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By:Gary Everhart
Dates:6/1/1950 - 9/1/1958
Album Info:Nice older b&w photos of Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis) 2-8-2 Mikados. The missing photos after the RRPA crash were re-posted on 3/6/2025.
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NKP 2-8-2 #663 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #663 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  History - Lima, 6/1924 Specs - builder #6854, class H-6f, 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 26x30" cylinders, engine weight of 305,400 lb, tractive effort of 54,724 lb. Sold for scrap in December of 1956 to Hyman-Micheals Co. No date or photographer was listed for the photo.
Photo Date:  6/1/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2025 8:18:31 AM
Location:  Conneaut, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 663(2-8-2)
Views:  11   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-2 #965 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #965 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  This Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #965 as met its end of service with its number white-lined out. History - Alco-Brooks, 8/1917, Specs - builder #57506, class H-5b, 63" driveres, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 291,750 lb, tractive effort of 49,737 lb. Sold for scrap on 1/31/1962 to M.S. Kaplan Company. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  7/23/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2025 8:18:34 AM
Location:  New Haven, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 965(2-8-2)
Views:  7   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-2 #956 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #956 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  History - was finally sold for scrap in November of 1963 to Luntz Iron & Steel Co. No location or date was given for the photo. Photo credit goes to FJC slide.
Photo Date:  9/1/1958  Upload Date: 3/6/2025 8:18:32 AM
Location:  Unknown, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 956(2-8-2)
Views:  10   Comments: 0


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