On April 5, 1985, Steamtown acquired former Nickel Plate Road GP9 514 from the Norfolk & Western as part of a three-way deal that sent N&W 1218 to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. A year lat... (more)
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.
Somewhere on the Jersey Central, destination Jim Thorpe, PA. The low rail joint evident here was unfortunately very common on the bankrupt northeastern railroads. At the apparent speed here, the p... (more)
A couple of well-travelled RSD12’s work out their last days feeding the coal dumpers at Norfolk & Western’s Lambert’s Point yard. N&W 251 and 252 began life as Nickel Plate Road 326 and 327,... (more)
At the end of track on the Lake County Railroad, LCR's ex-Nickel Plate geep switches out the perlite plant.
Westbound Nickel Plate Road freight with GP35 No.910 leading three GP7s and two GP18s at Bellevue, Ohio. August 28, 1965. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.
NKP purchased 10 GP30s numbered 900-909. From my collection, unknown photographer.
Nickel Plate No. 44
Steamtown's 1905 Alco (Brooks) built Nickel Plate 4-6-0 "Ten Wheeler" captured here in May of 2010 behind the former DL&W back shop. No. 44 was renumbered as No. 344 ... (more)
A pair of Norfolk & Western geeps comes off of the turntable in the Baltimore & Ohio yard in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Until 1975, the main Connellsville interchange for the N&W, and predecesso... (more)
Retired NKP 1202 caboose sits on display at the Frankfort, IN city park.
NKP 765 leads a passenger special along the CNW mainline while a RTA commuter train makes a station stop. Tom Golden photo.
