The Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum has amassed one of the largest and most diverse collections of historic railroad equipment in Ohio.

Full collection catalog in progress.

Locomotives

Nickel Plate Road 757

Type: S2 Class 2-8-4 Berkshire-type Steam Locomotive
Builder: Lima Locomotive Works
Built: 1944
Acquired: February, 2019

FSX 353 - US Air Force/France Stone Co

Type: Diesel Electric 45-Tonner
Builder: GE (General Electric)
Built: 1942
Acquired: 2004

Note: Painted US Air Force on one side and France Stone Co. opposite.

Wabash Railroad 671

Type: Diesel Electric F-7A
Builder: GMD (General Motors Diesel)
Built: 1951
Acquired: December, 1981

NKP 349 | N&W 2349

Type: Diesel Electric EMD SD-9
Builder: GMD (General Motors Diesel)
Built: 1957
Acquired: September, 2010

Cleveland Electric & Illuminating Co. 7

Type: Fireless Steam
Builder: H.K. Porter
Built: 1943
Type: 0-6-0
Acquired: July, 1977

Milwaukee Road 740

Type: Diesel Electric
Builder: Fairbanks Morse
Built: 1952
Type: H-12-44
Acquired: December, 1982

Nickel Plate Road 329

Type: Diesel Electric RSD-12
Builder: ALCO (American Locomotive Company)
Built: 1957
Acquired: January, 1983

Nickel Plate Road 900

Type: Diesel Electric EMD GP-30
Builder: GMD (General Motors Diesel)
Built: 1962
Acquired: December, 1990

Kaiser Aluminum Co.

Type: Diesel Mechanical JCD-18
Builder: Plymouth
Built: 1943
Acquired: October, 1989

Baltimore & Ohio 9096

Type: Diesel Electric Model S-4
Builder: ALCO (American Locomotive Company)
Built: 1956
Acquired: July, 1997

Sandusky (Replica)
Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad

Type: Steam Locomotive Replica
Builder: Pangborn Models (For the B&O Railroad)
Built: 1892
Acquired: 1992

Pennsylvania RR/Sandusky Coal Dock Corp. #2

Type: Electric Car Pusher
Builder: Atlas Car Company
Built: 1920’s
Acquired: August, 1991

Passenger Equipment

Pennsylvania Railroad 6570

Type: Railway Post Office (RPO)
Builder: PRR Altoona Car Shops
Built: 1910
Acquired: July, 1981

NKP X50041

Type: Dynamometer Car
Builder: Standard Steel Car Co.
Built: 1924
Acquired: April, 1983

Milwaukee Road 618

Type: Coach
Builder: Milwaukee Road Shops
Built: 1946
Acquired: December, 1976

Nickel Plate Road 127 (NKP 104)

Type: Diner Lounge
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1927
Acquired: 1997

Nickel Plate Road 105

Type: Coach
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1949
Acquired: April, 1977

Erie Railroad 6 - American Life

Type: Sleeper
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1941
Acquired: November, 1997

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4714 - Silver Dome

Type: Dome Coach – First dome car ever built
Builder: Budd Company
Built: 1939
Acquired: March, 1978

Amtrak 8002 (Seaboard Air Line 6102)

Type: Diner
Builder: Budd Company
Built: 1939
Acquired: October, 1981

Louisville & Nashville Railroad 1484

Type: Baggage Express
Builder: Pressed Steel Car Company
Built: 1929
Acquired: March, 1978

Norfolk & Western 1375 (Wabash 354)

Type: Baggage Express
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Built: 1926
Acquired: December, 1979

Norfolk & Western 402 (N&W 1300)

Type: Safety Instruction Car (Baggage)
Builder: Pressed Steel Car Company
Built: 1913
Acquired: January, 2000

Penn Central/New York Central 7

Type: Business Car
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1927
Acquired: January, 2009

Troop Sleeper 7407 (Western Maryland 3002)

Type: Troop Sleeper
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1947
Acquired: September, 1994

TSCX 9210, 9211, 9212, 9213
 - NYC, B&O, WM, Erie Railroads

Type: Converted Troop Sleepers
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1940’s
Acquired: 2003

Freight Equipment

Nickel Plate Road Boxcar 25228

Type: 40′ Steel Boxcar
Builder: Standard Steel Car Co. (for Wheeling & Lake Erie)
Built: 1925
Acquired: 1976

URTX 31003

Type: 50′ Mechanical Refrigerator Car
Builder: GATX
Built: 1945
Acquired: 1976

Tank Car

Type: Riveted Tank Car
Builder: Unknown
Built: 1912
Acquired: 1974

Milwaukee Road URTX 37351

Type: Refrigerator Car
Builder: GATX
Built: 1947
Acquired: 1976

Norfolk & Western 401 (Wabash 55999)

Type: High Cube Boxcar
Builder: American Car & Foundry
Built: 1963
Acquired: 2000

France Stone Quarries (FSX) 103

Type: Dump Car
Builder: Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing
Built: 1910
Acquired: 1976

Nickel Plate Road 6769

Type: Boxcar
Builder: Pullman Standard
Built: 1948
Acquired: 1998

Cabooses

Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 0911

Type: Wooden Cupola
Builder: W&LE Ironville Shops
Built: 1937
Acquired: April, 1973

Nickel Plate Road 1047

Type: 1000 Series Wooden Cupola
Builder: Lafayette Car Works
Built: 1882
Acquired: July, 1985

Nickel Plate Road 700 (W&LE 0200)

Type: Steel Cupola
Builder: W&LE Ironville Shops
Built: 1949
Acquired: June, 1978 (Privately owned)

Nickel Plate Road 783

Type: Steel Cupola
Builder: NKP Ironville Shops
Built: 1954
Acquired: 2015

New York Central 20480

Type: Bay Window
Builder: St. Louis Car Company
Built: 1952
Acquired: 2023

Norfolk & Western 557981 (Illinois Terminal 981)

Type: Bay Window
Builder: St. Louis Car Company
Built: 1952
Acquired: 2015

Norfolk & Western Railway 518397

Type: Steel Cupola
Builder: N&W Roanoke Shops
Built: 1927
Acquired: January, 1978

Baltimore & Ohio 2424

Type: Wagon Top Bay Window
Builder: B&O Keyser, WV Shops
Built: 1941
Acquired: April, 1983

Nickel Plate Road 423

Type: Bay Window
Builder: NKP Ironville Shops
Built: 1955
Acquired: July, 1988

Structures

Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Curtice, OH Depot

Type: Train Depot
Builder: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Built: 1882
Acquired: June, 1975

Elevated Crossing Watchman's Tower

Type: Watchman’s Tower
Builder: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Built: Unknown
Acquired: 1978

New York Central Freight House

Type: Freight Station
Builder: New York Central
Built: Unknown
Acquired: 1984

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (NYC) Section House

Type: Section House/Hand Car Storage Shed
Builder: Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Built: Unknown
Acquired: 1979

Other Equipment

Blue Nickel Plate Road Piggyback Trailer

Type: Piggyback Trailer
Builder: Fruehauf
Built: 1960’s
Acquired: 1980

Silver Nickel Plate Road Piggyback Trailer

Type: Piggyback Trailer
Builder: Fruehauf
Built: 1960’s
Acquired: 1980

New York Central X665

Type: Snow Plow
Builder: Russel Snow Plow Company
Built: 1944
Acquired: November, 1991

Lake Shore Electric 46

Type: Interurban Freight Motor
Builder: Niles Car & Manufactring Co.
Built: 1905
Acquired: October, 1989 – Currently in storage.

Nickel Plate Road X100

Type: Inspection Rail Bus
Builder: Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company
Built: 1954
Acquired: March, 1983 – Under Restoration

Railway Express Agency Mack Truck

Type: Mack Trucks model EFU
Builder: Mack Trucks
Built: 1946
Acquired: May, 1986

Norfolk & Western Railway Crane 514900 & Southern Railroad Idler Car

Type: 200 Ton Derrick Crane
Builder: Industrial Works
Built: 1923
Acquired: 1995 – Operational