NKP 2-8-4 #750 - Nickel Plate Road  Contributor's Pick!       
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.
Date: 6/1/1956 Location: Chicago, IL   Map Show Chicago on a rail map Views: 414 Collection Of:   Gary Everhart
Locomotives: NKP 750(2-8-4)    Author:  Gary Everhart
NKP 2-8-4 #750 - Nickel Plate Road
Picture Categories: Roster,Steam,Action This picture is part of album:  Nickel Plate Steam
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Robert Beichler General One of the designs that introduced Lima's Super Power, great find!! 5/7/2014 7:13:05 PM

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