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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 3:25 PM

We all would like the OP to say where the UMLER/AAR initials came from. I'm wondering if it was a bastardized initials of something else (like something modelers do - or - a serious oops)

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Posted by jeffhergert on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 2:34 AM

Backshop

The first response was the correct answer.

 

The OR&L lasted until after WW2.  Terminal operations in Honolulu lasted into the 1970s.  Part of the line was retained by the U S Navy between Pearl Harbor and an ammunition storage facility.  

Part of that remaining trackage was donated by the Navy and is now the home of the Hawaiian Railway Society.

I'm not sure the first response is correct.  Given that the initials are wrong and no other information is given. 

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Posted by Backshop on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 5:10 PM

The first response was the correct answer.

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:37 PM

Q is indeed for Quebec.  While QNSL is the reporting mark and the spelling in the company's URL, the railroad has always been QNS&L.

ON I remember as Ontario Northland.

diningcar is right about OR&L

I can't find any reference to the initials in the original post; I think we need more information about why this is a question here.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 12:15 PM

mudchicken
QNSL = Ontario, NorthShore & Labrador

Context from where the initials came from?

Thought Q was for Quebec.

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 12:11 PM

QNSL = Ontario, NorthShore & Labrador

Context from where the initials came from?

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Posted by diningcar on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 10:02 AM

Oahu Railway and Land. 

A narrow gauge RR in the 1920's located on the island for which it is named 

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ON &L railway
Posted by dh28473 on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 9:07 AM

What is this railroad?

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