12-15-2008, 11:43 AM
My beloved Nickel Plate hudson with elephant ears. This locomotive needs some work: new lead weights, repowered, and painted...but she is my favorite.
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The Nickel Plate had 8 of these. The first four, the L-1a class, were built by ALCO Brooks...they were nearly the first hudsons...and they were the first production hudsons (the first NYC hudson was a prototype). The first of these, the 170, is sitting in St. Louis and was the only one to receive an ugly Mars light. This model is of the L-1bs, the lima built locomotives. My username, nkp_174, is derived from the first of these. This locomotive will become NKP 176...as my dad has the builders plate off of the 176. This is the only one of mine to currently have illuminated number boards and elephant ears. (btw, Deano and other western modelers...only the NKP's Mars lights were ugly...they look quite nice on western power!)
The Nickel Plate had 8 of these. The first four, the L-1a class, were built by ALCO Brooks...they were nearly the first hudsons...and they were the first production hudsons (the first NYC hudson was a prototype). The first of these, the 170, is sitting in St. Louis and was the only one to receive an ugly Mars light. This model is of the L-1bs, the lima built locomotives. My username, nkp_174, is derived from the first of these. This locomotive will become NKP 176...as my dad has the builders plate off of the 176. This is the only one of mine to currently have illuminated number boards and elephant ears. (btw, Deano and other western modelers...only the NKP's Mars lights were ugly...they look quite nice on western power!)
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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