Under the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a steam locomotive that has two unpowered leading wheels, followed by eight coupled and powered driving wheels, and four trailing wheels. This locomotive type is m
Nickel Plate Road 765, an American 2-8-4 on an excursion train circa 2018
WAGR K class 2-8-4T with pipe train, ca. 1902
BBÖ Class 114 No. 12.10 at the Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof, 2007
Deutsche Bundesbahn Class 65
Nickel Plate Road 765 is a preserved S-2 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive, built in September 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly re
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…locomotives with its purchase of the Wheeling & Lake Erie), the Nickel Plate Road became indelibly associated with the Berkshire type. One of this class, Nickel Plate Road no. 765, was restored to operation and regularly operates excursion trains from its home in New Haven, Indiana. 5 other NKP Berkshires are preserved around the…
No. 765 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue, Ohio, during September 2021
No. 765 passing through Secor, Illinois, on its inaugural excursion run in May 1980
No. 765 passing through Carland, Michigan with an excursion during Train Festival 2009
No. 765 on the turntable at the Steamtown National Historic Site in 2015