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NKP 2-8-2 #502 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Fine example of a Lima built 2-8-2 Mikado for the New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate) in March of 1917 (serial #5430, class H-5a). The loco served in both passenger and freight service until being sold for scrap in September of 1956 to Luntz Iron & Steel Company. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 291,750 lb, tractive effort of 49,737 lb. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/1947 Upload Date: 2/6/2021 3:48:54 PM |
| Location: |
Conneaut, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 502(2-8-2) |
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408 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #615 |
| Description: |
Barrelling down the tracks and creating a trailing cloud of impressive smoke near Dear Creek, IL, with a seemingly endless string of tankers stretching behind is Nickel Plate Road #615. Built by Lima Locomotive Works of Ohio in 1920 as a class H-6b, it had 63" drivers, an overall engine+tender wheelbase of 61.19', and an engine wt 305,400 lb. Wish I could credit the photograhper for this beautiful action shot but none was listed. Sadly, it was scrapped sometime between 1945-1962. |
| Photo Date: |
10/24/1943 Upload Date: 5/8/2013 10:08:50 AM |
| Location: |
Deer Creek, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 615(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
790 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #618 |
| Description: |
Similar to its older sister, NKP 615, this steamer was also built by Lima Locomotive Works of Ohio in 1922 as a little later class H-6d. It also had 63" drivers, and overall engine+tender wheelbase of 61.19', and an engine wt 305,400 lb. Here it's pulling a mixed freight just west of Crandall, IL, on this May day in 1943. Sadly, it was scrapped sometime between 1945-1962. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/1943 Upload Date: 5/8/2013 10:08:53 AM |
| Location: |
Crandall, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 618(2-8-2) |
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824 Comments: 2 |
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| 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) |
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3368 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NKP 624 |
| Description: |
Bathed in the morning sun, Nickel Plate Road 624 (2-8-2) looks good from the distance but enmeshed in weeds around its wheels. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2011 Upload Date: 10/25/2011 5:12:17 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 624(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
790 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 624 |
| Description: |
Up close, its face shows the ravages of the years - missing parts like the bell, light and number plates, amd more serious, cancerous rust holes |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2011 Upload Date: 10/25/2011 5:12:58 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 624(2-8-2) |
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736 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 624 |
| Description: |
The Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 sits across from the Hammond Civic Center as it has since 1955. Vines now encircle its wheels and the cab window sill hangs loosely in a forelorn way. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2011 Upload Date: 10/25/2011 5:13:10 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 624(2-8-2) |
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1547 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 624 tender |
| Description: |
The Nickel Plate Road tender to NKP 624 lettering still looks sharp although its wheels are caugot by entangling vines. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2011 Upload Date: 10/25/2011 5:13:23 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 624(2-8-2) |
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947 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 624 |
| Description: |
From a distance, the Nickel Plate Road 624 looks like its on a local run through downtown Hammond like it used to do over 70 years ago. Sthll a testament to the skill of thousands who designed, maintained and ran these puffing giants of steel. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2011 Upload Date: 10/25/2011 5:13:32 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Scenic,RollingStock,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 624(2-8-2) |
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1231 Comments: 4 |
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| 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) |
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841 Comments: 1 |
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| 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: |
499 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #669 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 Mikado #669 sits on a siding at the Frankfort roundhouse yard in this late date of 1963, possibly sitting in a storage/scrap line at this time in its life. Built by Lima in June of 1924 (serial #6860, H-6f class), it lasted to nearly the end of steam in Indiana. The photographer's name was too faint and smeared to read. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1963 Upload Date: 2/21/2020 7:05:44 AM |
| Location: |
Frankfort, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 669(2-8-2) |
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401 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #954 & NKP H12-44 #138 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Another faceoff between diesel and steam involving an early Fairbanks-Morse switcher and a traditional Lima built Mikado. Unfortunately the Mikado lost - scrapped just 6 years later while the diesel lasted until 1973. Photographer C. W. Burns notes on back " A NKP 900 series 2-8-2 approaches from the yard. #954". |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1957 Upload Date: 5/7/2014 6:26:15 AM |
| Location: |
Bellevue, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 954(2-8-2) NKP 138(H-12-44) |
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855 Comments: 0 |
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