Nickel Plate 587

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Forest Park Dr, Noblesville, IN 46060, USA

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N40° 3' 30.56" W86° 1' 14.808"   (40.058488888889, -86.02078) Start navigation »

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Nickel Plate Road 587 is a USRA Light 2–8–2 steam locomotive built in September 1918 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its number 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merged into the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, ("Nickel Plate Road"), and allocated 587 as its new number in 1924. As of 2005 the locomotive is being restored by the Indiana Transportation Museum.
NKP No. 587 is generally referred to as a Baldwin locomotive. However, its supporting truck and cylinders are actually from another Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) engine when the original cylinders failed.

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