Nickel Plate Road 765 sits at NS Berkeley Yard after a day of running down from Decatur, IL as NS Train 099. A pair of Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Watchmen are up on the engine keeping... (more)

Westbound on the former N&W mainline, NKP 765 charges toward Porsmouth, on a deadhead from Williamson to Columbus to perform a series of excursions for the Pittsburgh Division.

Contrast this with looking into the belly of an oil burner like UP 844. Certainly a different animal in a lot of ways, but once you have steam, it's pretty much the same. Taken with permission f... (more)

The 2-8-4 Berkshire sits at Berkeley under clear moon lit skies. Taken with permission from NS Corp.

NS Train 099 pounds through Lenox Tower led by Nickel Plate 765 on the NS Brooklyn District. This was the first time in at least 10 years since the last steam locomotive had been through here. T... (more)

The whistle from 2-8-2 Mikado WAB 2202 echoes out across the countryside as the Nickel Plate 2-8-4 Berkshire #765 passes the Wabash Searchlights on the NS Brooklyn District at the north end of Tay... (more)

Making 40 MPH now, the Nickel Plate Road Berkshire has NS Train 099 well in hand and is headed for St. Louis on the NS Brooklyn District. The sound 765 and her eerily Frisco 1522-esque steamboa... (more)

Successful birthday. On its 68th birthday, NKP 765 enjoys a quiet slumber away from the majority of the crowds that greeted it throughout the day as a couple of crew members chat on the gro... (more)

Nickel Plate 765 takes NS Train 099 west over the Missouri River on former Wabash Trackage during a 9 A.M. Excursion in conjunction with the St. Louis Terminal's Norfolk Southern 30th Anniversary ... (more)

At every bit of 40 MPH, NKP 765 blows through the countryside, west of Catlin.

765 highballs the Wabash searchlights at Wiggins.

With her excursion schedule completed, the 765 works her way home to Ft. Wayne.

NKP 765 rests on a hot and humid night after its trip from Decatur to Saint Louis.

NKP 765 passes the FS Elevator on the north end of Litchfield as the #099 Special heads south to St. Louis on Norfolk Southern's Brooklyn District. The IT SD70ACe looks like it could use a bath a... (more)

Cruising effortlessly, leaving the defunct Piatt Switch elevator and further east, the Ivesdale elevator behind.