11-28-2013, 10:04 PM
NAD - Nanakuli Ammunition Depot. On the west coast of Oahu. Served by the Oahu Railway until they abandoned their mainline and then the portion from NAD to the West Lock of Pearl Harbor was taken over by the US Navy which operated it into the 70's when Hawaiian Railway Society took it over and uses a portion of it to this day.
Into the 1970s, you could see D&RGW 3000 series and C&S boxcars sitting at NAD and loaded with 8" shells for USN cruisers.
NAD will be, in some form (probably a siding with hidden track), on my model railroad. The new Bachmann On30 diesels, regauged to On3, would be appropriate power for it as there where a number of them used all over Oahu and I need a couple of them.
During WW2, ammo was stored in a number of places...including in the fields of sugar plantations. The Oahu Railway was the artery for moving the ammo, troops, and supplies (and railway guns). The Hawaiian WWII Photo Album has photos of bomb trains passing through Waipahu and up to Schofield Barracks.
Into the 1970s, you could see D&RGW 3000 series and C&S boxcars sitting at NAD and loaded with 8" shells for USN cruisers.
NAD will be, in some form (probably a siding with hidden track), on my model railroad. The new Bachmann On30 diesels, regauged to On3, would be appropriate power for it as there where a number of them used all over Oahu and I need a couple of them.
During WW2, ammo was stored in a number of places...including in the fields of sugar plantations. The Oahu Railway was the artery for moving the ammo, troops, and supplies (and railway guns). The Hawaiian WWII Photo Album has photos of bomb trains passing through Waipahu and up to Schofield Barracks.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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