Berkshire at Brocton
Nickel Plate 2-8-4 772 moves west at Brocton, N.Y., where PRR’s line from Oil City, Pa., joined the NKP for the run to Buffalo.
Jim Shaughnessy
Nickel Plate 2-8-4 772 moves west at Brocton, N.Y., where PRR’s line from Oil City, Pa., joined the NKP for the run to Buffalo.
Jim Shaughnessy
At the Pomfret coal dock
NKP 772 pauses for water at the mainline coal and water station at Pomfret, N.Y.
Jim Shaughnessy
NKP 772 pauses for water at the mainline coal and water station at Pomfret, N.Y.
Jim Shaughnessy
Meet at Dunkirk
NKP 772 on a westbound freight stands at Dunkirk, N.Y., as a sister Berkshire roars by with an eastbound, whose head-end caboose identifies the train as a local freight.
Jim Shaughnessy
NKP 772 on a westbound freight stands at Dunkirk, N.Y., as a sister Berkshire roars by with an eastbound, whose head-end caboose identifies the train as a local freight.
Jim Shaughnessy
Poised to head east
The fireman of Berkshire 774 looks ahead before departing Conneaut, Ohio, for Buffalo.
Jim Shaughnessy
The fireman of Berkshire 774 looks ahead before departing Conneaut, Ohio, for Buffalo.
Jim Shaughnessy
Crossing Conneaut Creek
Nickel Plate 743 crosses the long trestle over Conneaut Creek and the Bessemer & Lake Erie as it moves east out of Conneaut Yard.
Jim Shaughnessy
Nickel Plate 743 crosses the long trestle over Conneaut Creek and the Bessemer & Lake Erie as it moves east out of Conneaut Yard.
Jim Shaughnessy
At the Conneaut coaling tower
Berkshire 739 stands under the coaling tower at the Conneaut engine terminal.
Jim Shaughnessy
Berkshire 739 stands under the coaling tower at the Conneaut engine terminal.
Jim Shaughnessy
Orders at Silver Creek
The operator at Silver Creek, N.Y., is out with orders for NKP 772’s train.
Jim Shaughnessy
The operator at Silver Creek, N.Y., is out with orders for NKP 772’s train.
Jim Shaughnessy
Last of the line
Nickel Plate 779 — Lima’s last 2-8-4 — pauses with an eastbound train for servicing at the mainline coal and water station at Conneaut.
Jim Shaughnessy
Nickel Plate 779 — Lima’s last 2-8-4 — pauses with an eastbound train for servicing at the mainline coal and water station at Conneaut.
Jim Shaughnessy
Coal and water for a Berkshire
NKP 738 takes coal and water at Conneaut’s mainline servicing facility. Note train-radio apparatus behind coal bunker and below water spout.
Jim Shaughnessy
NKP 738 takes coal and water at Conneaut’s mainline servicing facility. Note train-radio apparatus behind coal bunker and below water spout.
Jim Shaughnessy
Boyhood fascination
A young resident of Dunkirk, N.Y., watches as Nickel Plate 772 does some switching.
Jim Shaughnessy
A young resident of Dunkirk, N.Y., watches as Nickel Plate 772 does some switching.
Jim Shaughnessy
