Nickel Plate Road no. 765

National Train Day
May 10, 2014

Celebrating Nickel Plate Railroad no. 765
Photos by Debra K Gutierrez
One of the last surviving steam locomotives in the world: Nickel Plate Road no. 765
At State Street in Hammond, Indiana on May 10, 2014

Built in 1944. (Major overhaul in 2005)

Classified as an S-2 Berkshire-type steam locomotive.
Listed as no. 96001010 on the National Register of Historic Places.

NPR no. 765 operates as public exhibition and passenger excursion train service.


First Baptist Church of Hammond's Parking Garage in background.