Nickel Plate Road Class H-6o

The Nickel Plate Road Class H-6o was a class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives that were built for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and were given to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Or better known as the "Nickel Plate Road") when New York Central had sold the Lake Erie and Western Railroad to them, they were built as original examples of the USRA Light Mikados.
==History==
During the days of steam, the Lake Erie and Western Railroad needed a new class of steam locomotive that could haul freight trains at fast speeds, in response to this, the Baldwin Locomotive Works, who was insisting on designing a locomotive class for the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) had went back to the drawing board to refine the design. Enter the H-6o. A total of 15 of these locomotives were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and were numbered 5540–5554. When the Lake Erie and Western Railroad was sold by New York Central to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Nickel Plate Road), the locomotives were renumbered to 586–600.
Withdrawal of the Class occurred and the last engine was out of service in favor of diesels, but one of them, Nickel Plate Road No. 587 (formerly LE&W No. 5541) had survived into the preservation era.
==Stock list==
Image 	NKP No.	LE&W No.	Build date	Manufacturer 	Operators	Retirement date(s)	Status
Frameless	586 	5540 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
 	587 	5541 	1918 (First built)
1983–1988 (Rebuilt)	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road
Norfolk Southern Railway
Indiana Transportation Museum	March 1955 	Stored, awaiting restoration
Frameless	588 	5542 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	589 	5543 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
 	590 	5544 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	February 1944 	Scrapped
Frameless	591 	5545 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	592 	5546 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	593 	5547 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	594 	5548 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	595 	5549 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	596 	5550 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
 	597 	5551 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	598 	5552 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
 	599 	5553 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
Frameless	600 	5554 	1918 	Baldwin Locomotive Works	Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Nickel Plate Road	 	Scrapped
==Gallery==
*Gallery
Category:Sole survivor
Category:Nickel Plate Road locomotives
Category:2-8-2 steam locomotives
Category:2-8-2 locomotives
Category:Baldwin locomotives
Category:American steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:USRA locomotives
Category:United States
Category:United States Railroad Administration
Category:Built in 1918
Category:Locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:USRA Light Mikado
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States