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Owner: Nickel Plate
Model:Lima 2-8-4Built As:NKP 765 (2-8-4)
Serial Number:8673Order No:1184
Frame Number:25X34 cylinders, 69" driversBuilt:8/1944
Notes:S-2, In Service, FWRHS
Other locos with this serial:  NKP 765(2-8-4) CO 2765(2-8-4)
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Phoebe Snow
Title:  Phoebe Snow
Description:  A trip from Scranton to the Delaware Water Gap and back re-creates the famous "Phoebe Snow" train.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 4/16/2016 11:50:36 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  79   Comments: 1
Phoebe Snow
Title:  Phoebe Snow
Description:  A trip from Scranton to the Delaware Water Gap and back re-creates the famous "Phoebe Snow" train.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 4/16/2016 11:50:41 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Standing at attention during opening ceremonies, the big Berkshire would soon be backing down to reconnect with the aux tender and tool car before heading off on its big excursion to the Delaware Water Gap.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:20:08 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Running behind schedule due to greased rails in the Nay Aug Tunnel, NKP 765 charges past the restored freight house at the usual terminus for Steamtown's excursions.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:32:24 PM
Location:  Moscow, PA
Author:  Paul Koprowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description:  Entering town at a slightly slower pace, the big Berkshire passes the old Lackawanna tower that once controlled the multiple track right of way that existed at this location.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 1:07:05 AM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Paul Kop}owski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  166   Comments: 1
765
Title:  765
Description:  Elmurst Reservoir
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 7:50:45 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 7:51:35 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  112   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 7:53:49 PM
Location:  Portland, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 7:54:46 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  106   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 10:02:50 PM
Location:  Cresco, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
NKP 765
Title:  NKP 765
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 10:07:32 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Connor Frasier
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
NKP 765 heads towards Slateford, PA on a Labor Day excursion
Title:  NKP 765 heads towards Slateford, PA on a Labor Day excursion
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 10/2/2015 6:55:23 PM
Location:  Delaware Water Gap, PA
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate #765 after a hard days work.
Title:  Nickel Plate #765 after a hard days work.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/14/2015 6:32:51 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Brian James
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  1358   Comments: 7
Starting up the 1.6% at 10:46 a.m.
Title:  Starting up the 1.6% at 10:46 a.m.
Description:  About to pass the Jacobson Hat Co.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:22:36 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  113   Comments: 1
Passing under the classic Lackawanna signal bridge
Title:  Passing under the classic Lackawanna signal bridge
Description:  11:34 a.m. at the Moscow freight station
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:25:07 PM
Location:  Moscow, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Steam,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
The 765 rolls down the grade toward Tobyhanna at 12:13 p.m.
Title:  The 765 rolls down the grade toward Tobyhanna at 12:13 p.m.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:28:19 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  107   Comments: 1
Passing the idling Alcos without stopping
Title:  Passing the idling Alcos without stopping
Description:  Lima-Alco power at its best...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:29:00 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) DL 3642(C636)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
The Phoebe Snow Special rolls under the Lackawanna signal bridge along William Street
Title:  The Phoebe Snow Special rolls under the Lackawanna signal bridge along William Street
Description:  1:12 p.m., with the local populace out in force...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:33:18 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
765 pulls the Phoebe Snow Special through the beautiful Delaware Water Gap
Title:  765 pulls the Phoebe Snow Special through the beautiful Delaware Water Gap
Description:  2:09 p.m., after discharging the passengers
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:36:52 PM
Location:  Delaware Water Gap, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
765 with its cistern and tool car heading to the Portland wye
Title:  765 with its cistern and tool car heading to the Portland wye
Description:  2:40 p.m.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:41:03 PM
Location:  Portland, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Heading back to pick up passengers after wyeing
Title:  Heading back to pick up passengers after wyeing
Description:  3:44 p.m.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:44:28 PM
Location:  Slateford Junction, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Chuffing along PA Route 611
Title:  Chuffing along PA Route 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:45:25 PM
Location:  Slateford Junction, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  126   Comments: 1
About to cross Analomink Street at 4:22 p.m.
Title:  About to cross Analomink Street at 4:22 p.m.
Description:  Accelerating up the grade toward Gravel Place, shaking the ground...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:48:34 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Thundering past the Cresco station at 4:59 p.m.
Title:  Thundering past the Cresco station at 4:59 p.m.
Description:  The sound was incredible! Speed, about 15 mph...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:50:08 PM
Location:  Cresco, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  277   Comments: 2
On the level track by the Tobyhanna tower and station
Title:  On the level track by the Tobyhanna tower and station
Description:  5:39 p.m.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:51:25 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  137   Comments: 2
A final shot at the Jacobson Hat Co.
Title:  A final shot at the Jacobson Hat Co.
Description:  6:53 p.m.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 10:52:27 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  165   Comments: 4
The Berkshires
Title:  The Berkshires
Description:  Off the turntable, passing its sister engine and making its way through the yard,
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 4/10/2016 10:40:16 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) NKP 759(2-8-4)
Views:  464   Comments: 2
The NKP sisters, finally together!
Title:  The NKP sisters, finally together!
Description:  If only they were both under steam....
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 8:54:49 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 759(2-8-4) NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  423   Comments: 2
Just shooting in B&W brings back the old days....
Title:  Just shooting in B&W brings back the old days....
Description:  Seeing this shot in black & white makes you think of days gone by at the Lackawanna Rail Yards
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 8:56:32 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 759(2-8-4) NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  279   Comments: 2
765 pulls into the roundhouse
Title:  765 pulls into the roundhouse
Description:  About to take her spot on the turntable, our honorable visitor pulls her nose into the turntable yard
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 8:58:30 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
The NS911 and NKP 765
Title:  The NS911 and NKP 765
Description:  What a combination of power... Yesterday & today
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:02:28 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) NS 911(SD60E) CP 2279(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
On the turntable
Title:  On the turntable
Description:  765 steams it up on the turntable at Steamtown, wowing the railfans of what is soon to come, the run of the Phoebe Snow!!!
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:17:32 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) NS 911(SD60E) IC 790(2-8-0)
Views:  359   Comments: 0
From inside the Roundhouse
Title:  From inside the Roundhouse
Description:  A peek at 765 from inside her sister's stall in the roundhouse
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:18:39 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
A shot from the 1940s??
Title:  A shot from the 1940s??
Description:  Except for the railfans with their cellphones and digital cameras, this could have easily been a shot from the first half of the 20th century!!
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:22:27 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) DLW 664(F3A) DLW 664B(F7B)
Views:  361   Comments: 1
..and it would have looked like this...
Title:  ..and it would have looked like this...
Description:  Black & white makes this shot look like old-time Scranton...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:23:48 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) DLW 664(F3A) DLW 664B(F7B) UP 4012(4-8-8-4)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
Pulling up the grade...
Title:  Pulling up the grade...
Description:  The 765 pulls out of Scranton and onto the Pocono Main in Dunmore, as the run of the Phoebe Snow begins!!
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:25:39 PM
Location:  Dunmore, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Black smoke turns to white steam
Title:  Black smoke turns to white steam
Description:  As she finally starts picking up steam, 765 passes under the signal bridge and heads toward Gouldsboro
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:27:16 PM
Location:  Dunmore, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  200   Comments: 1
Gazing across Larsen Lake
Title:  Gazing across Larsen Lake
Description:  This beautiful setting makes for a great setting for steam in the Poconos
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:29:17 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  178   Comments: 1
Crossing the Larsen Lake Causeway
Title:  Crossing the Larsen Lake Causeway
Description:  The leaves are just beginning to lose that deep green of summer, and start to show a little red, a sign that Autumn is just around the corner
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:30:58 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  208   Comments: 0
Crossing the trestle at Larsen Lake
Title:  Crossing the trestle at Larsen Lake
Description:  765 Crosses the small trestle on the causeway, as the trees just start to send out little peeks of fall colors, as a sign of things to come..
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:39:41 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Last shot at Larsen Lake
Title:  Last shot at Larsen Lake
Description:  This was a beautiful spot, and myself, and 2 friends were the only ones there! The station, just down the road, had hundreds of eager railfans...
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:49:38 PM
Location:  Gouldsboro, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
The Phoebe Snow rolls into town
Title:  The Phoebe Snow rolls into town
Description:  The 765 and her train roll into East Stroudsburg, and past the old control tower, to the thrill of the dozens of railfans waiting her arrival
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:51:41 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  233   Comments: 1
Smoking it up
Title:  Smoking it up
Description:  765 chugs past us in this pretty town in the Poconos
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:53:08 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  256   Comments: 1
Under the Cutoff
Title:  Under the Cutoff
Description:  765 passes under the Lackawanna Cutoff, a main line that crossed the Delaware River and into New Jersey.
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:54:59 PM
Location:  Slateford Junction, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
Another scene from days gone by
Title:  Another scene from days gone by
Description:  The 765 rolls under the old Lackawanna Cutoff on her way to wye at Portland, and then make her way back to Steamtown
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:56:29 PM
Location:  Slateford Junction, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Back in East Stroudsburg
Title:  Back in East Stroudsburg
Description:  Now heading north, the 765 passes under Interstate Route 80 on her way back to Scranton
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:58:10 PM
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  218   Comments: 1
Rolling past CP Toby
Title:  Rolling past CP Toby
Description:  765 flys by the railfans at Tobyhanna Station
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 9:59:23 PM
Location:  Tobyhanna, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Back in Scranton, at the end of a very long day
Title:  Back in Scranton, at the end of a very long day
Description:  the 765 returns back to Scranton as she passes under the soon to be demolished Rt. 307 bridge
Photo Date:  9/5/2015  Upload Date: 9/11/2015 10:00:54 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Jeff Wilson
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Sister Units NKP 765 and 759 at Steamtown 2015
Title:  Sister Units NKP 765 and 759 at Steamtown 2015
Description:  NKP 765 and 759 sit next to each other on display for many railfans' delight at Steamtown 2015.
Photo Date:  9/6/2015  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 4:50:32 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Glatiotis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4) NKP 759(2-8-4)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
NKP 765 Puts on a Smoke and Steam Show in Scranton, PA During Steamtown 2015.
Title:  NKP 765 Puts on a Smoke and Steam Show in Scranton, PA During Steamtown 2015.
Description:  To many railfans' enjoyment, NKP 765 switches tracks under its own power to grab some coal during Steamtown 2015.
Photo Date:  9/6/2015  Upload Date: 9/13/2015 4:50:10 PM
Location:  Scranton, PA
Author:  Dan Glatiotis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NKP 765(2-8-4)
Views:  118   Comments: 0


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