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Railroads & Locomotives Fallen Flags Remembering Nickel Plate Road passenger trains

Remembering Nickel Plate Road passenger trains

By Angela Cotey | February 7, 2020

| Last updated on December 8, 2020

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The New York, Chicago & St. Louis is Classic Trains’ Railroad of the Month for February 2020

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A train pulling into a station
Nickel Plate Limited
4-6-4 170 with Buffalo–Chicago train 5, the Nickel Plate Limited, at Englewood Union Station, 1936.
D. W. Yungmeyer
A train pulling into a station
A blue and yellow train sitting in a grassy area next to a stop light
Westerner
Two PA’s with Buffalo–Chicago train 7, the Westerner, arriving Englewood Union Station, 1959.
R. J. Wilhelm
A blue and yellow train sitting in a grassy area next to a stop light
A train passing by
Train 24
4-6-0 156 with Peoria, Ill.–Frankfort, Ind., train 24 at East Peoria, Nov. 21, 1941.
Wilson Jones
A train passing by
A train parked outside a brick building
Westerner
Two PA’s with Buffalo–Chicago train 7, the Westerner, at Fort Wayne, early 1950s.
Robert A. Hadley
A train parked outside a brick building
A nickle plate road train parked on the train
Train 10
PA 182 with St. Louis–Cleveland train 10 at Lorain, Ohio, circa 1950.
Bill Taub
A nickle plate road train parked on the train
A train pulling into a station
Train 8
4-6-4 170 with Chicago–Buffalo train 8 at Englewood Union Station, June 1951.
Mert Leet
A train pulling into a station
A blue and white train passing by a water tower
Train 9
PA 187 with Cleveland–St. Louis train 9 at Edwardsville, Ill., March 1953.
Mert Leet
A blue and white train passing by a water tower
A train parked outside a station
Train 22
4-6-0 156 with Peoria–Lima train 22 at Peoria Union Station, July 1946.
Henry J. McCord
A train parked outside a station
A train passing below a stoplight
Westerner
GP9s 481-483 with Buffalo–Chicago train 7, the Westerner, arriving Chicago on its last run, June 3, 1963.
Burdell L. Bulgrin
A train passing below a stoplight
A train passing by with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
Westerner
4-6-4 172 with Buffalo–Chicago train 7, the Westerner, arriving Chicago, Dec. 31, 1955.
I. J. Buckley
A train passing by with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
A train traveling over a bridge
Nickel Plate Limited
Chicago–Buffalo train 6, the Nickel Plate Limited, at Painesville, Ohio, September 1948.
Richard J. Cook
A train traveling over a bridge
A train passing by
Train 10
4-6-2 169 with St. Louis–Cleveland train 10 at Rocky River, Ohio, mid-1940s.
Richard J. Cook
A train passing by
A train pulling into a station with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
Train 8
4-6-4 172 with Chicago–Buffalo train 8 departing Chicago, March 1955.
Jim Scribbins
A train pulling into a station with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
A train parked outside a stoplight
Westerner
Two PA’s with Buffalo–Chicago train 7, the Westerner, arriving Englewood Union Station, August 1948.
Bob Borcherding
A train parked outside a stoplight
A train passing beneath a bridge
Nickel Plate Limited 
4-6-4 172 with Buffalo–Chicago Nickel Plate Limited, at Cleveland, 1938.
Harold S. Ludlow
A train passing beneath a bridge
A train passing by
Train 8
PA 184 with Chicago–Buffalo train 8 at Cleveland, May 20, 1950.
Onerio L. Sabetto
A train passing by

In February 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in September 2016, as the perfect salute to the Nickel Plate Road.

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2 thoughts on “Remembering Nickel Plate Road passenger trains”

  1. Darrell Sherrod says:
    May 20, 2020 at 7:25 am

    NKP’s 11 PAs were traded in to Alco in 1961-62 for a like quantity of RS36s, two of them steam-generator-equipped for passenger service. The WAB PAs were retired in the same general timeframe, but I will defer to WAB scholars on the details.

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  2. Jim Park says:
    February 26, 2020 at 7:40 am

    Being a fan of the NKP and especially how it pertains to the 1964 merger with NW, I still have not found an exact source for what happened to NKP’s PA’s and or WAB’s PA’s. Any thoughts?

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