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Okay Nickel Plate Road fans who remembers or has the MTH Premier Line Nickel Plate Bluebirds? If anyone is familiar at all with the viral dress that was all over the internet the other day it made us think of the debate we had over whether the Bluebirds in the MTH 2013 V1 catalog were blue and silver or blue and white.

 

We decided to make a video of it but you should read the whole story on our website too! The History of the Nickel Plate Road ALCO PA's

 

I hope you enjoy this very condensed recollection of the weeks and months we spent working on getting these engines produced!

 

 

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Originally Posted by Stuart:

From what I've read they first ones delivered with silver paint, but over a short period of the the silver faded.  So the remaining units were painted imitation aluminum (Southern used this color as well).

 

Stuart

 

 

This whole subject was discussed at great length within the past month, here on this forum.

 

The first order of units were delivered in "Nickel", which was actually a metallic silver paint. That color was SERIOUSLY affected by the chemicals used to wash the passenger equipment, within just a few months. The second order of PA units were subsequently delivered in the "Aluminum Gray" color normally associated with NKP Alco PA units. Within less than one year, all the early PA units, as well as any passenger equipment had that metallic silver "Nickel" paint, were all repainted to the "Aluminum Gray" color.

 

Thus, if you are modeling NKP prior to 1949, you could possibly see one of the "Nickel" painted, low road number PA units.

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