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Owner: Nickel Plate
Model:Alco 2-8-2Built As:NKP 512 (2-8-2)
Serial Number:57494Order No:B-1448
Frame Number:25X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:8/1917
Notes:Brooks, 8/1917, class H-5b, sfs 12/20/1956
Other locos with this serial:  NKP 512(2-8-2)
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NKP 2-8-2 #512 - Nickel Plate Road
Title:  NKP 2-8-2 #512 - Nickel Plate Road
Description:  Built by Alco-Brooks in August of 1917, this powerful 2-8-2 Mikado served the New York, Chicago & St Louis (Nickel Plate) until retirement and being sold for scrap on December, 20, 1956 to the Luntz Iron & Steel Company. Specs - 63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 24x32" cylinders, engine weight of 291,750 lb, tractive effort of 49,737 lb. The photo comes from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  9/14/1939  Upload Date: 2/6/2021 3:49:04 PM
Location:  Buffalo N.Y., NY
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NKP 512(2-8-2)
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