I was born in 1932, next to a railroad spur going to the city's slaughter house (used to transport cattle off the ships that came from Parker Ranch, Big Island). In 1939, I moved to Kalihi Kai and next to the main railroad tracks My bedroom was only 10 yards away from the tracks. I slept through all the noise coming from the steam engines. My whole life in Hawaii was living next to the railroads. I left Hawaii in 1953.
Did anybody else notice something odd about that center cab loco? The wheels on the front truck are slightly larger in diameter than the wheels on the back truck (the "back" being the end closest to the passenger cars).
The center can deisel kind of like a B.R class 14 deisel hydraulic o.6.o shunter. On the other hand in steam locomotive terms no234 would be a double fairley
I'm working on getting the photos from our visit uploaded on our Flickr page, but there were no currently operable steam locomotives at the museum on Oahu. There are several photos of engines on display though. It appeared they were working to restore one in the shop.
The volunteer crews should use standard railroad hand signals if they are not radio equipped. I noticed that a handbrake was not applied to the set out coach.
They use hand signals because it is a historic railroad and the parking brake on there is broken so they put a piece of wood by the truck so it doesn’t roll
Every railroad has its own standard set of hand and flag signals and no 2 railroads are the same from what I've noticed in 10 years of working for a railroad contractor traveling all over the U.S. and Canada.
What kind of locomotive is it. The connecting rods on the drivers of a diesel make me think Europe. However for some reason they didn’t seem to want to put headlights on locomotives, this one does.
It's a 44 ton switcher that was used by the United States Navy. It is an American made locomotive that was built early on in diesel production and they put the rods and weights on the locomotive for some reason to do with balancing I think. Not 100% sure on that but I think that's why. Models that came after this one did not have the rods and weights.
@@williambryant5946 If I'm not mistaken the 44 tonners had two movers. I noticed that the second stack was not emitting exhaust. There is a possibility that the engineer was only using one of the movers. East Terminal Railway has a 50 tonner. You might check out his channel. Brian explains the mechanics of these locomotives. The 44 tonners were built to circumvent a union agreement requiring firemen on any locomotive over 44 tons.
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My home railway
I didn't even know there were railroad tracks in Hawaii🤭, everyday I learn something new on UA-cam😉
Great contribution, kind regards!
There's a lot less than there used to be.
I was born in 1932, next to a railroad spur going to the city's slaughter house (used to transport cattle off the ships that came from Parker Ranch, Big Island). In 1939, I moved to Kalihi Kai and next to the main railroad tracks My bedroom was only 10 yards away from the tracks. I slept through all the noise coming from the steam engines. My whole life in Hawaii was living next to the railroads. I left Hawaii in 1953.
There are 2, this one and the other one is in Dole Plantation, mainly for tourists, well locals too sometimes...
Where can I ride this!!
Good looking little engine! Nice they highlighted the rods and counterweights in silver.
I had visited this railroad in June 2021.
An excellent video 🎥👍👍👍
I love the diesel! What a cool looking sight to behold. Plus I had no idea this was there. Now it's saved, restored and protected! You go guys!
The connecting rods on the diesel make it look British 😂
Side rods were common on industrial locomotives made by GE, Plymouth and other locomotive builders.
Nice video, and Merry Christmas :)
Cool
Did anybody else notice something odd about that center cab loco? The wheels on the front truck are slightly larger in diameter than the wheels on the back truck (the "back" being the end closest to the passenger cars).
The center can deisel kind of like a B.R class 14 deisel hydraulic o.6.o shunter. On the other hand in steam locomotive terms no234 would be a double fairley
Will be there a video about the steam locomotives on Hawaii?
I'm working on getting the photos from our visit uploaded on our Flickr page, but there were no currently operable steam locomotives at the museum on Oahu. There are several photos of engines on display though. It appeared they were working to restore one in the shop.
@@TheSteamChannel There are 2 working steamie on Maui with a beautiful railroad.
@@lackokenessey4394 that railroad closed and the equipment was being sold off last I heard.
@@TheSteamChannel oh.
These comically sound more like trucks, prime mover wise, than locos.
There’s a narrow gauge railroad not far from where I live in NJ they have a diesel locomotive from Pear Harbor during WW2
The volunteer crews should use standard railroad hand signals if they are not radio equipped. I noticed that a handbrake was not applied to the set out coach.
They use hand signals because it is a historic railroad and the parking brake on there is broken so they put a piece of wood by the truck so it doesn’t roll
Every railroad has its own standard set of hand and flag signals and no 2 railroads are the same from what I've noticed in 10 years of working for a railroad contractor traveling all over the U.S. and Canada.
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What kind of locomotive is it. The connecting rods on the drivers of a diesel make me think Europe. However for some reason they didn’t seem to want to put headlights on locomotives, this one does.
It's a 44 ton switcher that was used by the United States Navy. It is an American made locomotive that was built early on in diesel production and they put the rods and weights on the locomotive for some reason to do with balancing I think. Not 100% sure on that but I think that's why. Models that came after this one did not have the rods and weights.
@@williambryant5946 The rods were used to drive the other axle set. Later production changed to chain drive, hence no rods.
@@garykuipers2696 Thank you. 👍
@@williambryant5946 If I'm not mistaken the 44 tonners had two movers. I noticed that the second stack was not emitting exhaust. There is a possibility that the engineer was only using one of the movers. East Terminal Railway has a 50 tonner. You might check out his channel. Brian explains the mechanics of these locomotives. The 44 tonners were built to circumvent a union agreement requiring firemen on any locomotive over 44 tons.
Which island is this on?
O’ahu