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NKP 0-6-0 #67 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 0-6-0 #67 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  this stubby little yard goat was built by Lima in May of 1917 (serial #5571, classB-11-b). NKP 0-6-0 #67 served the Nickel Plate for better than 31 years before being sold for scrap on 12/20/1949 to the Purdy & Company. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  10/1/1941  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 3:30:54 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 67(0-6-0)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
NKP 0-6-0 #71 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 0-6-0 #71 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Nice sturdy example of a 1918 Lima built 0-6-0 yard switcher. According to the info on the back of the photo, this was the 2nd #71 on the roster. It was renumbered snd #395 (2nd one) in December, 1950, stored in March of 1951, and findally sold to Luntz Iron & Steel on August 29, 1951 for scrap. Specs - 57" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 173,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,150 lb. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  4/15/1950  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 7:59:34 AM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 71(0-6-0)
Views:  499   Comments: 1
NKP 0-6-0 #75 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 0-6-0 #75 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  built by Lima in 1918 for the Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR), this sturdy yard switcher was the 2nd #75 on the NKP roster. It was finally sold to the Luntz Iron & Steel Co in 9/8/1950 for scrap. Specs - 57" drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" cylinders, engine weight of 173,000 lb, tractive effort of 33,150 lb. Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  4/15/1950  Upload Date: 8/19/2016 7:59:41 AM
Location:  Madison, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 75(0-6-0)
Views:  693   Comments: 2
NKP 0_6_0 #79 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 0_6_0 #79 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Caught in the late afternoon sun in the heart of Indiana, Indianapolis, just two years before it would be sold for scrap to US Steel Company. Built by Lima in March of 1918 (serial #5685, class B11c), it served nearly 33 years. Always makes my Hoosier heart feel good when I can post an Indiana related photo. The photo comes from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  11/6/1949  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 5:38:55 PM
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  NKP 79(0-6-0)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
NKP 394
Title:  NKP 394
Description:  0-6-0 Switcher
Photo Date:  6/8/1951  Upload Date: 3/24/2014 9:56:34 AM
Location:  East Saint Louis, IL
Author:  William Walsh
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NKP 394(0-6-0)
Views:  564   Comments: 0


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