NKP No. 765 gets pampered after a full day's excursion from the former DL&W Scranton yard at Steamtown in Scranton, PA to the Delaware Water Gap and return. Taken during Steamtown's 2015 Railfest... (more)

Nickel Plate Road GP9 530 working for new owner N&W is crossing the Illinois Central diamonds at Decatur, Illinois in November 1964. Photo from my collection, no photographer information on slid... (more)

NKP 901 leads a excursion North out of Springfield.

Two Nickel Plate Alco PA's 181-183 Blue Birds, meeting a smoking Rock Island Alco RS-3 494 near Chicago's La Salle Street Station in August 1961. Photo from my collection, Photo by Van Dusen.

Nickel Plate Road EMD SW9 numbered 233-244, built 1951-52. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

NKP 765 operating on the TSBY RR with a photo freight

NKP 765 crosses the stone arch bridge in Duncannon Pa on its return to Harrisburg Pa

The Forecast: Increasing cloudiness....with a chance of cindershowers. A sparking clear morning suddenly becomes a low overcast, as a pair of 400-ton, Lima Berkshire Locomotives charge thr... (more)

Classic Carland....with a twist. Anyone who has made the journey out to Owosso Michigan knows that the classic, must-have image is that of a big Berkshire Locomotive charging past the class... (more)

Two of a kind. In a relatively rare display, both of the extant, operable Lima Berkshire Locomotives strike a side-by-side power-pose with freights in the yard of the Great Lakes Central Ra... (more)

Moving goods through the heartland. A farmer checking his mailbox pauses to observe the passage of a Nickel Plate freight as it heads west, hauling the goods that drive the American economy... (more)

800 tons of Berkshire muscle. Shortly after dawn, Nickel Plate Road #765 and Pere Marquette #1225 charge across the lush farmland of Henderson, Michigan with a 31-car freight consist during... (more)

The NKP 757 and two icons of Pennsy steam- K4s No. 3750 and M1b No. 6755, in the fall of 2018. The 757 was moved to Bellevue, Ohio, in February of 2019. These three would have to be right up the... (more)

NKP 190 gets a rain bath on a blustering Novembers day.

After spending most of it's life inside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, NKP 190 is front and center. A true classic, 1 of 2 that were brought back from Mexico. The locomotive looks a little out o... (more)