I am a big railroad fan, prototype and modeling.
I have been a fan of the Nickel Plate Road since the 1980s . Although I did not grow up in that part of the country, (I am a Kansas bred guy), I got interested in the NKP and now belong to the Historical society. Nickel Plate Road Historical and Technical Society.
The Nickel Plate Road was an eastern road that covered Ilinois, Indiana, Ohio,New York. It was in existence for 83 years until in 1964 when it was merged with Nortfolk & Western Railroad. The N&W quickly got rid of all NKP paint schemes and lettering and soon the NKP was history. The historical society was formed shortly after to help preserve one of the great roads in America.
As far as modeling goes, I have been playing with trains since I can remember. Like most kids I had the traditional Lionel train set when I was young. My dad build my older brother and myself a layout on a 4x8 plywood. We played trains all the time. And like most kids, I got away from the train set as I found music and girls! Later in life, after getting married to a great gal, I got back into trains in HO scale.
Over the years I have built several layouts and ran a lot of model trains. My current layout and probably my last is a part fictional and part prototype layout. I model the NKP and my fictional railroad, the RVEX (Red Valley Express) which interlines with the Nickel Plate Road. It is located in Ohio and the era is set in the mid 1950. Most of the layout is HO scale but I also have a smaller section on the upper level that is HOn3 and is a logging operation.
Check out the link and give my layout a tour. Thanks again for visiting and hope you come back soon.
