The Hoosier Valley Duo
My build list is lengthy and downright insane, but surprisingly logical when you look at it. I want to start representing the Nickel Plate Road with preserved examples of locomotives and rolling stock that serve as "touchtstones" for connecting with the past of a wider system. One car was the 1937 AAR steel boxcar, with its 10ft interior. Work on this car kicked off for Boxcar-O-Rama 2024, when I was tasked with making a car for Brandon Burt. I had come off the heels of building Cale's revised PS-1, and used that as a jumping off point to work backwards through the evolutionary chain of the 40ft steel boxcars of the Nickel Plate Road. NKP 15797 and 15979 are preserved as a pair at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, and I thought it would be a bit of fun to build the pair and give one away, but keep them together for the Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society's convention. As of writing, 15979 was mailed away and Pere Marquette 72332 built by Matthew O'Brien. Looking forward to the day the pair can be reunited.
The Hoosier Valley Duo
My build list is lengthy and downright insane, but surprisingly logical when you look at it. I want to start representing the Nickel Plate Road with preserved examples of locomotives and rolling stock that serve as "touchtstones" for connecting with the past of a wider system. One car was the 1937 AAR steel boxcar, with its 10ft interior. Work on this car kicked off for Boxcar-O-Rama 2024, when I was tasked with making a car for Brandon Burt. I had come off the heels of building Cale's revised PS-1, and used that as a jumping off point to work backwards through the evolutionary chain of the 40ft steel boxcars of the Nickel Plate Road. NKP 15797 and 15979 are preserved as a pair at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, and I thought it would be a bit of fun to build the pair and give one away, but keep them together for the Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society's convention. As of writing, 15979 was mailed away and Pere Marquette 72332 built by Matthew O'Brien. Looking forward to the day the pair can be reunited.