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Pictures of NKP 769
Owner:
Nickel Plate
Model:
Lima 2-8-4
Built As:
NKP 769 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:
8677
Order No:
1184
Frame Number:
25X34 cylinders, 69" drivers
Built:
9/1944
Other locos with this serial:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
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Title:
NKP 769 New to the site.
Description:
Dave#approximate. Location unknown. Bendix radio applied 6/52. Removed 9/55. Re-applied 4/57. Stored at East Wayne 6/58. To Purdy & Co 1/29/62.
Photo Date:
3/15/1955
Upload Date:
2/6/2012 2:50:42 PM
Location:
Unknown, US
Author:
Wendy Crim
Categories:
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
1273
Comments:
0
Title:
NKP 769
Description:
Date only listed as 1957.
Photo Date:
5/15/1957
Upload Date:
7/31/2013 10:33:00 AM
Location:
Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:
R. Porter
Categories:
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
1082
Comments:
4
Title:
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:
Strong face of a powerhouse - Lima built Berkshire #769. Robert Larson photo
Photo Date:
3/30/1958
Upload Date:
6/26/2014 5:17:41 AM
Location:
Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
431
Comments:
0
Title:
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:
Posing under threatening clouds in the Calumet yard is #769, the last Lima built S-2 class member. Looks like the negative may have been bent and damaged before the photo was made - note the light streak on the engine body. Robert Larson photo.
Photo Date:
3/30/1958
Upload Date:
6/26/2014 5:17:51 AM
Location:
Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
496
Comments:
0
Title:
NKP 2-8-4 #769
Description:
Another view of Lima built S-2 class Berkshire #769 while it sits in the Calumet yard. Robert Larson photo
Photo Date:
3/30/1958
Upload Date:
6/26/2014 5:18:00 AM
Location:
Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
441
Comments:
1
Title:
NKP 769
Description:
Photo Date:
5/18/1958
Upload Date:
3/3/2013 1:30:18 PM
Location:
Argos, IN
Author:
Wendy Crim
Categories:
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
1036
Comments:
2
Title:
NKP 2-8-4 #769 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:
This beautiful 2-8-4 Berkshire built by Lima in September of 1944 sits in a storage/scrap line (probably Chicago or Calumet, IL) with sister #753 at an unknown locaiton after serving the Nickel Plate for nearly 16 years. It was sold for scrap on January 29, 1962 to Purdy & Co. Specs - builder #8672, class S-2, 69" drivers, impressive 245 psi boiler pressure, 25x34" cylinders, engine weight of 428,500 lb, tractive effort of 64,135 lb. No date, location or photographer was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1960
Upload Date:
6/10/2019 6:19:17 AM
Location:
Calumet (subdivision, IL
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
701
Comments:
2
Title:
NKP 769
Description:
Photo Date:
1/10/2014
Upload Date:
1/10/2014 7:37:05 PM
Location:
Unknown, OH
Author:
Wendy Crim
Categories:
Locomotives:
NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:
691
Comments:
2
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