NKP #358 sits in the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society shop and is being restored to operating condition. This SD9 was one of twenty delivered to the NKP in either April or May of 1957 for u... (more)

Runnin’ Late in ’88!

The final excursion of the 1988 NRHS convention was planned to be a 420-mile round trip from Bound Brook, New Jersey to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The air condi... (more)

NKP 765, with a 1984 National Railway Historical Society Convention train, is stopped just east of Ft. Thomas, KY to check its running gear.

It’s early evening, and the passengers of 1988 NRHS Convention circle trip to Reading should be having dinner or at their hotels. Instead, they are just entering the Allentown area, and will finis... (more)

Temple Pit Stop

The 1988 NRHS convention was plagued with logistical issues, and many of the scheduled excursions started late and only got later. The July 24 round trip to the Blu... (more)

The 1988 NRHS convention featured two excursions with Nickel Plate 765 making forays from northern New Jersey into eastern Pennsylvania. The first, on July 24, 1988, ran down Conrail’s West Trento... (more)

With the Steam in the Valley event getting more and more difficult to utilize for photo opportunities of 765, I was forced to take what I can get when it comes to getting a pacing shot and other p... (more)

The NKP 765 is ready to head up and over Penobscot Mountain on the return trip to Bethlehem.

NKP 514 pulls a Steamtown excursion through Moscow on their way East to Gouldsboro.

Ready to board! After a fall evening rainstorm in the mid-1940s, the passengers are ready to board their luxury pullman car for the journey to their destinations. I'm sure the young family in the ... (more)

Of the 297 PA and PB locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company, only five are still extant. Four are former Santa Fe locomotives, which were purchased and later rebuilt by the Delaware... (more)

CRC "NKP" leads the southbound ferry move back to Lima where they will run excursions out of tomorrow.