NKP Magazine
Past Issues
By holding CTRL+F on most Windows computers (or COMMAND+F on a Mac), you can search the past issues of the NKPHTS's Nickel Plate Road Magazine on this page for topics of your choosing. Some of these back issues are available for purchase in the NKPHTS Company Store; these are noted with links under the "Buy" column at right.Date | Vol. | No. | Features | Buy |
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Winter 2019 | LIII | 1 | - The Cleveland Belt & Terminal Railroad, by William J. Powers - The 2018 NKPHTS National Convention, Indianapolis - NKP News & Preservation - Car 831 | |
Fall 2018 | LII | 4 | - Bookend Predecessors of the Nickel Plate Road in Cleveland - Part 2: The Lake View & Collamer Railroad - September 8, 1968: NKP 759 Comes out of Retirement - My 12 Years Working on the Nickel Plate Railroad - Car 831 | |
Summer 2018 | LII | 3 | - The Shore Line's Ballast - Bookend Predecessors of the Nickel Plate Road in Cleveland - Part 1: The Rocky River Railroad - Nickel Plate Photos - The Nickel Plate's 6000s - Car 831 | |
Spring 2018 | LII | 2 | - The Zanesville Belt & Terminal - Part 2 - Nickel Plate Photos - Car 831 | |
Winter 2018 | LII | 1 | - A Poem About Dunkirk - The Zanesville Belt & Terminal - The 2017 NKPHTS Convention in Cleveland - Car 831 | click here |
Fall 2017 | LI | 4 | - Food Terminals of the Nickel Plate Road - Car 831 | click here |
Summer 2017 | LI | 3 | - Along the Clover Leaf: Ramsey, Illinois, Milepost 378.6 - Nickel Plate Road in the "Erie Triangle" Revisited - Featurette: Nickel Plate Steam Returns to Chicago's La Salle Street Station - Car 831 | click here |
Spring 2017 | LI | 2 | - Along the Cloverleaf, Milepost 388: Fillmore, Illinois - Appliance Variations on the Nickel Plate Berkshires - The Depot at Madison, Ohio - Car 831 | click here |
Winter 2017 | LI | 1 | - Railroad in the Air, Part 2 - Detroit & Toledo Shore Line's Lang Yard, Toledo, Ohio - Nickel Plate Photos: Remembering Bellevue, Ohio - The 2016 50th Anniversary Convention, Bellevue, Ohio - Car 831 | click here |
Fall 2016 | L | 4 | - Mail by Rail: RPO Service on the Nickel Plate Road, Part 2 - A 50th Anniversary Retrospect - Railroad in the Air - Car 831 | click here |
Summer 2016 | L | 3 | - Mail by Rail: RPO Service on the Nickel Plate Road, Part 1 | click here |
Spring 2016 | L | 2 | - The Photography of Willis A. McCaleb - CTC Rules on the NKP - Cleveland Division Head On Collisions | click here |
Winter 2016 | L | 1 | - A Day at Farmdale, Illinois - The Clover Leaf Steamboat Line - Winter Mystique - 2015 NKPHTS Convention, Buffalo, New York | click here |
Fall 2015 | XLVIX | 4 | - Nickel Plate in the "Erie Triangle" | |
Summer 2015 | XLVIX | 3 | - Tourist Excursions on the Nickel Plate - Hidden Treasures from Buffalo | click here |
Spring 2015 | XLVIX | 2 | - A Tribute to Howard Ameling - Hammond's Osborn Yard - Where Berkshires Went to Die | click here |
Winter 2015 | XLVIX | 1 | - The Nickel Plate Road Book of Operating Rules Part 4: Interlocking Rules - Run Aground in a Heavy Fog - Nickel Plate Photos: A Tribute to Sandy Goodrick Jr. - The 2014 NKPHTS Convention: Canton, Ohio | click here |
Fall 2014 | XLVIII | 4 | A retrospect of the 1974 10th anniversary commemorative edition of the Nickel Plate Road Magazine: - Introduction and Foreward - The Prelude - The Participants - The Result - The Future | click here |
Summer 2014 | XLVIII | 3 | - Locomotive Servicing Facilities on the Nickel Plate Rood (staff report) - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2014 | XLVIII | 2 | - Nickel Plate Block Systems, by Joseph B. Immler with Howard Spokane - Kokomo, Ind., by Donald Daily - Second Hand Rose, by William J. Powers - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | click here |
Winter 2014 | XLVIII | 1 | - Wood Boxcars of the Nickel Plate, by Raymond Breyer - Photographers of the NKP: Donald J. Krofta, by James M. Semon - Nickel Plate Photos - 2013 Convention Report, by John Slater - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2013 | XLVII | 4 | - Fish Tales, by William J. Powers - End of the Track, by Charles H. Geletzke, Jr. - Rider Caboose on the W&LE District, by John E. Beach - NKP Rider Car Disposition - June 1960, by Ray Breyer - Nickel Plate Photos - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | click here |
Summer 2013 | XLVII | 3 | - The Delray Connection, by Charles A. Gelletzke - The Nickel Plate Book of Operation Rules: Rules for Movement by Train Orders, by Joseph B. Immler with Howard Spokane - Nickel Plate Rider Cars, by William J. Powers - Nickel Plate Photos: A Tribute to Philip T. Horning, by James M. Semon - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Spring 2013 | XLVII | 2 | - The Canton Car Company, compiled by John T. Slater - Helpers and Pullers on the Wheeling District, by John E. Beach - The Carrollton Branch on the Wheeling District, by John E. Beach - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Winter 2013 | XLVII | 1 | - NKPHTS 2012 Convention (staff report) - The Heart of the Iron Cross, by John T. Slater with John B. Corns - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Fall 2012 | XLVI | 4 | - McCarthy Family Business - The Story of NKP's First Passenger Engineer, by Terry McCarthy - No. 763 Moves from the Past Into the Future, by Don Flegal - Nickel Plate Photos, by NKPM staff - Signals and Their Use, by Joseph B. Immler with Howard Spokane - The Euclid Railroad, by Thomas F. Pappas - Along the Line: - - - - Doyle McCormack Honored by Oregon Rail Heritage - - - - New Life for ex-NKP Line in Indiana - - - - NKP Tower Faces Uncertain Future - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Summer 2012 | XLVI | 3 | - How NS 8100 Closed a Generation Gap, by NKPM Staff with Tim Adang - The Nickel Plate in Central Illinois; Nickel Plate's Road to Peoria, by David Jordan - Along the Line: - - - - NKPHTS at the NS Heritage Family Portraits - - - - Ex-NKP GP9 #801 to Remain in Service - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Spring 2012 | XLVI | 2 | - Edwardsville, Illinois, and Clay Traffic Along the Clover Leaf, by Jon Marx - The History of the Nickel Plate Depot at Edwardsville, Illinois, by Cindy Reinhardt - Day Train to Peoria, by Ray Breyer - Along the Line: - - - - NKPHTS Display at Buffalo Don Owens Center - - - - NKP Caboose #1155 Available for Free to Good Home - - - - NKP GP9 #532 Up For Sale? - - - - End of Line for Ex-NKP #910 - - - - Ex-NKP Caboose 738 Rediscovered in Virginia - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Winter 2012 | XLVI | 1 | - The Nickel Plate in Chicago, Part 2: The Legacy of Stony Island and Other NKP Operations in the Windy City, by John T. Slater - The 2011 NKPHTS Convention, Cincinnati (staff report) - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Fall 2011 | XLV | 4 | - The Nickel Plate in Chicago (staff report) - Calumet Yard and the Legacy of Stony Island, by John T. Slater - A Brief History of Operating Rules, by Joseph B. Immler and Howard Spokane - Along the Line: - - - - Howard W. Ameling Exhibit Opens in Monroeville - - - - NKP "City of Lima" Rides Again - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Summer 2011 | XLV | 3 | - Nickel Plate Road 1000-Series Cabooses, by Ray Breyer - A Northern on the Nickel Plate, by Kevin J. Holland - Nickel Plate Photos - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-NKP SD9 in Service on the W&W (with stripes!) - - - - Fostoria Rail Preservation Society to add ex-NKP/LE&W Caboose #107 - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | |
Spring 2011 | XLV | 2 | - Remembering the Bluebirds, by Kevin J. Holland - The Reincarnation of NKP 190 (staff report) - Tragedy at New Haven (staff report) - Along the Line: - - - - A Happy Homecoming for SD9 349 - - - - Former NKP Cabooses Scrapped - - - - North Findlay Station Razed - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Winter 2011 | XLV | 1 | - A Bellevue Homecoming (staff report) - More Tales From the Cab - John Tomhafe, Engineer, by Daniel Meckstroth - The Other "Last Fantrip" on the Nickel Plate Road, by John T. Slater - Along the Line: - - - - NKP 765 Fall Tour - - - - NKP Chicago Freighthouse - - - - Nickel Plate Diner in Frankfort - - - - NKP boxcar 15797 Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint at HVRM - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Fall 2010 | XLIV | 4 | - Depots of the Clover Leaf, by Ray Breyer - Center of the Clover Leaf Route: Delphos, Ohio, Part 2, by Don Daily - Along the Line: - - - - Exciting Weekend on the ITM Fair Train - - - - Pine Valley/Dillonvale YMCA and Depot - - - - 911 in Sign Language - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Summer 2010 | XLIV | 3 | - Center of the Clover Leaf Route: Delphos, Ohio, by Don Daily - A Weekend at the Derby, 1955, by John T. Slater - Along the Line: - - - - IMC Gets New Lease on Life - - - - Lodi, Ohio Depot Restoration Efforts - - - - Ex-NKP GP35 For Sale - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Spring 2010 | XLIV | 2 | - Tales From the Cab: NKP Engineer John Tomhafe, by Dan Meckstroth - Buffalo: The Gateway City Part Three, by John T. Slater - Collecting the Plate in Tinplate, by William C. Quick - Along the Line: - - - - Nickel Plate 910 on the block - - - - New life for an old 0-6-0 - - - - 759 enters asbestos program - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Winter 2010 | XLIV | 1 | - Behind Hudson 175, Buffalo-Cleveland, NKP's Last Steam Excursion, from the recollections of James Van Brocklin, Fred Furminger, Charles Erler, and Robert Wilson - Buffalo: The Gateway City Part Two, by John T. Slater - The 2009 NKPHTS Convention - Along the Line: - - - - Jerry Jacobson rescues WLE equipment at auction - - - - Pine Valley RR YMCA burns - - - - Ohio towns commemorate end of passenger service - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor - Interchange Point (Insert) | click here |
Fall 2009 | XLIII | 4 | - Buffalo: The Gateway City, Part 1, by John T. Slater - The Golden Spike Centennial Limited: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective (staff report) - Along the Line: - - - - NKP 765 saves the day at the Owosso Train Festival - - - - Depot at Girard, PA (re)discovered - Interchange Point (Insert) | |
Summer 2009 | XLIII | 3 | - Third Lifetime - The Ten-and-Sixes Revisited, by Peter K. Shepherd - Proper Switching, by Joseph B. Immler - A Very Close Encounter, by Don Daily - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "Vignettes of te Nickel Plate Road" - DVD review - - - - Accurail W&LE 40 ft. steel double-door automobile car - Along the Line: - - - - St. Louis Museum of Transport to "dispose" of ex-NKP caboose 1143 - - - - Restoration on the Austin Steam Train Association's "City of Chicago" progressing - - - - Northwest Indiana Railroad Preservation Society to restore NKP H6-d 624 - - - - Ex-NKP depot in Willoughby, OH - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2009 | XLIII | 2 | - A Trip to St. Louis on Train 9, by Sanford Goodrick - My First "Close Encounter " with 765, by John Schon - The Decade That Roared, by Peter K. Shepherd - A Rough Initiation - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Morning Sun Books "Wabash/Nickel Plate/DT&I Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment" - book review - - - - Athearn NKP heavy-duty flat car # 2904 - Along the Line: - - - - W&LE forces demolition of E. Canton depot - - - - Indianapolis Parks Board transfers 587 to the ITM for $1 - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2009 | XLIII | 1 | - Tragedy at Painesville, by Christopher Manthey - Dismantling the Fleet, by Peter K. Shepherd - Paint Jobs, by Joseph Immler - A Weekend on the Shore - Convention 2008, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn 70-ton 3-bay hoppers - - - - "Billboard Refrigerator Cars" by Richard Hendrickson and Edward Kaminski - book review - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-NKP RS36 865 returned to service - - - - Grande Luxe Express equipment to be auctioned - Former "City of Cleveland" among rolling stock to go - - - - W&LE wooden baggage car 0145 discovered in Pine Valley "City of Lima" update - - - - NKP 765 to perform at the Train Festival in Summer 2009. 4-window ex-LE&W caboose found in Fenton, MI - - - - Walkersville & Southern restoring a former NKP bay window caboose - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2008 | XLII | 4 | - Pullmans and Wild Birds, by Peter K. Shepherd - Forensics Investigating Revisited, by Peter K. Shepherd - The Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Wheeling Bridge & Terminal, by John B. Corns - The First Steelies, by Peter K. Shepherd - Caboose Cooking, by Joseph B. Immler - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn stock number 23357 NKP lettered forty-foot single-sheathed boxcar previously part of the Roundhouse line-up - - - - Hobbyline's Berkshire - Along the Line: - - - - Genesee & Wyoming acquires Ohio Central Railroad - - - - NS SD9 #52 converted to remote control drone - - - - Work slowly progressing on NKP 587 - - - - Ex-NKP 10-6 Pullman "City of Muncie" in service with CN - - - - 3 bridges form Grand Crossing project in Chicago still survive - - - - ELDCPS to use "City of Lima" in "The Pullman Project" - - - - Indianapolis commuter rail line - - - - Mad River & NKP Museum rededicated in honor of William Fuehring - - - - In Memoriam - Rollie Jordan - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2008 | XLII | 3 | - The Nickel Plate Will Take Its Berkshires, by Michael J. Saada - The Nickel Plate Story, by Dwight Boyer - Glory of Steam Upheld on Rails, by Talbot Harding - "Steel People" Revisited, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn NKP series 60000 refrigerator car. Accuready NKP refrigerator car - - - - Bowser ex-W&LE 78000-series 3-bay offset-side hopper - Along the Line: - - - - Update on the "City of Lima" - - - - Update on S-2 763 - - - - NKP coach 107 acquired by Austin Steam Train Association - - - - Ohio Rail Development Commission has full slate of rail projects - - - - Ontario Central RS36 418, ex-NKP 865 moved to LA&L shops - - - - Lima News reports Clover Leaf's Ft. Jennings depot purchased for museum use - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2008 | XLII | 2 | - A Sterling Remembrance - Two Memoranda, by Peter K. Shepherd - Pool Cars and Wash-outs, by Joseph B. Immler - The End of the "Great Timber Fleet" Photography, by Bob Richardson - In the Beginning, by Don Daily - Engine Stories, compiled by David Wendt - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Walthers Platinum Line International NKP Bay-window caboose - - - - Book Review - "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet -- North American Freight Car Designs from 1898 to 1947" - Along the Line: - - - - NKP Alco S2 4 donated to Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad in Freeport, IL - - - - Coach 107 recently purchased by the Austin Steam Train Association - - - - Acquisition of the EJ&E by the CN clouds future use of ex-NKP bridge in Chicago - - - - Ex-NKP Pullman "City of Findlay" repainted by the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL - - - - Mad River & NKP Museum, Bellevue, OH to be dedicated to the memory of Bill Fuehring - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2008 | XLII | 1 | - Home to Ohio, by Peter K. Shepherd - A Journey Ends - A New Life Begins, by Peter K. Shepherd - Another "Might-Have-Been," by Peter K. Shepherd - Incognito, by Peter K. Shepherd - Caboose Memories, by Joseph B. Immler - More Caboose Memories, by Joseph B. Immler - A Long Time Coming - A Little Bit of the Clover Leaf - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Two Atlas "Trainman" Series NKP Hoppers Athearn's John Deere Classics NKP flat car with pair of John Deere tractors - - - - Intermountain Railway Co. W&LE composite gondola - Along the Line: - - - - Grant to the W&LE Railroad to repair the Robertsville Tunnel near Canton - - - - Platforms, stairs,and baggage elevators at former NKP depot in Ft. Wayne remain in good shape - - - - City of Pittsburgh's innovative use of the former Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Tunnel - - - - Kitchi Gammi Club car included in recent Pennsylvania excursion - - - - Erie Metroparks adds Nickel Plate Overpass sign to Huron River Greenway - - - - Major work has begun on NKP Mikado 587 at the ITM - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2007 | XLI | 4 | - Our Dixie Lady is Coming Home, by Don Flegal - Roanoke Recognizance, by Don Flegal - On the Verge of Greatness, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "The Rattlesnake and the Ramsey - The History of the Lorain, Ashland & Southern Railroad" by William Snyder - Book Review - - - - Walthers HO-gauge Pullman-built Nickel Plate "36-seat" heavyweight diner. - Along the Line: - - - - Lima turntable scrapped - - - - Knox & Kane RS36 #70 - ex-NKP 870 scrapped - - - - NKP S-2 755 at Conneaut receiving maintenance - - - - Status of surviving ex-NKP depots at Saybrook, OH; North Kingsville, OH; and Angola, NY - - - - Status of rail removal in Kokomo, IN - - - - Leipsic "Iron Highway" Industrial Park receives grant for expansion. - - - - Progress on ELDCPS "City of Lima" - - - - Linden, IN Railroad Museum receives "diamond" at Linden - - - - Louis Dreyfus Commodities acquires NS 51, ex-NKP 343 - - - - NSSX 200258, ex-NKP gondola spotted in service in Fairlane yard - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2007 | XLI | 3 | - Reefer Madness - Down By the Riverside, by Willard A. Harvey - Hibbard Returns, by Bob Albert - Protect Your Rear! by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - NMRA Div. 7 Mid-West Region production of the W&LE 78000-series 3-bay offset-side hopper - - - - Branchline RTR NKP 50-foot steel double-door boxcar - - - - Branchline RTR NKP 5000-series 40-foot Superior-door boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Progress on NKP caboose 451 & 141 at the FWRHS - - - - W&LE historical marker on the Huron River Greenway - - - - NKP trackage removed in Kokomo, IN - - - - ITM announces a "Hoosier Heartland" excursion - - - - Indiana Northeastern RR adopts NKP colors on GP30 - - - - Rock & Roll concert in Frankfort to support roundhouse efforts - - - - Progress on ELDCPS "City of Lima" - - - - Bridge between Lerna and Trilla, IL bears faint Nickel Plate Road lettering - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2007 | XLI | 2 | - Special Duty, Special Diesels, by Peter K. Shepherd - Yesterdays -- The Bridge at Twenty Mile Creek, by John T. Slater - Railroad Depots and the Old Days, by Lois Costomiris - Lake Erie and Western's Milepost 0, by Nate Fries - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Walthers Proto 2000 Greenville 52'6" drop-end gondola. Athearn covered gondola - - - - Athearn Roundhouse 36-foot wooden boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Progress on NKP caboose 141 at the FWRHS - - - - Depot at Osnaburg (East Canton) in danger - Carrollton branch in danger of shutting down - - - - Ex-WLE wooden parlor car 016 may be for sale - - - - St. Marys depot demolished - - - - Progress on the "City of Lima" by the ELDCPS - - - - Commuter rail proposed on former NKP line between Cleveland and Lorain - - - - ITM receives $200,000 grant - - - - OCRR agrees to buy NKP Berkshire 763 from VTM - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2007 | XLI | 1 | - Another Nickel Plate Coach Found! - Reminiscences of Alexandria, by John R. Reehling - Tears in the Rain, by Don Flegal - One Day in November, by Peter K. Shepherd - A Memorable Convention - Cleveland 2006 - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Book Review - "The Van Sweringen Railroad Empire" compiled by Thomas Dixon and edited by Karen Parker - - - - Athearn HO NKP# 92289 & 92290 aluminum boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Nickel Plate trackage removed in Marion, IN - - - - NKP steel coach #97 remains at site of Cleveland East 55th St. yard - - - - Developments in the Frankfort Roundhouse project - - - - Former Clover Leaf main in Kokomo to be severed - - - - Progress on the "City of Lima" by the ELDCPS - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2006 | XL | 4 | - A Traveller Returns Home - The Flat Car Class of '34, by Peter K. Shepherd - The Gondola Car Class of '34, by Peter K. Shepherd - Fastest Freight on the Nickel Plate, by William J. Powers with Clifford C. Cook - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn 65-foot mill gondola - - - - Athearn 40-foot double door-boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Abandoned piece of Clover Leaf finds new use - - - - Diamond at the former LE&W/PRR crossing removed - - - - Report on former NKP sites in Chicago - - - - Former NKP flat car in service on N&W in Buffalo - - - - Cleveland Terminal Tower in midst of multi-year renovation - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2006 | XL | 3 | - 765 Returns photography by Kelly Lynch - The Nickel-Plated Railroad, by Willard V. Anderson - Deep in the Heart of Texas, photography by Rick Ruble - On the Wheel Report, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Accurail HO AAR 70-ton triple hopper in NKP paint - Along the Line: - - - - ITM's progress on NKP Car 1 - - - - ELDCPS's progress on the "City of Lima" - - - - Ray Breyer's report on Illinois area NKP rolling stock - - - - Angola, NY Nickel Plate depot to have new home - - - - Van Sweringens' Shaker Heights, OH mansion sold - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2006 | XL | 2 | - Other Nickel Plates - We Thought We Had Her - The Wheeling Postscript - A Strange, Sad Ending, by Peter K. Shepherd - The Final Legacy of the 1168, by Donald Flegal - It Might Have Been, by Peter K. Shepherd - Aborted Career, by Robert Wilson - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Walthers GACX Wooden Express Refrigerator Car in NKP Colors - Along the Line: - - - - NKP gondolas still in service for Nucor Steel in Decatur, AL - - - - Efforts to save the Frankfort roundhouse - - - - Former Chicago NKP overpass element of CREATE project - - - - New flashers and gates at ex-NKP crossing in New Bremen - - - - New modelling coordinator, Bud Brueggeman, named - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2006 | XL | 1 | - Better Late Than Never -Welcome to Herrick - The Wheeling's Dowry, by Peter K. Shepherd - A Brief Look at Brems, by Robert C. Albert - A Nickel Plate Summer, by Don Flegal - A Hoosier Holiday - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Book Review - "Cleveland's Towering Treasure" by James Toman & Daniel Cook - - - - Walthers Pullman-Standard 52-seat coach - Along the Line: - - - - NKP 765 under steam again - - - - FWRHS has second NKP caboose - - - - Progress on "City of Lima" restoration by ELDCPS - - - - News of caboose 471 and gondola 45622 at the HVRM - - - - A brighter future for Angola, NY NKP depot - - - - Frankfort, IN seeks help to save endangered ex-NKP roundhouse - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2005 | XXXIX | 4 | - Evelyn Edith Day - Nickel Plate Road Employee by James E. Dickinson
- Mike and Mighty Mike, by Don Flegal - Eleven Years to Go, by Peter K. Shepherd - Storehouse for a Railroad - End of a Landmark - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Book Review - "The American Railway Association Standard Box Car of 1932" by Theodore J. Culotta - - - - Walthers 6-pack of Nickel Plate USRA 50-ton hoppers in their "Gold Series" - Along the Line: - - - - Present day W&LE changes operation - - - - Present-day observations of Chicago LaSalle St. Station - - - - Former W&LE depot discovered at Ellis, OH - - - - Present-day W&LE leases branch of Ohi-Rail - - - - Restoration status of NKP Berkshire #765 - - - - STB denies reconsideration for trail use for portion of former NKP Indianapolis Division - - - - Canton "Repository" takes note of final shopping of steam locomotives in Brewster - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2005 | XXXIX | 3 | - Behind the Scenes, Under the Skin, by Peter K. Shepherd
- Second Trick Hostler at Frankfort, by Don Daily - Third Trick Hostler at Frankfort, by Don Daily -... By Any Other Name, by Peter K. Shepherd - Forensic Investigating, Railroad Style - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn's new HO NKP 70-ton and 100-ton 50' combination-door boxcar, two models of NKP 50' plug-door insulated cars - Along the Line: - - - - "Railpace" magazine reports on ex-NKP SD9's - - - - Buckingham Branch Railroad leases ex-NKP GP9 498 - - - - Euclid & South Euclid acquires right-of-way of former Euclid Railroad for bike and hike trails - - - - Kitchi Gammi club spotted in New Jersey - - - - Grants awarded to upgrade former NKP track on ex-NKP branches - - - - Craig Pressler acquires turntable from Frankfort roundhouse, roundhouse deteriorating - - - - Some Ironville locomotive facilities still remain - - - - Work continues on NKP 765 - may run by mid to late summer - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2005 | XXXIX | 2 | - The Nickel Plate in Brazil? by Robert Fiedler
- A Night to Remember, by Kenneth Keller - The Run of the "Mills," by Peter K. Shepherd - The First Trick Hostler at Frankfort, by Donald Daily - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "Follow the Flag -- A History of the Wabash Railroad" - book review - - - - Walthers 48'6" USRA-design steel gondola - Along the Line: - - - - Howard W. Ameling donates a pair of green metal classification flags to Steamtown to be used on the GP9 514 - - - - Ameren Energy Generating Co. applies to the STB to operate a 13 mile railroad on former Clover Leaf trackage - - - - Jim Semon discovers LE&W right-of-way marker in Amsden, OH and the LE&W combine in Kansas, OH - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2005 | XXXIX | 1 | -
In Just Three Years
- Putting Together a Merger, by Peter K. Shepherd - LCL Highlights, by Donald Daily - Transfer Point on the Clover Leaf for LCL and Express, by Donald Daily - Reflections - East Wayne Engine House and its Workers, by Peter P. Olevnik - Together Again at Bellevue - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn NKP 2-bay offset-side hopper 6-pack - - - - Athearn NKP 2-bay composite hopper 6-pack - - - - Accurail NKP 50-foot double-door boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-NKP GP30 #907 in use at Cycle Systems - - - - Ex-NKP Alco S4 #69 scrapped - - - - New W&LE use of yard office at Gambrinus yard - - - - W&LE to dispose of East Canton depot - - - - W&LE 3960 passes boiler test; sister 0217 undergoing cosmetics in Brewster - - - - Wandle House restaurant visitors treated to "N&W" Bluebird artwork - - - - Village of Payne installs locks on NKP caboose 411 - - - - Restoration on NKP S-2 765 makes major progress - - - - News of St. Mary's NKP depot - - - - LE&W District signals still in place - - - - Lincoln Park Railway Exhibit enclosure undergoes washing and painting - - - - NS to sell the Toledo Belt bridge to the W&LE - - - - Former W&LE Monroeville depot renovated - - - - Portions of the W&LE Huron Branch reopened for walking and bicycling - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2004 | XXXVIII | 4 | -
The Freight Fleet - the Final Roster, by Peter K. Shepherd
- The Countdown, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "Limiteds, Locals and Expresses in Indiana 1838-1971" - a book review - Along the Line: - - - - Tribute to John H. Keller in Lima's Lincoln Park - - - - Nickel Plate diner-lounge 125 located in Galveston, TX - - - - Bellevue Nickel Plate Road yard office brass lettering found - - - - W&LE historical bridge piers discovered in Pittsburgh - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2004 | XXXVIII | 3 | -
A Truly Massive Fleet, by Peter K. Shepherd
- The NKP Moves the Merchandise by Charles W. Bohi, Don Daily, and Art Lemke - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Branchline trains heavyweight passenger coaches - Along the Line: - - - - Former Nickel Plate RS11 569 scrapped - - - - Further news from John B. Corns on the W&LE 0-6-0 3960 - - - - Portion of LE&W a new hiking trail - - - - NKP flat car 2646 displayed on Koskosing Gap trail - - - - John B. Corns discovers a Wheeling caboose in Brewster - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2004 | XXXVIII | 2 | -
Shinrock, by Nathan Fries
- The Nickel Plate Road South of Muncie, by Jim Small - The Welfare Special, by George B. Stringer - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Operation CUT - The First 30 Years - a book review - - - - Accurail HO guage 40-foot wooden reefer #3364 w/ NKP/URTX colors - Along the Line: - - - - Former Nickel Plate hopper found near Cecil, OH - - - - W&LE caboose 0867 purchased by Tom Diehl - - - - W&LE caboose 0857 on metal framework overlooking the Tuscarawas River - - - - Bill Fuehring of Bellevue begins restoration of W&LE caboose 0899 - - - - Mad River & NKP Museum finishes work on W&LE caboose 0911 - - - - Ohio Central has acquired W&LE switcher 3960 - - - - Kankakee, Beaversville & Southern replaces ex-NKP RS11 #569 - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2004 | XXXVIII | 1 | -
Telescope! by Peter K. Shepherd
- A Narrow Slice of Time - Nickel Plate's First 718, by William J. Powers - NKP 384 and Car 54, Where Are You? by Don Flegal - Back to the First Subdivision - 2003 Convention - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - The American Locomotive Company - A Centennial Remembrance - a book review - - - - Railroading in Conneaut - a book review - Along the Line: - - - - Clover Leaf right-of-way has new use - - - - Another LE&W caboose found near Findlay, OH - - - - Restoration work at FWRHS and ITM - - - - NKP remembered at Fostoria's Dell's Restaurant - - - - Fostoria LE&W depot intact and in good condition - - - - Clover Leaf station in Marion, IN has found another use - - - - Auglaize River Clover Leaf bridge pier still exists - - - - Ex-W&LE wooden baggage car 0145 sits at Pine Valley - - - - W&LE steel caboose new to Orrville - - - - Future bleak for former W&LE main line east of Pittsburgh Jct. - - - - Three former W&LE depots still on the job - - - - One of four W&LE NW2 diesels sitting unused at abandoned coal mine in Kentucky - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2003 | XXXVII | 4 | -
Casting a Light, by Peter K. Shepherd
- A Very Versatile Car, by Peter K. Shepherd - Railroading in the Space Age, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Branchline's new "Yardmaster" series NKP 17500-series boxcars - Along the Line: - - - - Reshaping of Chicago's terminal district - - - - NKP main in Cleveland to be abandoned or upgraded - - - - Conneaut Historical Railroad Museum holds NKP veterans' day - - - - Bellevue bracket-mast signal replaced - - - - Update on the PA 190 restoration - - - - Contributing to the ELDCPS restoration of "City of Lima" - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2003 | XXXVII | 3 | -
Almost But Not Quite
- Ringing Down the Final Curtain A 45th Anniversary Commentary - Early memories of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, by Al Schultz - A Bad Day at CUT, by Don Flegal - The Lone Survivor, by Jeff Sharp - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Accurail series 81500-81649 50-foot NKP combination-door boxcar - - - - Accurail series 85475-85499 50-foot double-door boxcars - - - - Walthers plug-door express refrigerator car - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-W&LE caboose at Swanton, OH - - - - Nickel Plate name on Cleveland W. 3rd St. bridge - - - - ELDCPS restores City of Lima - - - - Work nearly completed on Malinta maintainer's shanty - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2003 | XXXVII | 2 | -
Building the NKP Lorain, Ohio Station by Jim Mihalek
- Not "A Feather in the Air" by John Schon - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Review: "Invisible Giants - The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers" by Herbert H. Harwood, Indiana University Press - - - - Postscript to review of Accurail NKP wooden double-sheathed boxcar - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-LE&W Caboose 141 restoration - - - - W&LE's latest acquisitions - - - - HVRM NKP rolling stock - - - - New Lima trackage - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2003 | XXXVII | 1 | -
Nickel Plate Nocturne - Part 3, At Rest, by John B. Corns
- Modeling Diner-Lounges 129 and 131 in HO, by Willard A. Harvey - A China Primer, by Ed Biedenharn and Pete Shepherd - The Wheeling Feeling 2002 Convention Report - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "Uncle Sam's Locomotives" by Eugene L. Huddleston - - - - "The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Volume II" by John B. Corns - - - - NKPHTS Special Services Track Diagram Books - Along the Line: - - - - Malinta maintainers shanty restoration - - - - St. Marys OH depot - - - - Pete Shepherd's journey along the Nickel Plate in Ohio - - - - Buffalo NKPHTS local chapter - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2002 | XXXVI | 4 | -
The Special Apprentice II, by Al Schultz
- Places and Faces on the Clover Leaf East End, by Peter K. Shepherd - Nickel Plate Nocturne II - Rush Hour, by John B. Corns - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Walther's USRA Gondola as NKP - - - - NKP Containers in HO Scale - - - - NKP Composite Hopper by Accurail in HO Scale - Along the Line: - - - - Wheeling trackage in Cleveland abandoned - - - - Few remaining signs of NKP service left in Erie after street reconstruction - - - - Clover Leaf Street found in marion, IN - - - - NKP right-of-way marker found in Swayzee, IN - - - - Maintainer's shanty returned to Malinta - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2002 | XXXVI | 3 | -
Nickel Plate Nocturne, Pt. 1 - The Cinerama Special by John B. Corns
- The Finest Hour by Peter K. Shepherd - I Almost Got Killed on the 169 as told to Leo Minor by Robert L. Smith - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Life-Like's PROTO 2000 NKP GP7's - - - - The NKPHTS NKP Track Diagram Books - W&LE District - Along the Line: - - - - Ex-NKP SD9's observed - - - - Malinta Community Historical Society projects - - - - Surviving Nickel Plate structures in Madison and Saybrook - - - - Observations in South Lima - - - - Two W&LE GP35's receive new identity - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2002 | XXXVI | 2 | -
The Second Life of X-50041, by Lloyd E. Scott
-The Special Apprentice, by Al Schultz -Backyard Nickel Plate, by Gifford Swyers - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - The NKPHTS NKP Track Diagram Books - Along the Line: - - - - New roof for Malinta, OH station - - - - Ex-NKP Alco S-4 #69 spotted in McDonald, OH - - - - Depot at North Kingsville, OH is still with us - - - - Dan Meckstroth spots 3 depots at Buckland, Miller City, and Cloverland, OH - - - - Bill Harvey reports on the 757 at Strasburg - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2002 | XXXVI | 1 | -
The End of an Erie Era
- Saving Malinta by Jeff Sharp - One Moment of Inattention, A Lifetime of Regret by John B. Corns - Revisiting the Heart of the Nickel Plate - A Weekend in Bellevue - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - URTX/NKP Refrigerator Cars - - - - Rocky River Depot Construction Notes - Along the Line: - - - - GP7 426 on the road again - - - - NKP 587 under repair - - - - East Wayne enginehouse coverted to a dispatching center - - - - Ft. Wayne passenger platforms still intact - - - - Ex-NKP "City of Cleveland" in Salt Lake City - - - - Hammond, IN offers NKP H-6d Mikado to any party who remove it from city property - - - - W&LE active in acquiring additional freight equipment - - - - NS SD9's in Sheffield, AL - - - - Ex-NKP 69000 series cars in Decatur, AL - - - - New W&LE connection to the Navarre, OH Industrial Lead - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2001 | XXXV | 4 | -
Along the Line in Bellevue, OH -- Hub of the Nickel Plate, by Thomas R. Hillhouse
- NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Walther's NKP Dynamometer Car in HO Scale - - - - "Depots of the Nickel Plate Road" by William Harvey - Along the Line: - - - - New life for St. Mary's depot - - - - NKP Pullman "City of Findlay" to Monticello (Ill.) Railroad Museum - - - - NS trackage diverted in Erie - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2001 | XXXV | 3 | -
Myron Berchman Phipps - A Railroader's Railroader, by Daniel L. Meckstroth
- Doubleheading to Bellevue, by Donald Flegal - Bluebird "Hindsight" - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "Railroad Stations of Coshocton, OH" - - - - Accurail-USRA Boxcar as NKP - - - - Branchline AAR/NKP Plug Door Box Car - Along the Line: - - - - NKP 84158 plug-door boxcar in Moberly, MO - - - - Ex-NKP GP18 #703 in Kingsport, TN - - - - Ex-NKP 44602 gondola in service in OH & IN - - - - Ex-NKP SD9s still active in Bellevue along with ex-NKP box (NW 527602), rebuilt as a piggyback flat - - - - Ex-NKP New Douglas, IL depot used as part of Catholic church hall - - - - Wheeling Tower in Bellevue has new look - - - - Rt. 269 crossing overpass in Bellevue approved - - - - Brick yard office in Lima, OH may be demolished - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2001 | XXXV | 2 | -
Our Society's Role in Preservation, by National Director William C. Quick
- Senator Nixon Comes to Town - Marion Revisited - A Photo Essay, by Don Daily - Last Trip of Their Kind, by Peter K. Shepherd - A Trip on the Fourth Sub-Division Local, by Don Daily - A Blow From Behind, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn HO 40-foot single-door boxcar numbered for 17500 series - - - - Pacific Rail Shops S-scale 40-foot single-door boxcar numbered for 17500 series - Along the Line: - - - - Commemorative plaque and NYC&StL RR property line marker in Old Fort, OH - - - - Nickel Plate business car number 2 at home in South Fork, CO - - - - Nickel Plate caboose undergoing restoration at the Indiana Transportation Museum - - - - Ex-NKP SD9s still active in Bellevue along with ex-NKP box (NW 527602), rebuilt as a piggyback flat - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2001 | XXXV | 1 | -
My First Railroad Job, by Al Schultz
- A Very Embarrassing Moment, by Don Daily - When the Bluebirds Were New - A Return to Home Territory - Cleveland 2000 - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Life-Like "Heritage" Proto 2000 NKP USRA 0-8-0 - - - - Videos "The Late, Great Nickel Plate" and "Steam and Diesel on the Nickel Plate" - Along the Line: - - - - NKP caboose 405, Business Car #1, and ex-NKP GP7 426 under restoration at the Indiana Transportation Museum - - - - Valley Locomotive Restorations disbanded; no longer to work on 759 restoration - - - - NKPHTS Treasurer Bob Albert finds "wig-wag" grade crossing signal - - - - Pete Shepherd finds many Nickel Plate items of interest on a two-week fall vacation - - - - Linden Railroad Museum at Linden, IN receives grant - - - - Update on the NKP Berk #757 by Bill Harvey - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 2000 | XXXIV | 4 | -
The Darkest Decade (the 30's), by Peter K. Shepherd
- Marion Yard, by Don Daily - Flues Made New - Wheeling's Thirty Pioneers, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - "DL&W in the 19th Century," by Thomas Townsend Taber and Thomas Townsend Taber III - Along the Line: - - - - Society Archivist Audre Balogh Honored for BLE Service - - - - Clover Leaf between Madison and Sorento, IL Removed - - - - Former NKP RS36 #865 Operated by the Ontario Central - - - - W&LE Freight Transfer Facility in Navarre, OH Sees New Life - - - - Fruehauf 40-ft Dry Van, NKP T-441 in Kansas City, KS - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 2000 | XXXIV | 3 | -
Tragedy at 250 by John Schon
- A Nickel Plate Pass Sampler, by Ed Biedenharn - 212's Last Hurrah, by Donald Flegal - A Day in Connersville, by Francis Parker - Spikes Into Daggers, by Peter K. Shepherd - Editor's Choice - My Experience with the Nickel Plate Clover Leaf Federal Credit Union, by Arthur C. Webb - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Bachmann NKP 2-8-0 Consolidation - Along the Line: - - - - Re-roofing Nickel Plate Depot at Edwardsville, IL - - - - Caboose 473 - - - - NS Installs Passing Track Between Fremont and Oak Harbor - - - - Ex-NKP R36 #865 Gets New Owner & Paint Job - - - - Former Nickel Plate Road Company Stores Department Building in Lima - - - - Lima Locomotive Works S-2 & S-3 Berkshire Drawings to be Reproduced - - - - HVRM Receives Nickel Plate Signal - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 2000 | XXXIV | 2 | -
A Local on a Hotshot Division, by Don Daily
- Three of a Kind, by Peter K. Shepherd - The Nickel Plate Reefers, by Jack Kramer - In Pursuit of Nickel Plate Reefer Colors, by Jack Kramer - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - The Athearn "Genesis" Mikado - Along the Line: - - - - Russiaville, IN Depot - - - - IMC Division news - - - - More 759 restoration news from Valley Locomotive Restorations - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Winter 2000 | XXXIV | 1 | -
Trouble in Miller City, by Charles W. Danis, Jr.
- Rundown! by Peter K. Shepherd - Spreading the Wealth, by William J. Powers, with Clifton C. Cook, retired NKP Conductor - Breaking New Ground, A Gathering at Scranton - Yesterday for Steamtown's Stars - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Review of PBS presentation, "Lima -- Lost in Middle America" - - - - "Northeast Vintage Diesels", Green Frog Productions video - - - - IHC HO Scale 2-8-0 as a W&LE Model - - - - Vermillion Station - Along the Line: - - - - Two Alco PAs on the way home to be restored. - - - - Passenger station at North Findlay still on the job - - - - Former NKP office building on East 9th St. in Cleveland still in NS service - - - - Payne, OH depot moved to village park along with NKP caboose 411 - - - - 759 to be restored by Valley Locomotive Restorations - - - - Global Energy expresses interest in Lima Locomotive Works site in Lima - - - - NS plans to eliminate operations through Erie, Pa have been deferred - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Fall 1999 | XXXIII | 4 | -
Those Nickel Plate Station Agents, by Daniel L. Meckstroth
- Noon Train on the Pigtail, by John Schon - The Very Last Day, by Peter K. Shepherd - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - Athearn NKP bay-window caboose - On the Shop Floor - New Projects: - - - - 2001 Calendar - - - - Berkshire Book - Along the Line: - - - - Re-dedication of Indianapolis Union Station. - - - - Restoration of the LE&W caboose #141 - - - - Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society grant to restore the NKP 765 Berkshire - - - - Former Lima Locomotive Works property now owned by city of Lima - - - - Restoration of NKP equipment by the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum - - - - New gondolas for the Wheeling & Lake Erie - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Summer 1999 | XXXIII | 3 | - Forty Years at Frankfort, by Willard A. Harvey
- - - - Pictures - - - - Map of Muncie Division - - - - Map of Frankfort yards - - - - Frankfort today - NKProducts - Product Reviews: - - - - HO Scale NKP Power GP-30 - - - - "W&LE - The New Generation" video released - Along the Line: - - - - Celebrating John H. Keller's Birthday in Lima - - - - Another Lima landmark falls - - - - Abandoned NKP right-of-way may provide Chicago solution - - - - NKP "City of Chicago" finds new employment - - - - Restoration of 2 former Delaware & Hudson Alco PA1 diesels - one possibly as an NKP Bluebird - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor | |
Spring 1999 | XXXIII | 2 | -
Subtle Changes on NKP Berkshires
- Fifty Years Young - Memories of a Steam Locomotive Designer - Along the Line - In the Works - NKProducts - Product Reviews - Tack Board - Car 831 - Letters to the Editor |