Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Fast freight on the Nickel Plate

Fast freight on the Nickel Plate

By Angela Cotey | December 10, 2014

| Last updated on January 5, 2021


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Well into the 1950s, the Nickel Plate Road believed its superb 2-8-4 Berkshires to be better than diesels for its fast freight service. Because it dieselized late, NKP had no freight cab units, only road-switchers.
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