Clover Leaf (TSTL&W) Frankfort IL Howard W. Ameling Collection S-2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire 4-4-2 AtlanticThe quintessential NKP steam locomotive.

These locomotives had 69" diameter drivers, 25" x 34" cylinders, a 245 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 64,135 pounds of tractive effort and each weighed between 261,100 to 266,030 pounds. There are six surviving NKP 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type locomotives.

Nickel Plate Road 765 is a preserved S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road".

Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for their 2-8-4s.

Nickel Plate Road 779 is a S-3 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, (reporting mark NKP) completed on May 13, 1949, for use on fast freight trains.

This new 2-8-4 locomotive was sent to the Boston & Albany Railroad by Lima in the early spring of 1925 for tests on that railroad. In several test runs over a division of the railroad that crossed the Berkshire Hills, the demonstration locomotive, which carried road number "1" hauled up …

2025年3月1日 · The 2-8-4 Berkshire , a triumph of engineering elegance and functionality, stands out as one of the most stunning steam locomotives designed for medium to heavy-duty tasks.

The Nickel Plate Archive is an activity of the Nickel Plate Historical and Technical Society This archive is provided free to the world with the goal of sharing our love of the NKP with the world.Photo: NKP S-2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire,

Beautiful example of one of the finest steam locomotives ever built in the US (IMHO) is this Lima Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire #764.

2024年10月16日 · NKP 765 survived the fate of most of her sisters and other steam locomotives when the railroad, as a gesture of good will, asked if the city of Fort Wayne would like one of …