T.G.'s Photography Blog

NKP 765 leads train O99 south at Palmer, IL. Nickel Plate Road (NKP) 765 , Norfolk Southern (NS) 1072, and NS 1070 lead NS train O99 south on the Brooklyn District near Palmer, Illinois. The steam locomotive and its train were on the way from Decatur, Illinois, to the St. Louis, Missouri, area to run some Norfolk Southern employee appreciation excursions, over the weekend of September 8-9, 2012. Norfolk Southern 1070 and Norfolk Southern 1072 are two of Norfolk Southern's heritage locomotives. These locomotives are painted in past paint schemes of railroads that NS has merged with over the years. NS 1072 is painted in an Illinois Terminal Railroad paint scheme, while NS 1070 is painted in a Wabash Railroad paint scheme. Photo taken: September 6, 2012. Palmer, Illinois. 

I'm just going to park this photo right here for you to enjoy. This is steam locomotive Nickel Plate (NKP) 765, at the Rock Island Train Festival. The train was returning, after a passenger excursion, back to the rail yard along the Mississippi River front in Rock Island, where the festival was occurring. NKP 765 is a Lima Locomotive Works built Berkshire S-2 class locomotive. It was built in 1944 and used in regular service until 1958. In the mid to late 1970s, NKP 765 was restored to operation condition and began its second career as an excursion steam locomotive.  Photo taken: July 22, 2011. Rock Island, IL.