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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-0 #493 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Built by Alco-Brooks in April of 1911, it was originally Lake Shore & Michigan Southern #5308, then in 1915 Lake Erie & Western #5393 (serial #49509) before sliding over to the Nickel Plate roster as NKP 493. Specs - class G-16v, 63" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 25x32" cylinders, engine weight of 236,730 lb, tractive effort of 48,571 lb. The loco was finally sold for scrap on May 29,1951 to US Steel Company. Howard W. Ameling photo |
| Photo Date: |
7/14/1948 Upload Date: 2/6/2021 4:25:04 PM |
| Location: |
Peoria, IL |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 493(2-8-2) |
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372 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #512 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
Built by Alco-Brooks in August of 1917, this powerful 2-8-2 Mikado served the New York, Chicago & St Louis (Nickel Plate) until retirement and being sold for scrap on December, 20, 1956 to the 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 comes from the Howard W. Ameling collection. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1939 Upload Date: 2/6/2021 3:49:04 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo N.Y., NY |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 512(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
149 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #519 |
| Description: |
Here is an example of an Alco-Brooks built Mikado, Delievered in August of 1917, this was a sleek member of the H-5b class. The classic white walled rims of the Nickel Plate seen here are so characteristic and add some elegance to the loco. As with most, it was sold for scrap on 12/28/1955 to Luntz Iron & Steel Co. Prescott photo |
| Photo Date: |
9/23/1947 Upload Date: 6/27/2014 9:28:31 AM |
| Location: |
Conneaut, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 519(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
594 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 521 New to the site. |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
9/5/1955 Upload Date: 5/2/2012 3:47:22 PM |
| Location: |
Dillonvale, OH |
| Author: |
Wendy Crim |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 521(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
937 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NICKEL PLATE STEAM |
| Description: |
CAN ANYONE HELP WITH THIS? MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE THIS PHOTO TO ME IN THE 1980S AND TOLD ME IT WAS TAKEN IN NEW CASTLE IN THE 1940S. I COULDNT FIND A LOCATION IN NEW CASTLE THAT MIGHT HAVE MATCHED THIS EXCEPT, I NEVER SAW DOWNTOWN WHEN THE INTERURBAN HAD THERE SHOPS THERE. UNLIKELY TO BE VERY FAR AWAY FROM NEW CASTLE |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/1939 Upload Date: 4/8/2011 7:47:22 AM |
| Location: |
New Castle, IN |
| Author: |
GREGORY GARBACZ |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 522(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
900 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP H5b 2-8-2 528 |
| Description: |
Taken by an unknown photographer during the early 1950s. |
| Photo Date: |
1/1/1952 Upload Date: 8/12/2022 10:20:20 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, OH |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 528(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
82 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 531 New to the site. |
| Description: |
Date and location are correct. As you can see this was one of the ones that was pure red and I did my best with it. |
| Photo Date: |
6/16/1955 Upload Date: 2/26/2013 10:58:43 AM |
| Location: |
Dillonvale, OH |
| Author: |
Robert F Collins |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 531(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
1216 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #677, Nickel Plate Road ex-W&LE |
| Description: |
This is an example of an Alco-Brooks Mikado originally built for the Wheeling & Lake Erie as a class M-1 "heavy Mikado" in 8/1918 and acquired by the Nickel Plate in 1949. it also had the typical 63" drivers and 200 psi boiler pressure. It met is demise when sold for scrap in 10/1955 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co. This is an August, 1970 reprint of a C. W. Burns photo. |
| Photo Date: |
6/17/1951 Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:46 AM |
| Location: |
Zanesville, OH |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 677(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
2007 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NKP 681 |
| Description: |
Date and location unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1950 Upload Date: 4/27/2012 10:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, US |
| Author: |
Wendy Crim |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 681(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
1019 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #957, ex-511 Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
This original NKP 511, renumbered later to #957, is another Brooks-Alco Mikado built in 8/1917 as a class H-5b. Twenty five were built and were extremely successful in the NKP service, setting the stage for demanding more Mikados for the railroad. Unfortunately it was sold for scrap on 8/20/61 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co. This is another C.W. Burns photo. |
| Photo Date: |
8/20/1956 Upload Date: 8/8/2013 5:46:54 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 957(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
575 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 964 at 79th Street |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/12/1955 Upload Date: 12/18/2010 4:39:03 PM |
| Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
| Author: |
Unknown |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 964(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
1106 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
NKP 964 |
| Description: |
Date unknown. East 79th St. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2013 Upload Date: 9/30/2013 7:27:35 AM |
| Location: |
Cleveland, OH |
| Author: |
Wendy Crim |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 964(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
496 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NKP 2-8-2 #965 - Nickel Plate Road |
| Description: |
This Alco-Brooks 2-8-2 Mikado built for the Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St Louis) in August of 1917 now sits as scrap in the New Haven, IN, yard, complete with its name crossed out. Eventually it would be sold as scrap to M.S. Kaplan Co on January 31, 1962. 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. No photographer was listed for the photo. |
| Photo Date: |
7/23/1958 Upload Date: 6/9/2019 5:07:35 PM |
| Location: |
New Haven, IN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
NKP 965(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
531 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
NKP 969 New to the site. |
| Description: |
Date and location unknown. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2013 Upload Date: 9/29/2013 9:10:56 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, US |
| Author: |
Wendy Crim |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NKP 969(2-8-2) |
| Views: |
542 Comments: 0 |
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