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NKP 765 To Operate On Norfolk Southern

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society is proud to announce that restored Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive no. 765 has been tapped to help celebrate Norfolk Southern's 30th Anniversary. The locomotive will pull a special business train, operating out of the railroad's terminals in Fort Wayne, Elkhart, and Muncie, Indiana as well as in Bellevue and Toledo, Ohio.



765_Temple-PACreated in 1982 with the merger of the Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway, the railway operates 20,000 miles of track in 22 states with 28,000 employees. As part of its celebration, Norfolk Southern is honoring its corporate heritage by painting 18 of its locomotives in historic paint schemes that commemorate the dozens of railroad companies that were eventually merged into the system Norfolk Southern presently operates. Included will be a vintage livery that pays homage to the New York Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, otherwise known as the Nickel Plate Road, the railroad that the 765 was originally built for.

 
Founded in 1972, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, Inc will also be celebrating its own 40th Anniversary in 2012. The railroad historical society was the first all volunteer, non-profit to restore and operate a mainline steam locomotive after removing no. 765 from Fort Wayne's Lawton Park in 1974 and rehabilitating it to operating condition in 1979. The 1944-built locomotive has traveled  over 50,000 miles in public exhibition and excursion service and was recently rebuilt in 2005.

 

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 Read about it on the 765's web site here.

 

 

 

 

 


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