Oahu Railway
This On3 layout is based on the Oahu Railway, circa 1929, and has been constructed over the past 15 years in a 22’ x 33’ room. It features walk-in access and utilizes a mushroom architecture with dimmable and color-controllable LED lighting and photo-shopped backdrops derived from old panoramic photos. There are four scenes, including an 80-foot representation of Honolulu, including passenger depot, wharf, engine terminal, industries, and a large Dole Pineapple cannery complex with loads-in/empties-out operation. There’s also a rural country-side area that overlooks Pearl Harbor, a pineapple plantation and a large sugar plantation with mill complex, worker village, extensive cane fields and a turning wye. The mill also has a separate On30, 2 ½ foot cane-haul railroad. The mushroom incorporates a dual-track 39” minimum radius helix. The layout is 80% complete, with almost all track in place, including a hidden return track for continuous running and an Arduino-controlled turntable and moveable staging yard shelf. It’s designed for future operations, with planned semaphore automatic block signals and many more industries.
