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Nickel Plate Road No. 765
Steam in the Valley
June 13, 2026
06/10/2026
The shot everyone wanted, Union Pacific Railroad Big Boy No. 4014 running on the old Nickel Plate Road’s mainline with downtown Cleveland’s distinctive skyline.
Moments like this make everything else seem trivial by comparison.
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Listening to that beautiful whistle is not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
Nickel Plate Road No. 765 Steam in the Valley photo run by on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
June 7, 2026
06/07/2026
Big Boy in Bellevue
The largest operational steam locomotive in the world entered the city once dominated by the Nickel Plate Road’s celebrated 2-8-4 Berkshires.
Union Pacific Railroad No. 4014 is not a locomotive to be ignored. The Mad River & Nickel Plate Railroad’s Museum’s Kemper Rail Park was sight to be seen. Maybe not as frenzied a crowd as what was reported in nearby Fostoria but trainspotters from near and far arrived in droves.
Honestly it was not as bad as I thought it would be on my first real chase of the Big Boy. Bellevue was the second of two planned for two spots, the first was in the Leipsic area and purposely avoided the high traffic areas.
Now to rest, maybe tomorrow catch a ride with my favorite operational steam locomotive, and then it’s Bellevue to Conneaut on Monday.
June 6, 2026
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