Fan of the Bluebirds Wrote:
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> Jimmy420 Wrote:
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> > Nice pics NKP 190 would of looked awesome in
> the
> > Warbonnet scheme. One can only wish that a
> single
> > ATSF PA SURVIVED. Amazing such an obscure
> railroad
> > like the Nickel Plate would have the only
> > surviving ALCO PA.
>
> Obscure railroads include the Fernwood, Columbia &
> Gulf in Mississippi, the Tulsa-Sapulpa Union
> Railway in Oklahoma, the Aroostook Valley in
> Maine, the Napierville Junction Railway in New
> York and Quebec, the Canton Railroad Co. in
> Baltimore, the Pittsburg & Shawmut in Western
> Pennsylvania, the Brillion & Forest Junction in
> Wisconsin, the Copper Range in Michigan's Upper
> Peninsula and the Walla Walla Valley Railway in
> Washington State.
>
> Unless one takes zero interest in railroads east
> of the Mississippi River, the Nickel Plate cannot
> be considered "such an obscure railroad." The
> Nickel Plate was known for fast freights and being
> the major Midwestern link in the Alphabet Route
> connecting Chicago with East Coast destinations.
> It was one of the last railroads to run steam on
> its mainlines. Indeed, it's fleet of Berkshires
> became legendary among 1950s railfans.
>
> For anyone paying attention, the Nickel Plate
> legacy has continued after it was absorbed into
> the Norfolk & Western through steam locomotives
> such as 587, 759 and 765. The latter continues to
> delight fans and the general public on employee
> and public excursions on Norfolk Southern's lines.
> Another Berkshire, 763, is undergoing
> restoration.
>
> While I like the Santa Fe, I think it's wonderful
> that Doyle McCormack painted a PA into one of the
> most appealing schemes to grace a PA. I hope
> someday to see this PA roll on the former Nickel
> Plate somewhere between Chicago and Buffalo.


The NKP was the first railroad to have an historical society.