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| Issue | Order Code | Item Reviewed | Scale | NKP #'s | Mfg./Publisher | Photos? | Release Date | Reviewer |
| March 1969 | Sold Out | streamlined coach (C&O) | N | 100-109 | MRC | No | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| March 1969 | Sold Out | Berkshire | N | --- | Model Rectifier | Model | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| March 1969 | Sold Out | Alco Century C420 | HO brass | 578 | Alco Models | Prototype | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| March 1969 | Sold Out | USRA 0-6-0 switcher | HO | --- | AHM | Prototype | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| September 1969 | Sold Out | S-2/S-3 Berkshire | HO brass | --- | PFM | No | ? | Tony Koester |
| September 1969 | Sold Out | 40' Boxcar | O | 6251 | All Nation | Model | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| September 1969 | Sold Out | Passenger Car Plan book | --- | ---- | Walthers | --- | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| September 1969 | Sold Out | USRA light Mikado, H-6 class | N | --- | Atlas | No | 1969 | Tony Koester |
| Fall 1978 | Sold Out | EMD SW-7 | HO | 231 | Athearn | Prototype and model, with "monkey bars" | --- | Kevin Holland |
| Winter 1908-81 | Sold Out | lighted drumhead kit | HO, O | --- | Tomar | Prototype | 1980 | Howard W. Ameling |
| Spring 1984 | Sold Out | proposal for streamlined passenger cars with C&OHS, D&HHS | ? | --- | Limited Editions | No | --- | --- |
| Spring 1984 | Sold Out | Check-List of available models | HO | --- | all known 1970-1984 | No | --- | Steve Griggs |
| Spring 1987 | MG871 | Baldwin/Alco hybrid kitbash | HO | 320, 321 | Stewart AS16 + Model Power RS-11 | Model and construction | 1987 | Willard Harvey |
| Summer 1989 | Sold Out | V-groove siding | --- | --- | Evergreen | Station model and drawings | --- | ? |
| Spring 1991 | Sold Out | Cab for H6e and H6f Mikados | HO brass | --- | The Car Shop | Prototype, Model, templates | 1991 | Willard Harvey |
| Spring 1993 | MG932 | 1932 40' ARA Boxcar | HO | 13000 series | Yankee Clipper | Prototype and built-up model | 1993 | anon. |
| Summer 1994 | MG943 | 1950's streamlined passenger cars | HO, N | 150-151, 200-216, 100-109 | NKP Car | Model how-to assembly | 1994 | Willard Harvey |
| Fall 1996 | MG964 | NKP and AC&Y (video) | --- | --- | Green Frog | --- | 1996 | John Schon |
| Fall 1996 | MG964 | The Complete Nickel Plate Berkshire (video) | --- | --- | Sunday River | --- | 1996 | Pete Shepherd |
| Fall 1996 | MG964 | Nickel Plate Color Photography of Willis A. McCaleb, Vol. 2 | --- | --- | Morning Sun | --- | 1996 | Pete Shepherd |
| Spring 1996 | Sold Out | Nickel Plate Color Photography of Willis A. McCaleb, Vol. 1 | --- | --- | Morning Sun | --- | 1996 | Pete Shepherd |
| Spring 1996 | Sold Out | Official Pullman-Standard Library, Volumes 11 and 16 | --- | --- | RPC Publications | --- | 1992 | Pete Shepherd |
| Fall 1997 | MG974 | GP-18 and SW9 | HO | 703, 709 240, 244 |
Life-Like Proto 2000 | Models | 1993 | William C. Quick |
| Spring 1997 | MG972 | Offset-side, oval end, twin bay hopper | HO | 33307, 33311, 33319, 33324 | Atlas | Model | 1996 | William C. Quick |
| Spring 1997 | MG972 | 2-8-0 Consolidation | HO | does not match NKP prototype [see Winter 2000] | IHC | Model | 1997 | William C. Quick |
| Spring 1997 | MG972 | 1937 AAR 40' Boxcar
and Viking roof as separate part |
HO | 15129, 15153, 15215, 15302, 15366, 15061, 15159, 15253, 15362, + 1 more? | Des Plaines Hobbies/Innovative Model Works | Models | 1994 | William C. Quick |
| Winter 1997 | MG971 | 70 Ton triple hopper | HO | 78000-80999, 6 numbers offered | Stewart | Model | 1997 | James Sier |
| Winter 1997 | MG971 | Passenger Car Diagram Books: 1938 and 1950 | --- | --- | TLC Publishing | --- | 1997 | Pete Shepherd |
| Winter 1997 | MG971 | Nickel Plate Publicity Photos, Volume 1, John B. Corns | --- | --- | TLC Publishing | --- | 1996 | Pete Shepherd |
| Winter 1997 | MG971 | Getting There, The Epic Struggle Between Road and Rail in the American Century, by Stephen B. Goddard | --- | --- | For each book purchased at $28.00 list, author will donate $10.00 to NKPHTS | --- | 1997 | Pete Shepherd |
| Fall 1998 | MG984 | Steam & Diesel on the Nickel Plate Road, Volume 2 (video) | --- | --- | Herron Rail Video | --- | 1998 | Pete Shepherd |
| Fall 1998 | MG984 | Alco PA-1 Bluebirds | HO | 187, 190 | Proto 2000 | Models | 1998 | William C. Quick |
| Fall 1998 | MG984 | Phase III EMD GP-9 | HO | 534, 800 | Proto 2000 | Models | 1998 | William C. Quick |
| Summer 1998 | MG983 | Nickel Plate Road Diesel Locomotives, by Kevin Holland | --- | --- | TLC | --- | 1998 | Peter K. Shepherd |
| Summer 1998 | MG983 | Dry Transfer Lettering Sets | N, HO, S, O | --- | C-D-S | List | --- | Kevin J. Holland |
| Spring 1998 | MG982 | Dream Trains, Short Hops, and Whistle Stops (video) | --- | --- | Sentimental Productions | --- | 1998 | Daniel L. Meckstroth |
| Spring 1998 | MG982 | 43' 50 Ton flatcar | HO | 1900-1999 | Red Caboose | no | 1997 | William C. Quick |
| Winter 1998 | MG981 | Nickel Plate Road Passenger Service - The Postwar Years, by Kevin J. Holland | --- | --- | TLC | --- | 1997 | Peter K. Shepherd |
| Winter 1998 | MG981 | Railroads of Indiana, by Richard S. Simmons and Francis H. Parker | --- | --- | Indiana University Press | --- | 1997 | Bob Albert |
| Fall 1999 | MG994 | Bay window caboose | HO | 483 | Athearn | no | 1999 re-release | Peter K. Shepherd |
| Summer 1999 | MG992 | Phase II EMD GP-30 | HO | 900, 909 | Proto 2000 | Model | 1999 | William C. Quick |
| Summer 1999 | MG992 | W&LE - The New Generation (video) | --- | --- | Revelation Audio-Visual | --- | 1992 | Pete Shepherd |
| Spring 1999 | MG992 | EMD GP-7 | HO | 401, 416, + unnumbered | Atlas | Models | 1999 | William C. Quick |
| Spring 1999 | MG992 | EMD SD-9 Cadillacs | HO | 340, 345 | Proto 2000 | Model | 1997 | William C. Quick |
| Spring 1999 | MG992 | Metal reproduction and logo signs | --- | --- | Logo-Motives | no | --- | John Schon |
| Winter 1999 | MG991 | Nickel Plate Publicity Photos, Volume 2, John B. Corns | --- | --- | TLC Publishing | --- | 1999 | Pete Shepherd |
| Winter 1999 | MG991 | Berkshires of the Nickel Plate Road, by Kevin J. Holland | --- | --- | TLC Publishing | --- | 1999 | Pete Shepherd |
| Winter 2000 | (tbd) | Lima - Lost in Middle America and What Happened Next (video) | --- | --- | PBS | --- | October, 1999 | Daniel L. Meckstroth |
| Winter 2000 | (tbd) | Northeast Vintage Diesels (video) | --- | --- | Green Frog | --- | 2000 | Pete Shepherd |
| Winter 2000 | (tbd) | 2-8-0 Consolidation | HO | as a W&LE H-5, #251 | IHC | Model | 1999 | William C. Quick |
| Winter 2000 | (tbd) | NKP Standard Type 'O' Station, based on Vermilion, OH prototype | HO | --- | TCS/Sylvan | Assembled model | 1999 | David P. Krebs |
| Spring 2000 | (tbd) | USRA 2-8-2 Mikado, class H-6o | HO | 586 | Athearn Genesis | Model | 1999 | William C. Quick |
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