This past weekend Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 ran a series of trips on the Indiana Northeastern railroad between Edon Ohio, and Hillsdale, Michigan.
Light was challenging because it first runs due west from Edon (shooting into the sun) before tuning north at Steubenville, Indiana. Going north the light was good and turning east again at Hillsdale for a short distance was also good.
A bonus was the Little River railroad was running short trips (very short of 12 minutes each direction) with their No. 1 a 0-4-0, and No. 110, a small Pacific type.
Fun fact: The 110, which was built by Baldwin locomotive works in 1911, is one serial number off from Southern Railway No. 4501 (also a Pacific) meaning they shared the shop floor together during construction. Lighting was especially challenging here.
Around 3:30 p.m. the 765 returned south and lighting was good until it turned back east again (shooting into the sun). I managed to get some good pictures all the same and here are a few.
Article and Photographs by Todd Dillon
Tags: Indiana Rail Experience, Little River Railroad, Nickel Plate 765, Nickel Plate Road 765, Nickel Plate Road No. 765, NKP 765, Steam excursion trains, steam locomotives, Todd Dillon photography
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