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» Kahe Point
» South of Nanakuli, Hawaii, USA (more..)
» December 26, 2010 |
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» Hawaiian Railway 423 (more..)
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» Dave Blaze... (more..)
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| This view looks north along the west coast of Oahu at the Hawaiian Railway's excursion train which has reached the end of in service track on the former OR&L mainline. This location is MP 24.7 (from Honolulu) on the former OR&L and just over 7 miles from the Hawaiian Railway Society's museum yard in Ewa. Since there is no run around at the end of the line the train shoves out from Ewa and then the little unit will lead on the return trip. On the head end of the train is 45 tonner #423 built for the US Navy in January 1945. After the OR&L mainline was shut down in 1947 she and two sisters served for another 21 years running between Pearl Harbor and the Navy's Ammunition Depot at Laulaulei east of Nanakuli on 12 miles of former OR&L mainline. When the Navy shut down their rail operations in 1968 this locomotive and much other rail equipment formed the backbone of the newly established Hawaiian Railway Society after being donated by the Navy in 1975. The excursion train consists of 5 home built open air cars built from ex US Army flat cars of 1943 vintage. On the rear is the Museum's pride and joy. Parlor Car #64 was built in 1901 in the OR&L's Honolulu shops and was President Benjamin Dillingham's finest rail accommodation. The spectacular car was restored to its former glory in 1994. Behind the HECO power plant is the rugged bulwark of the Wai'anae Mountain Range. |
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