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Nostalgia & History > A Runby of Nickel Plate Road 587 and MoreDate: 09/22/22 18:36 A Runby of Nickel Plate Road 587 and More Author: MartyBernard Nickel Plate Road 587 is a 2-8-2 type USRA Light Mikado steam locomotive built in September 1918 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541. Wikipedia
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/22/22 18:51 by MartyBernard. Date: 09/22/22 18:36 Re: A Runby of Nickel Plate Road 587 and More Author: MartyBernard Date: 09/22/22 18:37 Re: A Runby of Nickel Plate Road 587 and More Author: MartyBernard Date: 09/23/22 05:00 Re: A Runby of Nickel Plate Road 587 and More Author: JPB Great series of photos! The interweb says NKP 587 is on the property of Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp of Ravenna, KY owned by a private individual who is contemplating its restoration.
On the other hand, the former "Mardi Gras" boat tail observation is now part of Andy Muller's collection of operating Reading Blue MOuntain & Northern excursion cars and has been renamed "King Coal" - here's a link to a Kevin Painter capture of "King Coal' at Port Clinton looking resplendent: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/comments/sgq16y/rbmn_7_king_coal_at_port_clinton_pacredit_kevin/ |