Contrast this with looking into the belly of an oil burner like UP 844. Certainly a different animal in a lot of ways, but once you have steam, it's pretty much the same. Taken with permission f... (more)

The 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at Berkeley under clear moon lit skies. Taken with permission from NS Corp.

NS Train 099 climbs the east Approach to the Merchants Bridge over the Mississippi River (and the UP and NS mains) on the TRRA Merchants Sub. The train will continue onto NS Berkeley Yard. Trail... (more)

NS Train 099 pounds through Lenox Tower led by Nickel Plate 765 on the NS Brooklyn District. This was the first time in at least 10 years since the last steam locomotive had been through here. T... (more)

NKP 795 is about to pass over I-55 with NS Train 099 as it rolls down the NS Brooklyn District between Karnes and Ruger bound for St. Louis. Trailing the steam engine are the NS's ITC and WAB Her... (more)

The whistle from 2-8-2 Mikado WAB 2202 echoes out across the countryside as the Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire #765 passes the Wabash Searchlights on the NS Brooklyn District at the north end of Tay... (more)

Making 40 MPH now, the Nickel Plate Road Berkshire has NS Train 099 well in hand and is headed for St. Louis on the NS Brooklyn District. The sound 765 and her eerily Frisco 1522-esque steamboa... (more)

Nickel Plate "Berkshire" 765 charges through Sidney, IL.

Successful birthday. On its 68th birthday, NKP 765 enjoys a quiet slumber away from the majority of the crowds that greeted it throughout the day as a couple of crew members chat on the gro... (more)

Blasting through Philo, the 765 continues its trip back home to Fort Wayne, IN.

NS 099 comes into TRRA's Madison Yard to position the steam train so that it could head north.

Nickel Plate 765 takes NS Train 099 west over the Missouri River on former Wabash Trackage during a 9 A.M. Excursion in conjunction with the St. Louis Terminal's Norfolk Southern 30th Anniversary ... (more)

At every bit of 40 MPH, NKP 765 blows through the countryside, west of Catlin.

765 highballs the Wabash searchlights at Wiggins.

Nickel Plate 765 storms through Sloan Station, running down the former Wabash.