My dad (Charles Knox Freericks) took this picture of my brother and me (Charles Freericks - on the steps) on my favorite engine, Nickel Plate Road S2 Berkshire #759, which had returned to Steamtown after a few years in excursion service. This is the ultimate steam engine to me, and though I was ten, I have the most vivid memories of this day and learning about F. Nelson Blount. #759 was built in August of 1944 by Lima, it was part of NKP's third order of Berkshires. Overhauled by the NKP in Conneaut, Ohio in May of 1958, it was the last steamer overhauled as the next locomotive in line for overhaul was instead the first one to be scrapped.
