Nickel Plate No. 765 set for return to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

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Nickel Plate No. 765 set for return to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

By Trains Staff | January 14, 2025

Tickets on sale in February for excursions in April, May; details to be announced

Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 serves as the backdrop to the Veterans Memorial Monument’s rededication ceremony in South Milford, Ind., on Aug. 19, 2023. The locomotive will return to Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for excursions in April and May. Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society

PENINSULA, Ohio — Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 will return to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for six days in April and May as part of the “Steam in the Valley” series of excursions, the heritage railway has announced.

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s 1944 Lima locomotive is set for excursions on April 25, 26, 27 and May 2, 3, 4. Complete details are still to come. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad members will get early access to tickets on Feb. 3 at 9 a.m.; tickets will go on sale to the public on Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. Those interested in becoming members can do so here. For more information as it becomes available, watch the railroad’s website.

Locomotive details:

Nickel Plate Road 765, 2-8-4 (Lima 8673 / 1944), NKP class S-2

Pere Marquette 1225, 2-8-4 (Lima 7839 / 1941), PM class N1

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