NKP 757 move

the Alco kid · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:02 am

So here's the question is this move being restricted to 25 mph by NS and has anyone heard from the crew how 757 is holding up so far on her short jaunt on Main Line rail in at least a couple decades.
Also congrats on finally starting the trip home.

Kelly Anderson · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:36 am

Well done Mad River & friends.

Also congratulations to NS for showing common sense in allowing plain bearing equipment to roll on their lines!

dbrandal · **Joined:** Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:17 am **Posts:** 4

757 is running well! On several stops it was found all bearings are showing ambient temperature and it seems to travel somewhat quietly for 400 tons.

Dave Lewandoski · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:58 pm **Posts:** 1061

all the good prep work by Rick Rowlands and crew

S. Weaver · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:21 pm

dbrandal wrote:

757 is running well! On several stops it was found all bearings are showing ambient temperature and it seems to travel somewhat quietly for 400 tons.

Excellent work, men! We remember your labors to get them all right.

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:22 pm

Kelly Anderson wrote:

Also congratulations to NS for showing common sense in allowing plain bearing equipment to roll on their lines!

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH................

(maybe they don't know about that yet.......)

the Alco kid · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:27 am

dbrandal wrote:

757 is running well! On several stops it was found all bearings are showing ambient temperature and it seems to travel somewhat quietly for 400 tons.

Thanks! Hope you guys have a good trip. Hopefully NS sends it down the fort Wayne line.

LeoA · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:30 am **Posts:** 290

Not a surprise that she's rolling well. The #755-769 were the favorites of Nickel Plate crews and part of that was because of the roller bearings on their drivers.

Is her tender one of the ones that got roller bearing trucks installed from retired Wheeling 2-8-4's? If so, that and the roller bearings on her drivers I'm sure contributed to convincing NS to allow this.

dbrandal · **Joined:** Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:17 am **Posts:** 4

No, original tender trucks featuring plain bearings. All cleaned, polished and repacked before shipping.

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:58 am

Rick Rowlands and crew, we all salute you. RMPA, you get a healthy nod as well.

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6404

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

Kelly Anderson wrote:

Also congratulations to NS for showing common sense in allowing plain bearing equipment to roll on their lines!

SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH................

(maybe they don't know about that yet.......)

SSHHH is right. After C&O Kanawha 2789 was moved in 1988 on its own wheels from Peru, Indiana to North Judson over CSX and Conrail lines, the museum received a letter from Conrail advising that they could not move the 2-8-4 that way!

Scranton Yard · **Joined:** Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:08 am **Posts:** 706

Kelly Anderson wrote:

Well done Mad River & friends.

Also congratulations to NS for showing common sense in allowing plain bearing equipment to roll on their lines!

Yes, this is fantastic preservation work by the RRMPA and MR&NKP. MR&NKP assembled a great team that well represents professional rail preservation. It is possible that it was not plain bearing technology in of itself that was often the issue, but rather that this well-understood design requires proper maintenance and, in the case of a locomotive that has been stored stationary outside, proper refurbishing (cleaning, polishing, and repacking). Maybe it is not "common sense" that is in play here but rather greater faith in the people vouching for the roadworthiness of the equipment.

Rick Rowlands · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:04 pm

I should not get top billing! Our crew consists of Dwayne Fuehring, and Chris Beamer from Mad River, Dan Pluta and Zach Hall (who are riding the caboose) and Nick Hovey and myself. Really the credit goes to Dan and Zach who made sure the 757 is running well.

She just passed behind my house in Coalburg, heading northbound on the Youngstown Line. We did not have any real problems aside from a couple of journal pads that would move around and need to be repositioned.

Dave Lewandoski · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:58 pm **Posts:** 1061

the two posts on this page thanking you say Rick and crew.....I know I myself didn't not intend to leave any of the other guys names out that helped...but your's is the one name I know. Most people know that there is more than one person doing work like this.To each and everyone who helped this happened, THANK YOU ALL!

Chris Webster · **Joined:** Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:45 am **Posts:** 1010

A clip on youtube of the move crossing Locust Street in York Haven, Pennsylvania:
Norfolk Southern H27 with Nickel Plate Road 757 - 2/11/19

NKP 757 move

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