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Owner: Nickel Plate
Model:Lima 2-8-4Built As:NKP 769 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:8677Order No:1184
Frame Number:25X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:9/1944
Other locos with this serial:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
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NKP 769 New to the site.
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
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Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  1151   Comments: 0
NKP 769
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
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Locomotives:  NKP 769(2-8-4)
Views:  972   Comments: 4
NKP 2-8-4 #769
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:  308   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-4 #769
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:  383   Comments: 0
NKP 2-8-4 #769
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:  341   Comments: 1
NKP 769
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:  916   Comments: 2
NKP 2-8-4 #769 - Nickel Plate Road
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:  572   Comments: 2
NKP 769
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:  570   Comments: 2


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