Ex-Wheeling 2-8-4 on the NKP in Cleveland

Ex-Wheeling 2-8-4 on the NKP in Cleveland

By Angela Cotey | August 30, 2022

A former Wheeling & Lake Erie 2-8-4, identifiable as such by its inside-bearing pony truck, footboards in lieu of a pilot, and other details, soars above “The Flats” area of Cleveland with a Nickel Plate Road local freight in the 1950s. NKP acquired the Wheeling in 1949.
Herbert H. Harwood photo

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