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NKP RS3 542 and NKP RS11 558
Title:  NKP RS3 542 and NKP RS11 558
Description:  Unkown Date and Location!
Photo Date:  12/1/1999  Upload Date: 10/29/2007 9:20:45 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Bill Godby
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Locomotives:  NKP 542(RS3) NKP 558(RS11)
Views:  3235   Comments: 0
NKP 562 New to Khe site.
Title:  NKP 562 New to Khe site.
Description:  Date only listed as 9/61. RS11's are my favorite NKP diesels.
Photo Date:  9/1/1961  Upload Date: 9/29/2013 9:11:18 PM
Location:  Brewster, OH
Author:  Wendy Crim
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Locomotives:  NKP 562(RS11)
Views:  1051   Comments: 6
NKP RS-11 #563 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP RS-11 #563 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Here is an Alco RS-11 unit with its distinctive striped paint but definitely showing its age. Delivered by Alco in March of 1953 (bldr # 82832), the unit was renumbered NW 2563 after the merger. No date, location or photographer was listed for this duplicate slide so an approximate date and location were used..
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:58:54 AM
Location:  Unknown, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NKP 563(RS11)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
NKP 854
Title:  NKP 854
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/27/1963  Upload Date: 1/10/2021 12:44:41 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence Collectjon
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Locomotives:  NKP 854(RS11)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
NKP GP9 803
Title:  NKP GP9 803
Description:  NKP GP9 803, Calumet City yard, Illinois, June 13, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in January 1959 (c/n 25081) on EMD Order 5592, it became N&W 2803, later NS 1473, and was sold for scrap to NIMX in November 1986. It is seen in the company of Alco RS11 855 (c/n 83019), built in February 1959, becoming N&W 2855 and retired in May 1974.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 5/31/2009 11:15:33 AM
Location:  Calumet City, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NKP 803(GP9) NKP 855(RS11)
Views:  1941   Comments: 0
NKP RS11 855
Title:  NKP RS11 855
Description:  Nickel Plate Road RS11 855 at Calumet City, Illinois on June 13, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in February 1959 (c/n 83019) on Order S-3305 for 14 units, classed ARS-18c on the NKP. It was retired May 1, 1974. The NKP purchased a total of 35 RS-11's in three orders, none of which had dynamic brakes. The RS-11 introduced the Model 251 diesel prime mover in 1956, which addressed several problems with the earlier Model 244 diesel, most notably was crankshaft failure. The crankshaft bearing surfaces were increased in width, resulting in a longer engine block for the 251. Alco reverted to the wet block design, testing had revealed that the Model 244 dry block introduced differential thermally-induced block expansion (the block expanded unevenly when hot), which caused mis-alignment along the crankshaft axis, contributing to crankshaft failure. The turbocharger was a water-cooled Alco design which incorporated an aftercooler to provide cooler combustion air. Cooler air is denser, thus more air could be introduced into each cylinder, improving combustion efficiency. In addition, Alco re-engined two Baldwin AS-16 road switchers for the NKP with 1800 hp 251B diesels. Note how Alco had to cast the poling pockets into the frame behind the steps.
Photo Date:  6/13/1965  Upload Date: 5/2/2009 5:58:53 PM
Location:  Calumet City, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NKP 855(RS11)
Views:  1673   Comments: 0
NKP RS-11 #858 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP RS-11 #858 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Built by Alco in January of 1959, this RS-11 unit is now showing its age just months before being renumbered to NW 2858 after the merger. It looks like a Peoria & Pekin Union Rwy switcher sits behind the NKP unit with sister NKP 860 to the right.
Photo Date:  8/29/1965  Upload Date: 7/19/2016 5:59:02 AM
Location:  Creve Coeur, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NKP 858(RS11) NKP 860(RS11)
Views:  857   Comments: 3
NKP 858 New to the site.
Title:  NKP 858 New to the site.
Description:  Typical rainy Ohio day.
Photo Date:  4/23/1966  Upload Date: 7/31/2013 9:51:30 AM
Location:  Lorain, OH
Author:  John McCown
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Locomotives:  NKP 858(RS11)
Views:  848   Comments: 8
"The Story Of Alco," Page 51, 1965
Title:  "The Story Of Alco," Page 51, 1965
Description:  Here is page 12 of a 14-page article by Jerry A. Pinkepank entitled "How To Survive In The Diesel Biz: The Story Of Alco ~ The Durable Competitor." It was published originally in the December 1965 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 51. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Alco fashioned a new notched-nose hood for its 1800 h.p. 251-series V-12 engine in 1956 and produced it as the [RS11] B-B (of which NKP 859 is an example) and the [RSD7] C-C." Photo by Louis E. Marre.
Photo Date:  12/1/1965  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 9:55:49 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  NKP 859(RS11) CO 6810(RSD7)
Views:  120   Comments: 0


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