History of the Nickel Plate Road | Vintage Promotional Film Series

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  • The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as The Nickel Plate Road, was known for its "High Speed Service" and was the last major railroad to reach Fort Wayne, connecting it to Chicago and countless small towns along the way. Built largely on top of the Wabash & Erie Canal, Fort Wayne was a major terminal and a city which the railroad served with "quiet pride." Its railroad elevation project also dramatically changed the landscape of city development and later merged with the Wabash and Norfolk & Western Railway in 1964. Today, the Nickel Plate's former line is owned and operated by Norfolk Southern. The Nickel Plate Story, a vintage promotional film produced by the company, showcases the railroad at its height in the post-war era.
    As the film states, "From Buffalo to Chicago, from Cleveland to St. Louis and Peoria, and such cities as Ashtabula, Erie, Massillon, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Zanesville, Kokomo, place names that spell America. As dyed in the wool Yankee as corn on the cob. the world cities and the hoe-down square dance on Saturday Night...Today the Nickel Plate Road is inseparably a part of the territory it serves, integrated into the pattern of its industry, its agriculture, its way of life."
    #NickelPlateRoad #NKP #Vintage
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  • @fortwaynerailroad
    @fortwaynerailroad  4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The Nickel Plate Road lives on in our steam locomotive no. 765! Subscribe and follow us as we share more videos on our regional railroad history.

    • @WalterKiefer
      @WalterKiefer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the locomotive you guys loan out to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for their "Steam in the Valley" rides?

  • @danielboone3770
    @danielboone3770 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Nickel Plate Road is lovable! The Berkshires are a true sight to behold.

  • @mitchdakelman4470
    @mitchdakelman4470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    a fine film

  • @scottsmith4612
    @scottsmith4612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a great film!

  • @JamesKain
    @JamesKain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow, this type of video takes me back, and they were old when I was a kid.

  • @WalterKiefer
    @WalterKiefer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I grew up in Rocky River, OH, a stone's throw from the NKP tracks. Thanks for this documentary, I love the corny yet upbeat "Ozzie & Harriet" 1950's tone of these old films!

  • @6777Productions
    @6777Productions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very comprehensive, loved it!

  • @TheTrainMasster
    @TheTrainMasster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Back when times were slower and simpler.

  • @PABackyardRevivals
    @PABackyardRevivals 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love it it's a good video and explained the history of the nkp.
    Also your historical society is one of the best and take good care of the 765 I think it's greatest mainline steam locomotive and greatest Berk on the nickel plate.

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mighty fine but it could never last.

  • @GoodbyeKamala2024
    @GoodbyeKamala2024 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great railroad that got swallowed up by supposed progress. Love these nostalgic videos, miss the NPR.

    • @daniko4447
      @daniko4447 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's NKP, not NPR

  • @richardlee1092
    @richardlee1092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I love NKP!

  • @JOEMAMA_534
    @JOEMAMA_534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:35 is the frosty the snowman whistle

  • @redbarnz
    @redbarnz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    About 4 minutes in, "In convenient service...." My ear hears "Inconvenient service..."

  • @garykerr4012
    @garykerr4012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The map has Kokomo in the wrong place in Indiana

  • @SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702
    @SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:35 that sounds like ATSF 6 Chime

    • @T128Productions
      @T128Productions ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But why dub it on a NKP locomotive? I know it’s a very old film, but that doesn’t make any sense.

    • @daniko4447
      @daniko4447 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@T128ProductionsMany of the videos didn't have audio or it was recorded and put together, they put other audios to it so it won't just be silent

  • @pvthach
    @pvthach 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:35 cookie monster,s train whistle taken to the seasame street

  • @ryanrainey1254
    @ryanrainey1254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I own this video!

  • @blairterry9435
    @blairterry9435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Quick question is the NKP's mainline to Buffalo still in use? I know it's NS only way into New York State while CSX has the New York Central's Water Level Route to Buffalo as well.

  • @ednorton47
    @ednorton47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Except for foodstuffs and bulk commodities, most all that stuff is manufactured in China or other Pacific locations..

  • @gleanerk
    @gleanerk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The AMERICA I love and enjoy living in 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ! FATHER GOD forgive us and make US strong again! In the NAME of the MOST HIGH SON of GOD ,amen.

  • @estebangonzalez7197
    @estebangonzalez7197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First!

    • @estebangonzalez7197
      @estebangonzalez7197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Max'z Rails, Retro & More well you had the time to write a comment so clearly somone does

    • @aidanmorris1414
      @aidanmorris1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@estebangonzalez7197nobody cares new

  • @tobygoodguy4032
    @tobygoodguy4032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think the country ran better on coal.