NKP Alco PA at Spencer

That looks sweeeet!

A slight detour through Ft Wayne on the way home from Spencer would be great !

That looks great!  Doyle and the guys did a great job on her.

190 will outsmoke the steamer!

Oh no she won't! A little smoke, maybe, but NOTHING like what a coal burning steam locomotive does. Besides, the 190 no longer has a 244 engine in her.

She is a beauty.

Does anyone know its route and schedule back home,thanks

Looking forward to seeing her in person this Sunday..its the primary reason to attend along with the 611.

She's had a 251 engine for a long time, since mid 1976. It initially gave me pause when I heard that Doyle was going to modify the locomotive and paint it in NKP colours, but I must admit the result is gorgeous. 

 

Jeff C

Of all the PA color schemes he could have picked (*cough*warbonnet*cough), he chose that.

Because Doyle was raised in a Nickel Plate Family. His dad was a dispatcher for NKP, and the very first diesel cab ride he received was NKP #190.

I'm just glad a PA was SAVED! Personally, I think the GM&O was the most beautiful of all but I don't have one to restore. My hat is off to the gentleman who restored this one regardless of the roadname he chose. I think it is very striking.

Malcolm

Beautiful looking engine. Sure glad that it was saved.

Anyone with the mechanical talent, bucks and guts to tackle a project such as this has earned the right to paint HIS engine any way he wants. I personally like the Bluebird paint job and I'm a war-bonnet guy. We are just lucky he wasn't an American Flyer kid and painted it a Flyer paint job.

I did notice that she was pulled on and pushed off the turntable yesterday when they gave all the engines a 520 on the turntable. She along with 4 others needed assistance.

Very nice.

I love this paint scheme on the PA.  MTH did them in the RailKing and Premier line, both with #190.

COOL!!!! Never seen a PA....wish I was there!!!

Correct. The 190 is not complete as yet. Although having a running rebuilt engine, the traction motor cabling was stollen a few years ago. He now has more TM cabling, which needs to be installed between each TM and the main electrical cabinet. Hopefully she will be totally operational by sometime in 2016, possibly in time for the annual Nickel Plate Historical Society convention, in 2016.

A very attractive scheme was chosen - that PA looks beautiful in her NKP paint!  Mr. McCormack is doing the legwork, Mr. McCormack gets to choose how she is presented.  Perhaps body wraps could be made so we could enjoy roads like Wabash, Pennsy, EL and others.

 

Some patience will yield a PA in ATSF paint down Texas way:  http://www.museumoftheamerican...s/ProjectALCOPA.aspx

 

Keep in mind, the other two PAs in North America wear some rather interesting paint shemes, far removed from their original paint.  I wonder what the PA in Brazil looks like these days...

Looks great!

 

Peter

Behind???  The Honorary Steam Locomotive deserves some upfront attention with that most stylish snout leading the parade!  

If you want WB, go to Galveston and see the two ex-SP engines repainted in that livery!

 

I did not like the 190 livery, but it does grow on you!

Star of the show on Thursday! No prime mover and the horn refused to work correctly. Sounded feeble even with some adjustments by a 2X4. also missing a few grills behind the drip rail and in the back with some superstructure panels looking a lot like painted plywood. Still a work in progress.

 

Rich

While I believe a green Tuxedo would be best, the PA makes any paint scheme look good. IMHO the Alco PA is by far the most beautiful diesel engine ever built. I can't wait until Sunday when I get to see her in person!

There is quite a story behind this engine and it has been an ambitious long-term project for Doyle. Well done !!!

everybody has their favorite, mine is D&RGW in the 5 stripe scheme. A few pics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, the 190 could've stayed home...

 

Rusty

Is photo #6 above one of those two-cylinder diesels?

I know this is the Real Trains forum, but I would like to see Lionel make this in Legacy.

 

doug

Hopefully, they'll turn the FT around...

 

NS Photo.

 

Rusty

Nice photos...the FT was facing forward earlier.

I'm just glad #18 was saved--I can live with the NKP paint. When the 4 PA locos went to Mexico I figured they would be gone for good. Doyle's done a fantastic job!

 

Jeff C

YES! and bring them down south!

Three of us from Detroit area were there for two full days of fun and we loved the beauty contest. All were clean and shinny. Each beauty was spun around on the turntable while the announcer explained the features like a fashion show. I had trouble deciding which was the best looking engine. PanAn, Tuxedo NS and Purple ACL were leading contenders.

She looks gorgeous in that scheme, although it would be nice someday to see another one repatriated from Mexico and possibly restored and repainted in...uh....I don't know...Cornell Red and Black?

Perhaps a bit off the subject, and I will never argue with Doyle's decision to go with the Nickel Plate paint scheme - wasn't this unit brought back with a second unit? My recollection was it was headed to the Smithsonian for cosmetic repair and Warbonnet paint scheme. Does that ring a bell to anyone else? 

A few more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are correct. Static display only.

 

http://www.museumoftheamerican...s/ProjectALCOPA.aspx