Hele ʻo COASTER ma ke kaʻaahi a me ke kaʻa i ka home hou ma Campo
Kaneohe, HI - Ke mālama ʻia nei kahi ʻāpana 282,000 paona o ka mōʻaukala kaʻaahi Kaleponi Hema. Ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki o ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ua haʻalele ʻia kahi locomotive COASTER F40 ma waho o ke kaʻaahi a ua lawe ʻia i kahi hale kaʻaahi ma Campo.
"He wahi koʻikoʻi nā locomotives F40 o ka mōʻaukala o ka COASTER a me ka ʻāina ʻo San Diego," wahi a Graham Blackwell, Luna Hoʻokele Rail Operations no NCTD. "Ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ma 1995, ua hoʻoneʻe nā F40s i nā miliona o nā kaʻa i loko o kā lākou 25 a me nā makahiki e hana ana ma ka ʻoihana kahakai nani, e hoʻopili ana i ka North County i San Diego."
Hāʻawi ʻo North County Transit District (NCTD) i ka COASTER locomotive i ka Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association (PSRMA) kahi e mālama ʻia ai a hoʻolako ʻia no nā mea makemake kaʻaahi e hauʻoli ai. Ma hope o ka manawa, e lilo ka locomotive i ʻāpana o nā ʻauwaʻa hana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike no ka poʻe malihini e nānā i ka neʻe ʻana i lalo o ka laina kaʻaahi.
"ʻO ka lawelawe COASTER a NCTD e pili pono ana i kā mākou ʻōlelo misionari," wahi a Stephen Hager, Pelekikena o PSRMA. "Ke kau nei kā mākou ʻōlelo misionari i ka mālama ʻana i nā ala kaʻa o San Diego County. ʻO ka locomotive F40 kahi manawa kūpono e mālama ai i ka hoʻoilina kino o ka hanauna mua o nā lako kaʻaahi COASTER.
ʻO ka F40 i hāʻawi ʻia, ka locomotive #2103, i kūkulu ʻia i ka makahiki 1994 a he ʻāpana o ka lawelawe COASTER inaugural i Pepeluali 1995 COASTER #2103 hope loa i ka lawelawe ma Pepeluali 2021. ʻO ka hoʻoholo e pani i nā locomotives F40 me nā locomotives Siemens Charger ua ʻae ʻia e ka NCTD. Papa i ka hoʻomaka o 2018.
ʻO ka hapa mua o ka huakaʻi no ka locomotive ikaika ʻole ʻo ia ka neʻe ʻana me ke kaʻaahi ukana mai Oceanside a i National City. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo National City, ua hoʻāla ʻia ʻelua cranes nui i ka locomotive mai nā kaʻaahi a ma luna o ʻelua mau pahu kaʻa kaʻa kūikawā. He ʻelua lā ka lawe ʻana i ka locomotive 72 mile i kona home hou ma Campo, e holo ana i ka pō wale nō a he 6 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola. He mākaʻi ka COASTER i kona hele ʻana ma nā kaiāulu a me nā alanui kūloko. Pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia kekahi mau kukui kaʻa a me nā laina uila no ke ala no ka locomotive.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻia kēia F40 i ka mōʻaukala e kona mau makahiki wale nō, ua makemake ka hale hōʻikeʻike e hoʻohana i ka manawa kūpono e mālama ai i nā lako alahao i ka wā i kū mai ai. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, i nā manawa he nui i ka wā i lawe ʻia ai nā mea kahiko mai ka lawelawe ʻana i ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole i hopu ʻia ka manawa e mālama ai i nā mea hana.
Ma ka hihia o ka COASTER F40, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka California Air Resources Board (CARB) Carl Moyer Grant i ka NCTD e pani i ka F40 i koi mua ʻia e kāpae ʻia ka locomotive. Ua hana like ka PSRMA a me NCTD me CARB a me ka Apana Hoʻomāinoino Ea o San Diego County e hoʻololi i nā kūlana hāʻawi a ʻae i ka locomotive e hoʻopakele ʻia me ka mīkini diesel wale nō i luku ʻia. Inā ʻaʻole i hana mua ka PSRMA, ʻaʻohe manawa kūpono e mālama ai i ka mōʻaukala o kēia locomotive ma San Diego County. E mahalo nui ʻia ke kumukūʻai o kēia hana mua ʻana i ka wā e hele hou ana ka locomotive o ka lawelawe ʻoihana i loko o ka mōʻaukala.
Hiki i nā malihini ke hoʻolālā e nānā i ka COASTER ma PSRMA ma ka hāʻule 2022. ʻO ka awelika o ka poʻe holo ma nā kaʻaahi huakaʻi mōʻaukala o ka hale hōʻikeʻike he 12,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
