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
Freights meet on the Nickel Plate
By Angela Cotey | November 5, 2024
| Last updated on August 7, 2025
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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