Nickel Plate Road 757
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Nickel Plate Road 757 is a S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive built in August 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) in Lima, Ohio for the Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road".[2]
History
Nickel Plate Road 757 was built on August 18, 1944, by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio and it arrived on the Nickel Plate Road that same year in 1944.[2]
It was one of 30 class S-2 steam locomotives built for high-speed freight service on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, also known as the Nickel Plate Road (NKP).
The locomotive made its last run in revenue service on June 15, 1958 and was retired from the NKP.[1][3] In 1960, it was donated to the city of Bellevue, Ohio, who were unable to raise funds to build a display site for No. 757 and instead sent the locomotive to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Pennsylvania during 1966.[1][4]
In 2017, it was announced that No. 757 would be returning home to Bellevue, Ohio were it would receive a cosmetic restoration by the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum and placed on display at their property.[5]
On February 11, 2019, No. 757 left the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and travel over 500 miles to its new home.[6] It arrived at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum's property on February 14 and is now being cosmetically restored by museum, it will eventually be placed on station display when restoration is finished.[6][7]
In September 2021, No. 757 was reunited with its operational sister locomotive No. 765 for the Berkshires in Bellevue event.[8][9][10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Trusty, Sheri. "Meet Your Neighbor: Engine 757's return completes Fuehrings' 38-year dream". The News-Messenger. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ a b Chappell (1991), p. 143
- ^ "Nickel Plate 765 back in Bellevue". sanduskyregister.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ Cupper (2002), p. 26
- ^ "Legendary Lima-built train returning to northwest Ohio". toledoblade.com. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ^ a b "Bellevue's own piece of history has come home". madrivermuseum.org. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ^ "Old No. 757 comes home". sanduskyregister.com. March 9, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ^ "Nickel Plate Berkshires to be Reunited in Ohio". Railfan & Railroad. Jul 20, 2021. Retrieved Jul 20, 2021.
- ^ "Nickel Plate 765 returns to the rails for a special reunion". Trains.com. October 5, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
- ^ "Nickel Plate Berkshires Reunited in Ohio This Week". Railfan & Railroad. September 24, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
Further reading
- Cupper, Dan (2002). Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811729567.
- Chappell, Gordon S. (1991). Steam Over Scranton: The Locomotives of Steamtown. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
- Drury, George H. (2015). Guide to North American Steam Locomotives (2nd ed.). Kalmbach Media. ISBN 978-1-62700-259-2.
- Holland, Kevin J. (1998). Berkshires of the Nickel Plate Road (1st ed.). TLC Publishing. ISBN 1-883089-39-5.