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Well into the 1950s, the Nickel Plate Road believed its superb 2-8-4 Berkshires to be better than diesels for its fast freight service. Because it dieselized late, NKP had no freight cab units, only road-switchers. Don Wood photo
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Thanks. I’ll keep this list in mind for future trips to Ohio and Indiana. My wife’s elementary school abutted the NKP right-of-way, and she has told me that she and the other kids would scream and run away from the fenceline back toward the building when a steam-hauled train approached. I wish I could have been there!
The dashing NKP S-2 class 2-8-4 No. 751 in this photo was built by LLW in 1944 and scrapped in 1960… Note that there are six surviving NKP 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotives. They are: #755 at the Conneaut Railroad Historical Museum in Conneaut, OH, #757 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA, #759 at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA, #763 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA, #765 at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society on Edgerton Rd in New Haven, IN and #779 at Lincoln Park in Lima, OH.