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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
In September 1954 at New Douglas, Ill., on the Nickel Plate Road’s old Clover Leaf line to St. Louis, 2-8-4 703 on westbound freight 49 holds the siding as the caboose of eastbound 98 speeds past on the main.
Philip R. Hastings photo
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A meeting right on time… Note that NKP 2-8-4 #703 “Berkshire” was twenty years old when this photo was taken…
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