Aloha!

EricMueller

EricMueller

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A warm "Mahalo (Thank you!)" from the crew of the Oahu Railway & Land Co. inspired Oberammergau, Ogden & Olomana Railroad, the "Triple O."
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This family project began in 2014 as excuse for me to keep and run my vintage LGB trains. It has become and excuse to cobble cans, foam cast-off trains, and what-nots into a 1:24-ish PLAYMOBIL scale endeavor (or endeavour, if you prefer) that has one rule: "It cannot be just YOUR (meaning "my") hobby!" which I operationalize as "All may, but none must, participate."

A "pen pal" recommended this site as place to learn how to maintain my ancient fleet of Euro-styled LGB trains. In return, I hope to share how we've had fun with trains in the gardens despite our location on the back end of the global supply network.

Aloha,

Eric
 
Welcome to the forum Eric....
 
Welcome to the forum Eric, I expect it is a bit warmer where you are than it is here just now. Not sure how you are managing to keep your line powered. Track, Battery (dead rail) clearly not live steam by the looks of your pictures thus far. Be interested to hear how you get on with track cleaning?
 
Thanks to everyone for the warm (or perhaps "chilly and damp") welcome! In answer to a few questions:

1. The Triple O uses track power, dunnyrail dunnyrail . Battery is prohibitively expensive. We run trains at least weekly, so we can usually use what I call a "greenie weenie" (a 3M glass safe scrubbing pad) to touch up rough spots. For continuous running, trains need to go pretty fast to get over some of our older switches. If the trains are inactive for much longer than a week, getting the rails clean can be a chore, but a Piko "Clean Machine," our sole battery loco, has proven a fun way to get things back in shape.
2. The ecology, is, indeed, interesting P playmofire . Though we are on a wet side of the island, a coastal rise imposes an alpine effect that leaves us in a dry spot. It is always warm, but water ranges from parched to flood. It took a few years to find plants that would survive. Rosemary and native pohinahina serve as trees, with another indigenous plant, ulei, also serving as a tree. Weeds and grass serve as ground cover. The humidity and sun also dictate what materials we use. Plastic breaks down fast (though our LGB ties are doing OK). Untreated Wood has about 2-3 years. Mertal corrodes. This makes fine detail parts on structures ephemeral to the point of not worth the effort, and we are slowly restoring buildings such that we can bring them inside.

For all of you that suffer through this thing called "winter," be well!

Eric
 
Welcome to the Forum Eric, and thank you for brightening up a gloomy day. Palm trees are a bit of a rarity in the UK, but they can be found in the south west (i.e. Devon and Cornwall) and the Isle of Man. There's nothing quite like seeing a steam loco with a palm tree behind it!
 
Welcome Eric
The clan should enjoy being on this site as well.
We will have to watch out for Kid-zilla he is an up and coming modeler and all around train person and learns fast.
Again Welcome aboard
 
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