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Nickel Plate Road

I wish it was! However, this is not my photo, just my photo of a photo (or painting?) by K. Walden, date unknown.

 

The associated caption reads "Nickel Plate Road ; Berkshire ; 2-8-4 ; circa 1940". As I understand it 779 was photographed somewhere along the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway that connected Fort Worth and Dallas with Houston and Galveston.

 

Apparently, close relative Nickel Plate Road # 765 is still running at Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, Ohio. Another close relative is under restoration, also in Ohio.

 

They must have been a sight to see and a sound to hear.

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Uploaded on February 2, 2019
Taken on December 1, 2018