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Thanks, Gary.

John Rhodes

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>wrote:


>  John:  Look at the NKP Historical Society website also see John Rehor's

> The Nickel Plate Story or Eric Hirsimaki's The Nickel Plate Era ( I think it

> is) that covers NKP power both diesel and steam.  Both are long out of print

> but you should be able to get a loaner from your library of Rehor's book.

> Eric's is a 1985 print and more of a synopsis but has great photos in it.  I

> definitely WILL NOT sell you my copy of that one.

>

>

>

> The Wabash is well covered by Heimburger's WABASH book also of the early

> 1980's.   I haven't looked at the WAB Historical Society's website for some

> years but they should still have one.

>

>

>

> Briefly, and from memory, so it will have some errors.  The NKP had Berks

> from #700 to #779 and some nearly identical ones from the W&LE- #800's or

> #900's(?).  the #700-#779 were S-1, S-2, and S-3's with the S-1 and S-2's

> somewhat lighter and equipped with ATC for running into Chicago.  S-3's were

> Bellevue and east to Buffalo.

>

>

>

> Both of these roads were well dieselized before 1964.  The WAB bought over

> 100 F-7's and some Trainmasters in the late 1940's and early 1950's.  The

> NKP had PA's, RS-3's GP-7's and 9's and RS-11's while still running the last

> of the 2-8-4's, some 2-8-2's and 0-8-0's in the mid to late 1950's.  The NKP

> was making lots of money then and the steam 2-84's were making money for

> them until about 1957.

>

>

>

> Gary Rolih

>

> Secretary N&WHS

>

>

>

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> I know this is an N&W group, but the roads were bought by N&W.  Does anyone

> have or know where to look on the internet for a list of steam locomotives

> for NKP and Wabash just after their final steam purchases?  For Example NKP

> had 80 2-8-4's, 30 of this and 40 of that.  Not a list of road numbers but

> how many and what types of locomotives the railroads had?

>

> Thanks,

>

> John R.

>

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