February 09, 2003 07:36AM
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I saw the 19 running in Hawaii in the late 60s. I was in the Air Force and on my way to Vietnam. My wife and son were staying with friends who lived there. We were driving around Honolulu one day and I heard a locomotive horn. I went nuts, my wife and friends couldn't understand what the big deal was. I made them drive around until we found tracks, kept going until we found it switching flat cars with containers that had been unloaded from ships. I was amazed at how much trackage was still in place. There were tracks all over Pearl Harbor naval base. Our friends lived at Ewa Beach near Barber's Point NAS. The tracks went by Barber's to the NW shore of Oahu where the Navy had an ammo depot. I could not get in, but I saw some ex-D&RGW and NCNG box cars painted for US Navy.
I do not remember the colors of 19, but I do remember it being light, so I am sure Bob's info is correct.
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Boerries Burkhardt |
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