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}} Nickel Plate Road 587 is a USRA Light 2–8–2 steam locomotive built in September 1918 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Indiana Transportation Museum ) 〕 for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its number 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merged into the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, ("Nickel Plate Road"), and allocated 587 as its new number in 1924. the locomotive is being restored by the Indiana Transportation Museum. NKP No. 587 is generally referred to as a Baldwin locomotive. However, its supporting truck and cylinders are actually from another Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) engine when the original cylinders failed. 587 is the best remaining representation of the Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive style originally designed and built as part of the World War I rearmament program. ==History== NKP 587 was originally built for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and originally numbered 5541. When LE&W was bought by Nickel Plate Road in 1922 the NKP spent the next 2 years consolidating and standardizing the locomotive number system. In 1924, LE&W 5541 was renumbered as NKP 587. NKP 587 served on the NKP railroad for 37 years on the route from Indianapolis to Michigan city. The locomotive remained relatively unchanged from its original design and operated until March 1955 when it was retired. In September 1955, NKP 587 was donated to the city of Indianapolis and put on display in Broad Ripple Park, Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to being put on display, the locomotive's original tender was switched with another NKP steam engine #639, because the tender on 639 was in need of repair and 587's original tender was in good mechanical condition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lake Erie and Western steam locomotives )〕 587 was originally equipped with the 16-ton, 10,000 gallon tender used behind USRA 2-8-2s, but in the 1930s, it received a larger 16RA tender used on many NKP engines. This tender carried 19 tons of coal and 16,500 gallons of water. It is identifiable by having a six-wheel truck under the coal bunker and a four-wheel truck under the water cistern. In 1934, Lima Locomotive Works delivered 25 22RA tenders to the NKP for Mikados. These tenders were nearly identical to those behind the Berkshires (2-8-4) built by Lima. In 1955, 2-8-2 #639 was shopped with a 22RA tender on which the stoker was inoperable, and the railroad switched tenders to keep the #639 running. Number 587 was displayed in Indianapolis's Broad Ripple Park with the larger 22RA tender in 1955. Number 639 was retired in 1957 and displayed in Bloomington, IL, with 587's 16RA tender. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nickel Plate 587」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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