Off 1st Ave., Beech Grove, Indiana. County/parish: Marion.
Removed from the National Register of Historic Places June 24, 2025. NRIS 84000313.
1 contributing structure.
Nickel Plate Road 587 is a preserved H-6o class 2-8-2 "USRA Light Mikado" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Lake Erie and Western Railroad as its No. 5541. In 1923, the LE&W was merged into the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly referred to as the "Nickel Plate Road", and allocated 587 as its new number in 1924.
Following a lengthy service career with the LE&W and the Nickel Plate, the locomotive was retired to Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis, Indiana in the mid 1950s. In the 1980s, no. 587 was restored to operating condition and went on to operate public excursions for 11 years.
From 2003 to 2018, the locomotive was being restored by the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, Indiana. However in 2018, the museum was being moved to Logansport, Indiana, forcing No. 587 to be stored in Ravenna, Kentucky by the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. Since its arrival in Kentucky, NKP 587 has been sold by the Indiana Transportation Museum to a private owner. There are plans to continue the locomotive restoration, but if and when that will happen is unknown. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, but was delisted on November 15, 2021. In 2025, the locomotive was to be auctioned off due to unpaid storage fees, however the auction was withdrawn in favor of a settlement agreement with the locomotives former owner.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003998