The first "Joliet Rocket" of the weekend passes the Rock Island signal bridge at CP Robbins.

NKP 765 leads a Metra excursion east through the old Rock Island signals at Robbins, Illinois. Extensive track work was happening on main 2 which explains NKP 765 being on main 1.

NKP 765 westbound with the return leg of the Bureau Excursion during Train Festival 2011.

The NKP 765 crisply accelerates its train of coal hoppers past a throng of excursionists, chasers, and locals, during the 1991 NRHS Convention.

Doubleheaded Berkshires without auxiliary tenders are being readied for the NRHS excursion to Hinton and back, as a CSX freight trundles eastbound.

While visiting the Cuyahoga Valley Railroad, NKP 765 (dressed up as 767) backs up through her own steam towards the boarding area at Independence, Ohio.

Nickel Plate Road 765 heading up the Lehigh Gorge after crossing the Lehigh River and the Lehigh Gorge Train as it heads into White Haven with it's NS steam special.

Norfolk Southern Employee Appreciation Train from Decatur, IL to Berkeley, MO passes former NYC Lenox Tower in Mitchell, IL.

Turning back the clock is a FWRHS photo freight with NKP 765 pulling the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum's vintage freight cars over the Kankakee River.

Superpower steam at its zenith, as the 765 starts to gets a roll on 30 cars just outside of Huntington in the fall of 1992. Track speed for steam on "George Washington's Road" was 55 mp... (more)

NKP 765 westbound at Monticello. IN crossing the Tippecanoe River on 7/19/2011. The 765 was on its way to TrainFest, Rock Island. IL.

Eastbound 765 blasts through the Coal River Trestle with one of the 1985 New River Trains.

Nickel Plate Road 765 charges toward a rural grade crossing south of Jim Thorpe, PA. She is pulling the final Lehigh Gorge Special run over the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern from Pittston to A... (more)

NKP 765 leads the final southbound trip of the day as it crosses over the Cuyahoga River and comes into Peninsula.