UPDATE: Steam Train Goes Aground plus the diesel that came to help.

Appreciate the "up to the minute" news. LOL!!

Thanks for posting.

Mike R

Maui is a hot bed of news stories! I had to run err, drive six blocks to shot these shots for the Forum. Well, really we were on our way to dinner and I happened to have my camera. But I did have my press hat on. Don

http://www.sugarcanetrain.com/

wish there was more info on the trains.

Don,

Funny how we're going to bed on the east coast and your going to dinner. LOL!

I'm sure since your so close we'll be seeing plenty of pictures of that narrow gauge rr.

I hope working on the new layout is going well.

Mike R

Mike, it's nice. I work out in the back yard and hear that steam engine come! How many folks can do that. Don

Hi, Glad to hear all is going well for you.  I met Myrtle in far happy times.  Lots of fun to be had in your neck of the woods.  Jim

hi Don:  "Cute" little engines, although I hate to use that word when it comes to railroading.  Just wondering if either engine was "indigenous" to Hawaii from when there was some railroading there.  So are you now going to become involved with the operation there as you were in Calif?  I had lots of experience with museum or tourist type operations in my younger days, back with the former East Troy Trolley Museum in Wisc.  Great memories, and motoring those big interurban cars on weekends was my form of relaxation; my golf game, my fishing trip, etc. 

Of course, we're all still counting on you to re-do the Western Extension of The Milwaukee Road, once again, so we can see more movies, photos and stories of the project.

Paul Fischer

Paul, don't know much about the Whitcomb diesel, but the two narrow gauge steam engines were sister engines and bought new for a mining operation. They started life a tank engines and were converted here in Maui. The original sugar cane trains stopped operation in 1950. Don

Yeppers ,
I've heard that about Hawiyer .If you don't watch out them thar drive wheels will get caught in the Mele Kaliki  Muck" 

David

Maui, my favorite place to vacation. We go there about every 3 years or so. We always ride the sugar train. Thanks for the info from Maui.

Are these 2 footers???

I believe they're 3 foot gauge, but not sure.

Roger, you know where the Kaanapali Station is, well we are up the road from the station on Kaanapali Hillside. 

It's three ft gauge:

"No. 3 Myrtle: produced as a sister engine to No. 1, the No. 3 is also a three-foot narrow gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive produced by H.K. Porter, Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in February 1943 for the Carbon Limestone Company.^[3] The LKPRR similarly altered the appearance of this engine, but gave it a slightly more modern appearance, representative of a typical oil-burning engine from the early 20th century. As such, it has a steel cab, whaleback tender, small headlight modeled on an electric prototype, and darker color scheme. The No. 3's design, name and number were inspired by a historic sugar cane engine built in 1900 for the Hawaii Railroad and retired in 1945."

I like the look of "Myrtle" a little more than old 1.

Don

If you are that close, we will stop by next time. We stay at Kahana Beach.

Dennis, the woman laying in the mud trying to fix some track is one of the engineers of the line. Everyone works anything that's required on this railroad. This really would be a fun road to model.

Roger, you better

Don

Update: The sun is out and the Lahaina-Kaanapali & Pacific is running again. They closed down to check out the entire line (6 miles) for rain damage. This morning I heard the little whistle from down the hill. I walked down to the wood trestle for a few new shots. Don

I personally like the look of #1 more. I remember reading that these engines served on the mainland doing ??? and when rebuilt for service in Hawaii, ran test trips on the East Broad Top. Another thing I remember reading is that they were originally 2-4-2s and the Hawaii tourist operation removed the trailing truck after they proved prone to derailments.  Not so sure how accurate that is but maybe someone else has more accurate info. 

One of the engines (Myrtle I believe) also sustained damage from a run in with a truck not very long ago - perhaps 5 years or so ago. 

They were sister engines built by Porter in 1943. Both were built for a Limestone mine. They were 0-4-0 tank engines as built. The railroads third steam engine is the only one that was built for operation in Hawaii. It's #5 and a 0-6-2 tank engine. It's waiting restoration.

The only diesel is Plymouth #45. She takes over when the steamers are in for repairs.