Some of the colorful "noses" at the Steamliners at Spencer event.

Doyle McCormack's Nickel Plate PA-1 sits next to Barber Station at Spencer during the Streamliner event.

Lehigh Valley #601 was the first of the Valley's PA1's built in March 1948. After passenger service ceased in February 1961, it was used in freight service for a while before being sold to paren... (more)

Without a doubt the most popular locomotive at Streamliners, Doyle's PA-1 drew boatloads of attention whenever it was moved around. You know it's something special when it causes masses of people ... (more)

Doyle McCormack's Nickel Plate Road Alco PA-1 is the star of the show at the Streamliners at Spencer event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The locomotive is seen taking a spin on the... (more)

The Nickel Plate concentrated on its freight business. Nevertheless the NKP did manage a comfortable passenger service, and in diesels opted for Alco's classic PA's. Chicago bound 'Bluebirds' 181... (more)

Originally New Haven PA-1 #0783 sits outside the D&H Colonie shops in Watervliet, New York. Delaware & Hudson most likely acquired this unit for spare parts, for their four ex-Santa Fe PAs #16,17... (more)

Streamliners to Spencer! The invasion of Spencer, N.C. of vintage cab cars and streamliners has begun. The locomotive coming the furthest is Doyle McCormack's Nickel Plate Road PA-1 ... (more)

Wabash train #111 The Banner Blue (Chicago to St. Louis)with Alco PA-1 #1020 and #1020A stopped at Delmar station 5.6 miles from Union Station. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer A... (more)

Espee's train #98 the COAST DAYLIGHT being serviced and crew change at San Luis Obispo. Alco PA-1 #6063 former Texas & New Orleans (SP)#204 unit renumbered in 1959. Photo taken from my slide coll... (more)

The Nickel Plate, officially the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company. NKP Alco PA-1 #189 & #182 (Bluebirds) on train #7 The Westerner, crosses the NYC (MC) tracks at South Gary, Indiana... (more)

Rio Grande #6001 Alco PA1+PB1+PA1 are in charge of the 'California Zephyr' at Grand Junction, Colorado. Both east and westbound were fueled and watered at facilities on either end of the depot p... (more)

Amtrak's New York-Montreal passenger train, the Adirondack, makes a station stop in Rensselaer, NY. A crew member looks back from the alco's cab as a Conrail switcher works in the background. In i... (more)

Alco PA-1 No. 190, dressed in Nickel Plate Road livery, undergoes a from the ground up restoration at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon. The beautiful locomotive was built the 62... (more)

EMD and Alco products, in two PRR paint colors, are spotted side by side in the pit along Roundhouse Rd. at Lewistown. The edge of the turntable is seen on the left, it still shows as operational... (more)