NKP 765 trundles along at 40mph, on the former NKP Mainline out of Chicago, bound for Argos, IN.

The Nickel Plate Road 765 makes its way through town on it's way to NS Calumet Yard.

NS 956 special excursion train for the NS employees at Elkhart Yard returns to Elkhart's Amtrak station to offload

Passing by an old NKP trilight still in service, NKP 765 leads NS 956 towards Calumet Yard

NKP 765 puts on a smoke show as she storms out of Elkhart, with the employee appreciation special in tow, bound for Bryan, OH.

Blasting west under the old NYC Signal Bridge at Waterloo, Indiana on the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line. NKP 765 leads a 16 car employee special with no other power in sight. The experience of r... (more)

The Cincinnati Northern has always been a special thing in my life, I grew up very near the old roadbed near Waldron, my first house I lived at on my own was literally placed on the roadbed in H... (more)

After turning on the wye East of the diamond in Leipsic, 765 is back to track speed as she leaves town with an eclectic consist, on a test run before starting employee trips for NS.

After turning on the wye in Leipsic, Nickel Plate 765 blasts back towards home on a break in run to Leipsic and back along the Norfolk Southern Fostoria District. Home rails for this queen of ste... (more)

NKP 765 passes one of three active NKP masts at Miller City as it charges west towards New Haven.

My first NKP Heritage unit, 6 years before NS released their version.

No, that's not a pair of railroad crossing gates in the foreground. Rather, it's a unique way to block off the street if there is flooding and the floodgates are closed. In the background, however... (more)

On the start of the 2nd weekend of Steam in the Valley 13 765 makes its way to the Akron Station through the rain and fog to pick up its 1st Passengers of the weekend.

A bird's eye view of CP Capitol as the Nickel Plate Road 765 and NS NKP heritage unit 8100 employee excursion back down the east leg of the wye onto the Lurgan Line. In addition to the track conf... (more)

Ex-Nickel Plate Road No. 765 was a visitor at the Steam Railroading Institute in 2009. 2-8-4 No. 765 is captured here stretching her legs for a John Craft Photo Charter in the early morning hours ... (more)