Nickel Plate Road 765 heads north with the excursion train towards Hillsdale, passing an old elevator in downtown Montgomery.

765 heads north towards Hillsdale on its final excursion of the year.

Shortly after departing Angola, 765 heads north through the backwoods of northern Indiana. This will be the final excursion 765 would pull for the year.

765 nears the tail end of its excursion on a rainy October afternoon.

#765 charges ahead during the last photo run-by of the weekend. For those on board, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society ran run-bys at Ray, IN

A quarter mile from the finish, Nickle Plate #765 rolls into the golden sun on what turned out to be a perfect fall afternoon

While #765 has certainly climbed stiffer grades in it's excursion career, the locomotive surely put on a respectable show climbing into this crossing

A white picket fence and a lima locomotive works Berkshire. That sounds like the American Dream to me! Either way, Nickel Plate Road #765 steams into Bankers, Michigan with the second of two fall ... (more)

765 leads the eastbound New River Train at Charleston West Virginia.

One of the biggest steam engines at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum is the Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 763. With more than 20 steam locomotives on display at this museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio, it... (more)

514 at rest.

The mechanical overhaul of Nickel Plate Road diesel locomotive no. 358 has entered a dramatic new phase as Progress Rail has transformed it to its as-built 1957 appearance. After six years of work... (more)

NKP 358 once again wears its as-delivered scheme thanks to a collaboration between Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society and Progress Rail. More than 12,000 volunteer hours went into the extensiv... (more)

Consist of one of the few excursions run over the Paducah and Louisville. I wish I hadn't missed those. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection. Happy July 4th!

Nickel Plate 514 draws short excursion duty. The wildfire smoke and haze have engulfed Scranton.