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NKP 2-8-0 #860 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
This 1905 Alco-Brooks built Consolidation-type locomotive had small 57" drivers but developed a respectable 200 psi boiler pressure. It could produce a tractive effort of 36,827 lb. and was rebuilt in December 1926, scrapped in March 1953. C.W. Burns photo reprint The month and day in 1947 are approximations. New loco to this site. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1947 Upload Date: 5/7/2014 5:30:26 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
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Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 860(2-8-0) |
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NKP 0-8-0 #222 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Delivered by Limain June of 1925 (bldr #6940), this hefty switcher served for nearly 30 years before being sold for scrap on 3/26/53 to Luntz Iron & Steel Co. The date and location are approximations. Warren W. McCleary Jr photo. New loco to this site. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1950 Upload Date: 5/7/2014 5:30:41 AM |
| Location: |
Unknown, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 222(0-8-0) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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NKP 4-8-2 #846 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
From what I could piece together on the history of this loco from research and the comments on the back of the photo by C.W. Burns (photographer), it was built by the Norfolk & Western shops in September of 1926 as one of the Mountain-type NW K-3 class (orignal #6806). It had 63" drivers and generated a respectable 225 psi of boiler pressure for its 28"x30" cylinders. It could produce a tractive effort of 68,900 lb. It was sold to D&RGW, then to Wheeling & Lake Erie and eventually absorbed into the Nickel Plate. After 28 years of pounding the rails, it was sold for scrap to Luntz iron & Steel 1/23/54. C.W. Burns comment on the back of this reprint photo was "A 'Boomer Engine'" (rr slang for drifter), C.W. Burns photo, ex-NW 205?, DRGW, WLE #6806, RFP #520. The month and day in 1953 are approximations. New loco to the site. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1953 Upload Date: 5/7/2014 5:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Canton, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
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105 Comments: 0 |
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NKP 2-8-4 #750 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Here is a classic Lima built Berkshire - 1944, class S-2. This locamotive came with roller bearings on the driving axles and Worthington feedwater heaters. It had 69" drivers and could generate an impressive 245 psi of boiler pressure. Its tractive effort was 64,135 lb. This class definitely earned the label "Horsepower at Speed". C.W. Burns photo The month and day in 1956 are approximations. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1956 Upload Date: 5/7/2014 5:30:33 AM |
| Location: |
Chicago, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 750(2-8-4) |
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420 Comments: 1 |
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