I think it was.
I'm amazed that this new Railroad.net has been up and running for two weeks, and that there are no posts on the NKP. So, I guess I'll start the ball rollng here.
The first railroad book I ever bought for for myself (as opposed to receiving things like "Trains Around the World" from an aunt for a birthday present, you all know that type book-), was John Rehor's NKP book. That was over thrity years ago. I was impressed then, but it wasn't until I bought a few more books at a train show two years ago (and many more books since) that the NKP bug really hit.
Pacifics, Hudsons and PA-1s on a reasonably modest sized passenger service. Mikes, Berkshires, Geeps and Alco road switchers on freights. The yards, passenger service, and then freight service dieselized in an almost textbook manner. Classic wooden cabooses that lasted eighty years. And the railroad made money, which is why N&W gobbled it up. Does it get any better than this?
I'm very surprised that no one so far has anything to say about the Nickel Plate. It was an outfit that seemed to have been operated with a lot of class; I'm sure I'm not the NKP's only fan here online.
I'm amazed that this new Railroad.net has been up and running for two weeks, and that there are no posts on the NKP. So, I guess I'll start the ball rollng here.
The first railroad book I ever bought for for myself (as opposed to receiving things like "Trains Around the World" from an aunt for a birthday present, you all know that type book-), was John Rehor's NKP book. That was over thrity years ago. I was impressed then, but it wasn't until I bought a few more books at a train show two years ago (and many more books since) that the NKP bug really hit.
Pacifics, Hudsons and PA-1s on a reasonably modest sized passenger service. Mikes, Berkshires, Geeps and Alco road switchers on freights. The yards, passenger service, and then freight service dieselized in an almost textbook manner. Classic wooden cabooses that lasted eighty years. And the railroad made money, which is why N&W gobbled it up. Does it get any better than this?
I'm very surprised that no one so far has anything to say about the Nickel Plate. It was an outfit that seemed to have been operated with a lot of class; I'm sure I'm not the NKP's only fan here online.