"C&O 2765" Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berk on the former P&LE, 1993


2-8-4 765 Coraopolis, PA
Masquerading as a C&O Kanawha, 765 charges eastbound towards Pittsburgh at Coraopolis on the former P&LE.


NKP Berkshire  757 walk-around, RR Museum of PA

Nickel Plate #757 was donated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania after the N&W takeover of NKP, and is seen here on outside display in 2006. Nickel Plate 2-8-4 757 walk around





Nickel Plate 2-8-4 757 walk around upper detail
Still bearing the NYC & ST. L. lettering, but showing the effects of the Pennsylvania weather.
Nickel Plate 2-8-4 757 walk around driver details



Nickel Plate 2-8-4 757 walk around tender truck detail
Tender truck detail

NKP Berkshire 759, Steamtown at Scranton, PA

Having been a part of the Steamtown collection since the early 1960s, NKP #759 powered excursions under lease for a period in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but has been cold for over three decades. It is seen here inside the Steamtown roundhouse at Scranton, PA. NKP Berkshire #759 in the roundhouse at Steamtown, Scranton, PA





1949 Nickel Plate Berk Ad



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