Nickel Plate Road 765 leads its passenger train towards Hamilton on the Tri-State Steam Excursion.

Nickel Plate Road 765's crew prepares the locomotive for an all day excursion as it rests in Edon early in the morning.

Nickel Plate Road 765 approaches Montgomery with its passenger train on a hot June morning.

Flagman Brian Smith stands guard over the Michigan-Indiana border as Nickel Plate Road 765 thunders by on a photo runby.

Nickel Plate Road 765 rolls into Pleasant Lake on the return trip to Edon.

Nickel Plate Road 765 leads its train towards Fremont on a sunny June morning.

The famed NKP Berk charges out from the treeline, about to enter the third state on its 'Tri-State Excursion'.

Nickel Plate Road 765 leads its passenger train up the grade outside of Angola on a sunny June morning.

Nickel Plate Road 765 climbs the grade out of Hamilton on a hot June evening.

Nickel Plate Road 765 accelerates its passenger train out of Ray after a brief stop for a photo runby.

Nickel Plate Road 765 passes through Pleasant Lake on a beautiful June morning.

Nickel Plate Road 765 rests in Hillsdale after completing the northbound run from Edon.

Nickel Plate Road 765 storms through Ray with its passenger train on a hot and sunny June afternoon.

Firebox still hot, NKP 765 rests the evening of 7/25/11 at the 18th Street yard in Logansport, IN during its return from Train Festival 2011 held in Rockford, IL, The train is heading to Ft. Wayn... (more)

On its return from Train Festival 2011 held in Rockford, IL, NKP 765 crosses the Wabash River at 18th Street in Logansport, IN at sunset on 07/25/11. The train is heading to the 18th Street Yard f... (more)