After a year of waiting I finally got my upgrade cylinders and have already been drawing up plans for the Ruby conversion to OR&L number 6.
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This is how she looked around 1904 and possibly 06, so this is the look I'm going for in my conversion.
Below is what she looks like today.
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The cab still looks basically the same but the front pilot stack and a few other details have changed some what.
The name on the side is Kauila. I have read in NSH, and STP, that the name Kauila means either lightening or refers to a type of
native wood in Hawaii. There is one more possibility that I can't verify because as is the case with many Hawaiian names it depends on
what the namer had in mind. Kauila is also the name of a legendary Sea Turtle that was said to protect and nurture the children.
If you look at pictures above she kind of does give the impression on a turtle with her big saddle tank and the smoke stack seeming to peer up
out of her shell. So may be it was never intended by the person that gave number 6 the name Kauila, but her name sake will always be the
Mythilogical Sea Turtle Kauila watching over the children and keeping them safe
I'm still getting a couple of other projects off my work table, just finished an electric guitar for my brother in law, about to finish my tender moderenization and after that,
I will put coach 64 on hold and start Kauila.
This is how she looked around 1904 and possibly 06, so this is the look I'm going for in my conversion.
Below is what she looks like today.
The cab still looks basically the same but the front pilot stack and a few other details have changed some what.
The name on the side is Kauila. I have read in NSH, and STP, that the name Kauila means either lightening or refers to a type of
native wood in Hawaii. There is one more possibility that I can't verify because as is the case with many Hawaiian names it depends on
what the namer had in mind. Kauila is also the name of a legendary Sea Turtle that was said to protect and nurture the children.
If you look at pictures above she kind of does give the impression on a turtle with her big saddle tank and the smoke stack seeming to peer up
out of her shell. So may be it was never intended by the person that gave number 6 the name Kauila, but her name sake will always be the
Mythilogical Sea Turtle Kauila watching over the children and keeping them safe
I'm still getting a couple of other projects off my work table, just finished an electric guitar for my brother in law, about to finish my tender moderenization and after that,
I will put coach 64 on hold and start Kauila.
