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Why paint the PA in Nickel Plate colors?

April 26, 2017colors nickel PA paint plate

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Why paint the PA in Nickel Plate colors?

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Doyle says: “Because it’s mine and I want it that way.” To elaborate, having grown up in Conneaut, OH, and having a father who worked for the Nickel Plate, Doyle has a special fondness for the road. Futhermore, NKP190 was the first locomotive in which Doyle got to ride. And besides, it’s just a damn nice paint scheme—a statement with which few could argue.