Laupahoehoe Train Museum |
96764 Laupahoehoe, HI, United States of America (USA) (Hawaii ) |
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| Address |
36-2377 Mamalahoa Hwy
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| Floor area | unfortunately not known yet |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Railway
- Model Railway
- Architecture
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Opening times
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weekdays: 9am - 4:30pm; weekend: 10am - 2pm | ||||
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Status from 01/2013
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Adults: $4.00; Seniors: $3.00; Students: $2.00 with special rates for tours. | ||||
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| Homepage | www.thetrainmuseum.com | ||||
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| Location / Directions |
We are located along Highway 19 near mile marker 25. Follow the brown Hilo-Hamakua Heritage Corridor signs along the Highway 19 roadway. Look for the railroad crossing signs and the big red caboose on our front lawn! We are just across the road from the coast's only service station. |
| Description | The purpose of the Laupahoehoe Train Museum is to preserve, promote and protect the istoric, cultural, educational, social, civic and economic, interests of the North Hilo and Hamakua districts, while highlighting the history of the railroads on the island of Hawaii.
A labor of love by the community residents, this museum is housed in the old station agents home, on the site of the Laupahoehoe Train Station. The home has been lovingly restored and is beautifully furnished in the period of the early 1900s. Photos, memorabilia and stories fill the rooms and help bring the past alive. v Out in the back yard is an area known as the wye, which was hidden from view until the community reclaimed it from the viney overgrowth. Community members and Kulani Inmate Community Servicemen cleared over 50 dump truck loads of green waste from the yard uncovering some rail and the switch stand, rusting for more than 50 years. The wye is an area where an engine's direction could be switched. Here a replica standard gauge caboose, a newly restored narrow gauge boxcar and diesel switch engine are on view. The diesel switch engine has been made to run again after escaping the scrapper. We run him on tour days and special occassions, but no rides are given...sorry. Our narrow gauge boxcar has been newly restored using as much of its original steel as possible. This boxcar was reportedly, a track mate to Rusty, running on the same (sugar) plantation lines for a mill in Haina hauling explosives. Our standard gauge replica caboose has been completed after many years of waiting for funding and manpower. The interior will have additional displays for those interested in climbing on board, but remember this is a work in progress. We have a dual gauge system to accomodate our rail stock of both gauges. We have research to support dual gauge being used in Pa'auilo where the end of the standard gauge line met with the narrow gauge sugar line. This is why we don't feel bad about borrowing the idea for the museum rail. Our Train RoomEverything you see in the model train room was donated to the museum. In 2004 we received a HELCO grant to bring electricity into the old carport. We were then able to close it up to be used as additional display space.The center ‘N’ gauge display designed, built and donated by Neil Erickson, originally represents the Hilo Railroad-Hawaii Consolidated Railway line along the Hamakua Coast. Doug Cullinane, a volunteer angel from Arizona, came and reassembled it and finished the interior of the train room. The static HO gauge model on the wall was created by Stan Heggland and won a National Golden Spike award for its design and craftsmanship. The N gauge work in progress by the door is being done by Ted and Heiki Wolf. It will eventually be able to run and represents the tunnels we had on the Hilo Railroad-Hawaii Consolidated Railway line. The HO rail yard with turntable or switching display was donated by Betty and George Mertyl. It shows how the ‘wyes’ and switches worked in a rail yard as well as how the turn table operated. |
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