Modern Nickel Plate Road

dak94dav
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Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 27, 2016 20:47:09 GMT -5 via mobile icghogger likes this

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If you squint your eyes, cock your head to one side, and use a little imagination....you can see the Nickel Plate Road still living up to that "High Speed Freight Service" reputation into the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, and beyond:

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Last Edit: Dec 27, 2016 20:50:00 GMT -5 by dak94dav

m a y o r 79 Moderator Milwaukee Road Fan! Posts: 2,244	Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 27, 2016 22:23:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by m a y o r 79 on Dec 27, 2016 22:23:19 GMT -5 Interesting railroad. Something about yellow and black locos that just looks sharp.
	-Mike Modeling the Milwaukee Road's Beer Line in the mid 1960s

dak94dav Road Foreman Posts: 89	Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 27, 2016 22:57:05 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dak94dav on Dec 27, 2016 22:57:05 GMT -5 I agree. It's a clean look, but still catches the eye.

flyingsaucer Probationary Member Posts: 9	Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 28, 2016 8:57:51 GMT -5 via mobile dak94dav likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flyingsaucer on Dec 28, 2016 8:57:51 GMT -5 Works good for me. I like it enough to waste a missed doctors appointment finding out more!
	Red and white. Blue suede shoes.

AJ Kleipass Superintendent I'm a few trains shy of being featured on a special episode of Hoarders! Posts: 160	Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 30, 2016 3:03:23 GMT -5 flyingsaucer likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AJ Kleipass on Dec 30, 2016 3:03:23 GMT -5 Who needs to squint? www.railpictures.net/photo/599249/
	~AJ Kleipass Building the Bonne Terre Railway in N-scale. Modeling various things in N, HO, and 2-rail O scales trains.rockycrater.org

dak94dav Road Foreman Posts: 89	Modern Nickel Plate Road Dec 31, 2016 0:46:44 GMT -5 via mobile flyingsaucer likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dak94dav on Dec 31, 2016 0:46:44 GMT -5 Haha very true! The NKP unit is one of my favorites

ibflattop Probationary Member Posts: 2	Modern Nickel Plate Road May 8, 2020 15:59:22 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ibflattop on May 8, 2020 15:59:22 GMT -5 Oh yes now I see the Old NKP flying high into the future. Love the NKP. Cause I live in a NKP division point town and I also ran on the Chicago District. KRB I love the NKP....

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