Hoopin’ Orders. NKP 765 prepares a roll-by to hoop it’s orders.
Hoopin’ Orders. NKP 765 does a slow roll-by to hoop it’s orders.
NKP 765 poses with another beauty, a 1949 Hudson, owned by Andrew Hershman shown sitting in the car with his wife. FWRHS night photo shoot.
A NKP tower operator hoops train orders up to the NKP 765 crew as she passes by the Wabash RR interchange track located in Ft. Wayne, IN. FWRHS photo shoot, set up and lighted by Chris Lantz.
1950’s last dance. NKP 765 poses for a photo charter at the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society shops.
RIP Jim Wrinn. I heard about Jim's passing this evening. I had the pleasure to take Jim on a tour of the NS Wabash line between Ft. Wayne and Lafayette, IN on a cool fall day October 2013. We were... (more)
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. On Saturday morning, number 765... (more)
NKP 765 heading eastbound on the TP&W Railroad on its return journey back to New Haven, IN. The train will overnight in Logansport, IN before heading towards Ft. Wayne.
Reminiscent of post WW2 days gone by during the late 1940s, NKP 765 passes vintage automobiles waiting their turn to cross the tracks after the 765's freight train passes by during a thunderous do... (more)
The FWRHS provided its members the full steam experience with cab rides during the society's 2019 Members Day.
A view from down low of that magnificent Berkshire steaming away during the 2019 FWRHS Member's Day celebration.
Several Nickel Plate employees give 765 a change of class lights in preparation for a quick run east out of Bellevue.
A couple of NKP beauties from a past era share a few stories in the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum yard.
NKP 765 gets some quick service at the Bellevue engine shops before taking a train east.
