Nickel Plate Road class S-2 “Berkshire”-type steam locomotive. Gift 12/1966 of Norfolk & Western Railroad. This was the first locomotive donated to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA and can be found in the outdoor train yard, where trains await restoration. The locomotive weights 440,800 pounds and was built in 1944. Only five of the original thirty S-2 series that were built still survive, the rest were sold for scrap.
For more information on the museum, visit their web site at www.rrmuseumpa.org.
For more information on the nickel plate road class S-2 “Berkshire” Locomotives, visit this page
Processed from five bracketed frames using Photomatix Pro to create an HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo.
