Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 765 in a (very) modest zoom pan at 1/13th, captured in Gouldsboro, PA during Steamtown's Railfest weekend in 2015.

Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 765 rounds a bend clearing a tunnel of trees just shy of Gouldsboro, PA, while en route from Steamtown, in Scranton, PA, to the Delaware Water Gap and return. This is one o... (more)

Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 765 rounds a bend on the former DL&W entering Elmhurst Township, just shy of the well known and oft photographed signal bridge. The excursion, originating out of Steamtown,... (more)

Nickel Plate 2-8-4 No. 765 pays a visit to Scranton, PA, seen here ducking former DL&W signals on the first of a series of excursions out of Steamtown, to the Delaware Water Gap and return. The N... (more)

NKP 765 crosses the stone arch bridge in Duncannon Pa on its return to Harrisburg Pa

It's the 765 by a nose, with the 1225 placing, and the coventioneers, locals, and railfans enjoying the show. The occasion was the 1991 NRHS National Convention, hosted by the Collis P. Huntingto... (more)

The Joliet Rocket, led by steam locomotive NKP 765, passes by the waiting fans at Tinley Park, Illinois.

As part of Steamtown's Railfest weekend, Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society brought their Nickel Plate Road steam engine to Steamtown for some excursion trips. Steamtown also did a smart move... (more)

765 leads its exursion back to Williamson, WV after turning at Ought One.

NKP 765 rolling slowly downgrade with the Pittston-Bethlehem PX, after passing through the tunnel west of White Haven

PM 1225 arrives in Ashley Michigan on a cold snowy Saturday morning in December with passengers aboard

Nickel Plate Road Berkshire #759 leads a long excursion train into Allentown Yard. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

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 c... (more)

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 fin... (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 Tren... (more)