22 PM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 775(2-8-4)
Views:  856   Comments: 4
NKP 776
Title:  NKP 776
Description:  Described as near Bellevue. Date approximate. See other shot of 776 for history.
Photo Date:  6/1/1955  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 3:06:41 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 776(2-8-4)
Views:  9   Comments: 13
NKP 776 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 776 New to the site.
Description:  Wrecked in head-on collision with 770 at Plate NY 12/28/54. Roller-bearing trucks to tender 10/57. Stored at Conneaut 4/58. To Luntz Iron & Steel 11/63.
Photo Date:  9/1/1957  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 3:01:27 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 776(2-8-4)
Views:  1504   Comments: 2
NKP 776
Title:  NKP 776
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:00:51 PM
Location:  Erie, PA
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 776(2-8-4)
Views:  777   Comments: 0
NKP 777
Title:  NKP 777
Description:  Date approximate. Stored at Conneaut 6/58. Sold to Luria Bros 4/14/61. Dismantled by Great Lakes Scrap Co Erie PA.
Photo Date:  5/15/1955  Upload Date: 2/18/2012 2:08:38 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 777(2-8-4)
Views:  1830   Comments: 2
NKP 777
Title:  NKP 777
Description:  Probably taken a few weeks before storage at Conneaut.
Photo Date:  6/7/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:00:30 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 777(2-8-4)
Views:  1144   Comments: 1
NKP 778 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 778 New to the site.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1957  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 5:54:42 PM
Location:  Berlin Heights, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 778(2-8-4)
Views:  511   Comments: 0
NKP 776
Title:  NKP 776
Description:  Date and location unknown.
Photo Date:  5/15/1950  Upload Date: 4/26/2012 12:10:36 AM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  3019   Comments: 5
NKP 779 New to the site. The last of the original NKP Berks.
Title:  NKP 779 New to the site. The last of the original NKP Berks.
Description:  Date approximate. Location unknown. After a 1949 merger Wheeling and Lake Erie Berks 6401-6432 were renumbered 801-832. Last steam loco built by Lima. Exhibited and run at Chicago Railroad Fair 1949. Stored at Conneaut 3/58. Donated to city of Lima 1963 for display in Lincoln Park.
Photo Date:  7/1/1955  Upload Date: 2/8/2012 7:09:29 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  3265   Comments: 5
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description:  Date unknown. Look at how the steam made shadows on the tender, pretty cool.
Photo Date:  5/15/1957  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 9:58:09 AM
Location:  Painesville, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  879   Comments: 3
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description:  Date only listed as 1/58. In the last year of steam.
Photo Date:  1/1/1958  Upload Date: 3/25/2013 3:47:46 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  1183   Comments: 3
Smithsonian models
Title:  Smithsonian models
Description:  These models of notable steam engines were in the railroad exhibit at the Smithsonian. Its a pretty comprehensive selection for a small sample of American steam power.
Photo Date:  8/22/1976  Upload Date: 5/4/2016 4:10:40 AM
Location:  Washington DC, DC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Model,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 5205(4-6-4) ACL 1805(4-8-4) NKP 779(2-8-4) UP 4000(4-8-8-4) NW 244(0-8-0)
Views:  2277   Comments: 1
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description:  exact date unknown
Photo Date:  6/1/1983  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 8:13:20 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  1897   Comments: 0
Last Lima Berkshire
Title:  Last Lima Berkshire
Description:  The NKP 779 is the last berkshire type engine built in Lima, it is on display at Lincoln Park in Lima.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 10:59:42 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Brandon Hamm
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  1913   Comments: 3
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description:  The NKP 779 is the last berkshire type engine built in Lima, it is on display at Lincoln Park in Lika.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 11:13:29 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Brandon Hamm
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Lincoln Park Railroad Display
Title:  Lincoln Park Railroad Display
Description:  The NKP 779 is the last berkshire type engine built in Lima, it is on display at Lincoln Park in Lima.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 11:10:27 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Brandon Hamm
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
NKP 779 in the seat.
Title:  NKP 779 in the seat.
Description:  The NKP 779 is the last berkshire type engine built in Lima, it is on display at Lincoln Park in Lima.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 5/11/2012 11:14:21 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Brandon Hamm
Categories:  InCab,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  973   Comments: 0
NKP 779 is the last steamer built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima.
Title:  NKP 779 is the last steamer built by Lima Locomotive Works in Lima.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/30/2012 10:22:08 AM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  738   Comments: 8
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/28/2012 8:14:39 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  2106   Comments: 4
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/28/2012 8:43:16 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  1973   Comments: 2
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/2012  Upload Date: 11/28/2012 8:56:33 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  704   Comments: 4
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/2013  Upload Date: 2/28/2013 7:28:48 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Trey Holland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  698   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/28/2013  Upload Date: 2/28/2013 7:29:06 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Trey Holland
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/2015  Upload Date: 11/8/2023 5:33:15 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:21:19 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:23:14 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:42:29 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:54:36 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:44:43 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:46:12 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:47:55 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
NKP 779
Title:  NKP 779
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/12/2019  Upload Date: 10/20/2019 5:50:52 PM
Location:  Lima, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 779(2-8-4)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
PM 2-8-4 #1201 - Pere Maquette
Title:  PM 2-8-4 #1201 - Pere Maquette
Description:  Built by Lima in September of 1937 (serial #7737, class N), this beefy 2-8-4 Berkshire, PM #1201, served the Pere Marquette Railway well until being merged into the C&O roster in 1947. A year before that, the driver size was increased to 70" in 1946. It lasted on the C&O roster until being scrapped in 1954. Original specs - 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 436,500 lb, tractive effort of 69,350 lb. Ralph H. Payne photo
Photo Date:  11/2/1947  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:36:58 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1201(2-8-4)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
PM 2-8-4 #1211 - Pere Marquette
Title:  PM 2-8-4 #1211 - Pere Marquette
Description:  Sitting in a Flint, Michigan yard is Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire #1211 built by Lima in September of 1937 (serial #7747, class N). The loco had its drivers upgraded from 69" to 70" in 1946. One year later (1947), PM 1211 slid onto the C&O roster as their #2695 and held on until being scrapped in April of 1953. Final specs - 70" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 445,500 lb, tractive effort of 69,350 lb, with booster adding 14,400 lb. No photographer or date was given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1947  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:37:08 AM
Location:  Flint, MI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1211(2-8-4)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
PM 2-8-4 #1212 = Pere Marquette
Title:  PM 2-8-4 #1212 = Pere Marquette
Description:  Built by Lima in September of 1937 (serial #7748, class N), PM 2-8-4 Berkshire #1212 served the Pere Marquette Railway and then slid over to the C&O roster as CO 2696 in 1947. It lasted until being scrapped in April of 1953. Final specs - 70" drivers (upgraded from 69" in 1946), impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 445,500 lb, tractive effort of 69,350 lb, with booster adding 14,400 lb. No photographer or exact day in 1937 was given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1937  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:37:18 AM
Location:  Detroit, MI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1212(2-8-4)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
PM 2-8-4 #1219 - Pere Marquette
Title:  PM 2-8-4 #1219 - Pere Marquette
Description:  Built by Lima in October of 1941, PM 2-8-4 #1219 (serial #7833, class N-1) sits in the Proviso, IL, scrap line with its number and name lined out. The Lima records show it was scrapped in May of 1956, but the photo is dated June 2, 1956. Either date, it met up with the scrapper's torch. Final specs - 70" drivers,, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 26x34" cylinders, engine weight of 445,500 lb, tractive effort of 69,350 lb, with booster adding 14,400 lb. No photographer was given for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/2/1956  Upload Date: 6/10/2022 6:37:30 AM
Location:  Proviso, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1219(2-8-4)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
C&O 1223
Title:  C&O 1223
Description:  Awating restoration - date is approximate
Photo Date:  7/30/1982  Upload Date: 8/16/2012 10:25:59 PM
Location:  Grand Haven, MI
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CO 1223(2-8-4)
Views:  1161   Comments: 0
Pere Marquette 1223
Title:  Pere Marquette 1223
Description:  PM 1223 sitting in Grand Haven park
Photo Date:  4/13/2002  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 2:34:30 AM
Location:  Grand Haven, MI
Author:  Tim Shanahan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1223(2-8-4)
Views:  709   Comments: 0
Pere Marquette 1223
Title:  Pere Marquette 1223
Description:  PM 1223 sitting in Grand Haven park long shot in sepia tone
Photo Date:  4/13/2002  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 2:55:23 AM
Location:  Grand Haven, MI
Author:  Tim Shanahan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1223(2-8-4)
Views:  691   Comments: 0
PM 1223 nose
Title:  PM 1223 nose
Description:  Pere Marquette close up of nose in sepia
Photo Date:  4/13/2002  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 2:40:25 AM
Location:  Grand Haven, MI
Author:  Tim Shanahan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1223(2-8-4)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
PM Wheel Set
Title:  PM Wheel Set
Description:  PM Wheel Set in sepia tone
Photo Date:  4/13/2002  Upload Date: 10/20/2010 2:49:36 AM
Location:  Grand Haven, MI
Author:  Tim Shanahan
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PM 1223(2-8-4)
Views:  354   Comments: 0


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