NKP 173 & 175 From "The RIP Track"


NKP 173 & 175 From "The RIP Track"

The following images and descriptions are courtesy of and copyright ©1995 by Darryl Van Nort. Thanks Darryl!

NKP 173

New York, Chicago, and St. Louis (The Nickel Plate) engine 173 is on display at the Buffalo, New York Centennial (Transportation). Used on trains between Chicago and Buffalo, it has 25" x 26" cylinders, 73" drivers, 210 lbs. psi boiler pressure, weighs 524,600 lbs. with tender and exerts 39,700 lbs. tractive effort.

NKP 175

New York, Chicago, and St. Louis engine 175 is leaving Englewood Station, Chicago, with the "Nickel Plate Limited" in tow. Brooks built this locomotive and equipped it with a mechanical stoker and a Coffin feed water heater.