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Viewing Album:  2-8-2 NKP 624 Update - Hammond, IN
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/8/2011 - 10/8/2011
Album Info:Periodically someone sends in pictures of this great dame of the Nickel Plate Road as she sits in fading elegance across from the Hammond Civic Center on Sohl Avenue in Hammond, testimony to the years of service to the city. This is my contribution. She has been there unsheltered since 1955 and the ravages of time have taken their toll on a once beautiful form. Many plans have been built around her but here she still sits waiting. . . hoping . . . and remembering what it was to pound the rails in glory.
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NKP 624
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:  717   Comments: 1
NKP 624
Title:  NKP 624
Description:  Up close, its face shows the ravages of the years - missing parts like the bell, light and number plates, and 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)
Views:  657   Comments: 0
NKP 624
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)
Views:  1435   Comments: 0
NKP 624 tender
Title:  NKP 624 tender
Description:  The Nickel Plate Road tender to NKP 624 lettering still looks sharp although its wheels are caught 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)
Views:  854   Comments: 0
NKP 624
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. Still 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)
Views:  1142   Comments: 4

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