After a weekend of events in the Chicagoland area, NKP 765 begins its trek home as it passes through Elmwood Park, IL on a beautiful Summer evening. The train is heading west for Franklin Park whe... (more)

NKP 765 deadheads up the IHB as it slams the BNSF diamonds at McCook.. This was taken from the "pedestrian friendly" Joliet Rd overpass. The train will run up the IHB to Franklin Park an... (more)

NKP 765 sits in Franklin Park as a inbound Metra train passes it up. The 765 would shove back to Western Ave yard once this inbound cleared B-12.

Echoing the sights, sounds, and smells of Milwaukee Road passenger and freight trains of the past is Nickel Plate Road 765 coming off of Metra's Fox Lake Subdivision at Rondout with The Varsit... (more)

The Varsity, led by NKP Berkshire 765, crosses the former EJ&E and passes Rondout Tower. Just up ahead, the train will access Metra's Fox Lake Sub.

NKP 765 makes a ferry move down the IHB in La Grange, bound for Western Avenue in Chicago. It would be displayed at Franklin Park Railroad Daze the next day.

Wasting no time down the WSOR's Fox Lake Subdivision, NKP 765 looks and sounds great as she rolls through Darien, WI.

NKP 765 thunders southward through rural Rock County on it way back to Glenview.

NKP 765 rolls over the Rock River in Janesville, where shortly the whole train will be turned and head back south towards Chicagoland.

NKP 765 leads the Varsity excursion over the Rock River Bridge

NKP 765 arrives into Franklin Park with its deadhead train, passing under the vintage signal bridge. The train will shove back to Western Avenue coach yard to tie up for the night.

Chicago to Janesville, WI excursion arrives at North Glenview Metra station. routing was Metra Western Avenue yard to Fox Lake, IL and then Wisconsin and Southern to Janesville.

Nickel Plate Road Berkshire 765, owned and operated by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, leads an excursion train during the annual "Steam in the Valley" event.

NKP 765 leads an excursion train west off of the IHB mainline and onto the CP Elgin Subdivision at Franklin Park

Shoving towards Metra's Western Avenue yard for a night photo shoot and some rest before display and an excursion this weekend.