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NKP 767
Title:  NKP 767
Description:  Southbound on the CVSR
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/27/2016 1:43:19 PM
Location:  Akron, OH
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Getting ready for the days runs.
Title:  Getting ready for the days runs.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/26/2016 4:03:16 PM
Location:  Independence, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
NKP 767
Title:  NKP 767
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/26/2016 4:05:39 PM
Location:  Independence, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  480   Comments: 0
NKP 767
Title:  NKP 767
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/26/2016 4:08:08 PM
Location:  Independence, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Night,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
The Beast comes to life.
Title:  The Beast comes to life.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/26/2016 4:11:32 PM
Location:  Independence, OH
Author:  George Sillett
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  644   Comments: 1
NKP 767
Title:  NKP 767
Description:  NKP 757 and NW 2349 rest in Bellevue,
Photo Date:  3/9/2019  Upload Date: 4/26/2020 1:40:38 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4) NW 2349(SD9)
Views:  505   Comments: 0
Title: 
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/3/2021  Upload Date: 12/1/2021 7:59:30 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Chris Thomas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
NKP 768 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 768 New to the site.
Description:  Date of photo approximate and location is uncertain. Last run 6/2/58, Calumet to East Wayne. To Purdy & Co 1/29/62.
Photo Date:  2/15/1955  Upload Date: 1/20/2012 9:17:07 PM
Location:  Knox, IN
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 768(2-8-4)
Views:  1021   Comments: 4
NKP 769 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 769 New to the site.
Description:  Dave#approximate. Location unknown. Bendix radio applied 6/52. Removed 9/55. Re-applied 4/57. Stored at East Wayne 6/58. To Purdy & Co 1/29/62.
Photo Date:  3/15/1955  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 2:50:42 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  1207   Comments: 0
NKP 769
Title:  NKP 769
Description:  Date only listed as 1957.
Photo Date:  5/15/1957  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 10:33:00 AM
Location:  Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:  R. Porter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  1028   Comments: 4
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Title:  NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:  Strong face of a powerhouse - Lima built Berkshire #769. Robert Larson photo
Photo Date:  3/30/1958  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 5:17:41 AM
Location:  Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  361   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Title:  NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:  Posing under threatening clouds in the Calumet yard is #769, the last Lima built S-2 class member. Looks like the negative may have been bent and damaged before the photo was made - note the light streak on the engine body. Robert Larson photo.
Photo Date:  3/30/1958  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 5:17:51 AM
Location:  Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Title:  NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:  Another view of Lima built S-2 class Berkshire #769 while it sits in the Calumet yard. Robert Larson photo
Photo Date:  3/30/1958  Upload Date: 6/26/2014 5:18:00 AM
Location:  Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
NKP 769
Title:  NKP 769
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/18/1958  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 1:30:18 PM
Location:  Argos, IN
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  971   Comments: 2
NKP 2-8-4 #769 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-4 #769 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  This beautiful 2-8-4 Berkshire built by Lima in September of 1944 sits in a storage/scrap line (probably Chicago or Calumet, IL) with sister #753 at an unknown locaiton after serving the Nickel Plate for nearly 16 years. It was sold for scrap on January 29, 1962 to Purdy & Co. Specs - builder #8672, class S-2, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 25x34" cylinders, engine weight of 428,500 lb, tractive effort of 64,135 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1960  Upload Date: 6/10/2019 6:19:17 AM
Location:  Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  638   Comments: 2
NKP 769
Title:  NKP 769
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/10/2014  Upload Date: 1/10/2014 7:37:05 PM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  632   Comments: 2
NKP 770
Title:  NKP 770
Description:  Date and location unknown.
Photo Date:  5/15/1950  Upload Date: 3/6/2013 6:03:01 PM
Location:  Unknown, US
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 770(2-8-4)
Views:  684   Comments: 1
NKP 2-8-4 #770 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-4 #770 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Beautiful action shot of Nickel Plate Road heading up a fast moving freight train with a long trailing steam cloud behind photographed by rail fan Ludlow. History - Lima, 3/1949, Note on back "Sunrise, March 20th. 3 above zero" Specifics - S3 class, 69" drviers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 25x34" cylinders, engine weight of 428,500 lb, tractive effort of 64,135 lb. All of the S class had Worthington Type 5 SA feed water heaters, Elesco Type E superheaters, Standard Type MB stokers, Precision Type F-3 reverse gear, and 14" (356 mm) piston valves. This is a Ludlow photo but no location was listed which could be anywhere in the flatlands of the Midwest.
Photo Date:  3/20/1953  Upload Date: 2/28/2025 11:12:23 AM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 770(2-8-4)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
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:  623   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:  629   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:  673   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:  1976   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:  681   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:  90   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:  699   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:  811   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:  1128   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:  902   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:  71   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:  1559   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:  841   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:  1880   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:  1177   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:  551   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:  3087   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:  3331   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:  947   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:  1235   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:  2495   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:  1964   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:  1997   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:  543   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:  635   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:  1051   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:  800   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:  2163   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:  2025   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:  757   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:  771   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:  507   Comments: 0


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