Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541.

Nickel Plate Road No. 587 is an H-6o class 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, PA in 1918, originally for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad as their No. 5541. The NKP 500-series 2-8-2 'Mikado' is …

2025年1月23日 · IRVINE, Ky. — A former Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive is going to the auction block to settle a legal judgment. The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. said today (Jan. 23) in a public notice that NKP No. 587, a Class H-6o 2-8-2 built by Baldwin in 1918, will be the subject of a sealed-bid auction as part of a judgment against

2021年3月5日 · On Friday, Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. announced it had purchased three rail cars from the former museum’s collection and that a private owner had acquired its crown jewel: Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 587.

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 #587 leads a Southbound NS Excursion Train through Dundee, MI, in 1993. From the Collection of Dennis Schmidt. NRHS special is turned in Argos Indiana. Doublehead NRHS steam excursion from Chicago to Argos Indiana.

The 587 was a product of the World War I federal control of the railroad industry. It is one of six extant examples of the United States Railroad Administration’s light Mikado design, one of the period’s most successful and influential designs.

There are three surviving NKP 2-8-2 "Mikado" type locomotives. Number 624 is on display at the Civic Center in Hammond, IN, number 639 is on display at Miller Park in Bloomington, IL and number 587, which is operational at the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, IN.

2021年3月5日 · The marquee attraction of that scramble was the dismantling and subsequent movement of 100-year-old steam locomotive Nickel Plate Road No. 587. The engine now resides on KSHC’s Irvine campus, partially dismantled and in safe storage.

Nickel Plate Road No. 587 is perhaps the best remaining example of a United States Administration (USRA) light Mikado steam locomotive, an outstanding design developed during World War I rearmament.

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