Nickel Plate 779

Lima, OH

Nickel Plate Road 779 is a S-3 class 2-8-4 "Berkshire" type steam locomotive, built in May 1949 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, completed on May 13, 1949, for use on fast freight trains. It was the last new steam locomotive to be delivered to the Nickel Plate Road, and alongside L&N 1991, another 2-8-4 for the Louisville and Nashville, is the last of 36 steam engines completed by Lima-Hamilton from 1947 to 1949, and the final 2-8-4 locomotive on standard gauge completed in the world.

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