The early morning fog hangs on as Nickel Plate 587 and Norfolk & Western 1218 roll an excursion on the S-Line from Salisbury NC to Asheville NC.

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.

The NKP 587 doubleheading with the NW 1218, entering Asheville after a thunderstorm. No. 587 was built by Baldwin in 1918 as the Lake Erie & Western No. 5541 and was renumbered after the NKP acqu... (more)

NKP 587 pulls an Indiana Transportation Museum passenger excursion southbound on Conrail's former Pennsy Vandalia Railroad line from Logansport, IN to Indianapolis, IN. Having just crossed the Wab... (more)

After spending 28 years in Broad Ripple Park as a static display after its 1955 retirement, NKP 587 was leased to the Indiana Transportation Museum in 1983. For the next 5 years, ITM restored the... (more)

The NKP 587 and NW 1218 are doubleheading up the kudzu-covered Southern Loops, on their way to Asheville, NC, during the 1989 NRHS Convention. Today, the 587 is in pieces in Kentucky, and the 121... (more)

The 587 doubleheading with the 1218, rounding the big curve at Glen Alpine, on its way to the Southern Loops and Asheville.

The NKP 587 in happier times, doubleheading with NW 1218 toward the Southern Loops and Asheville in the summer of 1989. The engine has recently been moved in pieces from its long-time home in Ind... (more)

NKP 587's boiler sits on a flatbed truck preparing for its voyage from Noblesville, Indiana to Ravenna, Kentucky where it'll be restored by the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp!

NKP 587 leads the triple header of N&W 611 and N&W 1218 as they roll through Forest, VA.

A Nickel Plate steam doubleheader through Indiana; NKP 587 leads NKP 765 along the former Nickel Plate mains between Chicago and Fort Wayne. Tom Golden photo.

An unlikely double header...NKP 587 and N&W 1218 are westbound on the S-Line headed for Asheville, NC. The Timetable location is Clinchcross. This is where the Clinchfield goes under the Southern ... (more)

Nickel Plate 587 and N&W 611 are rolling east through Vicker, VA. Next stop Roanoke.

NKP 587 and 765 are in charge of a NRHS excursion train from Chicago to Argos in July of 1993. Even though the weather wasn't the greatest, these two put on a show that more than made up for it.

The NKP 587 and N&W 1218 doubleheader is about to clatter over the diamond at Barber, on its way to the Southern Loops and Asheville, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.