Lehigh Gorge Special with the NKP 765 storms up the Upper Lehigh Line through Lehigh Gap in Walnutport, PA.

Lehigh Gorge Special with the NKP 765 passes a set of EMD SD40-2's being used as 'Protect Power' for the weekend's excursions through the Reading & Northern's Penobscot Yard

Nickel Plate Road No. 765 crosses the Lehigh River at Weissport as it heads back to Allentown, Pa., after running to Pittston Junction.

Nickel Plate Road No. 765 leads an Allentown-Pittston Junction round trip north through the Lehigh Gorge on Norfolk Southern trackage. This was the second of two trips held during the weekend.

765 leading the NS Employee excursion around the Curve.

27 Years Later

When I was a little kid, my dad went out to photograph the 765 on the ill-fated NRHS '88 trips, but I couldn't go because I was sick. I said to him afterwords that i... (more)

On the return leg on a Lehigh River Gorge excursion, NKP No. 765 romps across the river while rewarding the patient photographers with a with little extra plume.

Chasing The NKP 765 steam through PA was sure an exciting chase! in this shot the train is making its way back toward Bethelham, PA, but first the train makes a stop here in Bowmenstown to have wa... (more)

NKP 765 leads the Lehigh Gorge Special back towards Allentown, Pa as lighting begins to dwindle.

NS 957 with the NKP 765 heads through Glen Onoko Park

Lehigh Gorge Special

NKP #765 operated by the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society comes through the rock cut in the Glen Onoko section of the Lehigh Gorge State Park pulling t... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 type steam locomotive #765, built by Lima Locomotive works in 1944, with a tractive effort of 64,135 lbs, ready to depart Norfolk Southern's Bison yard with the 'Erie Limit... (more)

Eastbound NKP765 excursion gingerly crosses the venerable bridge at Portageville.

Nickel Plate Road 765 leads the "Erie Limited" westbound past the former ERIE station in Silver Springs NY.

NKP #765 races through Fowler, OH. during the public excursion from Youngstown, OH. to Ashtubula, OH. and back.