The Hawaii Consolidated Railway, photo by Victor Norton
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rail inspection car on Oahu made from a 1930 Studebaker
Photo by Victor Norton
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a very rare photo, one that caught a sampan by coincidence at Mooheau Park, Hilo Bay, on Oahu, during WW2
The Hawaiian railbusses, (there were 3 of them) on Oahu. Built by White, powered by Mack
when it was converted to railbus use, they didn't remove the steering wheel photos by Victor Norton
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21 electric motors and controllers powering the winches that righted the capsized USS Oklahoma after the attack on Pearl Harbor, were salvaged from Honolulu's retired streetcars.
By late July of 1942 the Navy had created a plan to salvage the USS Oklahoma commencing in March 1943. This was a cooperative effort between...
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during WW2 there were several Navy guys who were train nuts, and took a lot of photos, it turns out their photos were collected and made into 4 books. That is pretty rare photography.
It wasn't easy shooting photographs in the islands during World War II, particularly if you were a serviceman. Loaded cameras weren'...
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Pearl City Railbus built by the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L) in 1921
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/323010.html?1353718299
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during WW2 there were several Navy guys who were train nuts, and took a lot of photos, it turns out their photos were collected and made into 4 books. That is pretty rare photography.
It wasn't easy shooting photographs in the islands during World War II, particularly if you were a serviceman. Loaded cameras weren'...
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Then and now comparison of Pearl Harbor's train traffic
Passenger trains departed Honolulu every 5 minutes for Pearl Harbor in WW2, and there hasn't been a train on that route for decades. The...
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the Oahu Railway
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/mikado/?page=oahu
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