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Welcome to the Official Home Page of Nickel Plate Models
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Imagine it is May of 1958. Ike is President. Elvis went into the Army about six weeks ago. New cars for the upcoming year are expected to have even taller tail fins. You are in the Midwest -- Indiana maybe -- standing at the edge of a flat field, looking across a road, parallel to which railroad tracks run. You hear a distant whistle and an increasing roar; a dusty black steam engine blasts past you at highway speed, a haze of smoke trailing behind, then a string of bobbing freight cars, meat reefers (red Swift, yellow Hormel and Armour and orange Wilson cars) followed by cars of more mundane merchandise.
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Photo by Mark R. Glitz, Wallin Photo Collection, NKPHTS 1991 Calendar
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NKPHTS 2003 Calendar
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Another train blasts by, heading in the opposite direction with a seemingly-endless string of loaded coal hoppers, ka-thunking over the jointed steel rails. At the end of each train is a bright red caboose with a grey stripe and the slogan “Nickel Plate High Speed Service”. The trains shoot by, pound over the crossing, and roll down the tracks into the distance. It is quiet.
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Those days are gone, but you can relive them, albeit in a scale of one-quarter inch to the foot. The description is of operation on the Nickel Plate Road, a Midwestern “bridge line” and coal hauling railroad, as it existed the last year the road operated main line steam locomotives. The models are built from blueprints and are appropriate to the railroad and era modeled. The scale track, scenery and operation replicate the prototype.
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Jeff Sharp Collection, NKPHTS Fall 2002 Magazine
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Jeff Sharp Collection, NKPHTS Winter 2002 Magazine
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Nickel Plate Models produces model railroad products, parts and decals of interest to modelers of the Nickel Plate Road. The primary focus of the Company is on O scale (1/4 inch to the foot or 1:48 scale) modeling and modelers, although we occasionally do models in HO and other scales. The Company markets brass models, brass kits, plastic models and custom decals. We also publish a newsletter containing items of interest to O scale NKP modelers and, as an affiliate of TrainResources.com, visitors to this Web site.
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Nickel Plate Models was started by David Vaughn in 1994, to promote Nickel Plate Road modeling in O scale, where the small size of the audience makes large commercial modeling projects difficult. It was originally called Nickel Plate High Speed Products, but was shortened to its present name. Jim Canter is a joint venturer in the business.
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Jim Hawk, NKPHTS, Reflections - Nickel Plate District
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Philip Horning, James M. Semon Collection, NKPHTS 2004 Calendar
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These Web pages are intended to introduce modelers and other interested people to modeling the Nickel Plate Road in O scale, and to alert people of in-stock and upcoming model projects. The site contains news and product reviews, photographs of models, and ordering information. Use the Directory to navigate the site.
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It is our intent to update these Web pages approximately every two months and to expand the offerings. In the meantime, those in need of more detail, or who have questions, may contact Nickel Plate Models as indicated below. Thanks for your interest in model railroading, the Nickel Plate Road, O Scale, and Nickel Plate Models. Enjoy!
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Joe Collias, NKPHTS, Reflections - Clover Leaf District
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Nickel Plate Models
13732 Lakeside Drive, Clarksville, Maryland 21029-1345
(301) 854-3200
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