Maui Sugar Cane Train

This is a video i shot of the Sugar Cane Train in Maui when i went on vaction. hope you enjoy

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• west
• Maui
• Sugar
• Cane
• Train
• historic
• steam
• engine
• ka'anapali
• lahaina
• hawaii
• anaka
• lkprr

[eltonjohnfan100]

i think they need to lay into that lunkenheimer a bit more..

[bcschmerker]

H. K. Porter did a fantastic job on this Stevenson-valved locomotive's original construction, and the retrofitted pilot truck helps stability a bit on the curves. Different proportions from Virginia & Truckee #9 and #21 (delivered as 2-4-0's by Baldwin), but every bit as functional.

[TFN5459]

Yes both were originally converted from 0-4-0s to 2-4-2s but the rough riding was what led to the removal of the trailing truck. The engine parts that were laying around are actually Oahu Railway 4-6-0 #85. She was way to big and heavy to run on the LKPRR sp they sent her back home to Oahu where she is with the Hawaiian Railway.

[MrKoreyC]

Anaka and Myrtle are from the HK Porter Company in Pittsburgh. 

[MrCraig1930]

That's a 2-4-0 Coffee Pot Steamer made by Porter, a 3 foot narrow gauge. The air system tells me it was built in the mid 1940s. I went to work for ATSF as a Locomotive Engineer in 1950 and have operated Steamers until 1955 when Diesels were put into use. I love the ole Coffee Pot Steamers. Great video of an old memory :-)

[Chris9017]

The tracks are pretty well taken care of, it's just there is not much time to work on them with trains running almost 364 days per year, it's tough to work out a time to work on the tracks. The locomotives and cars a pretty light, so depending on the weight of the rails, the railroad can get away with some slacking off on the tracks from time to time, but they do there best to make sure the tracks are safe to run on. The engines are very well cared for, are almost always in top notch.

[Chris9017]

@SierraRailway this is one of the last operating railroads on any of the Hawaiian Island, and I believe it's the only one with steam operations.

[Chris9017]

@PrecisionClays Anaka does look a lot like the JW Bowker, but she is not a Baldwin, she and Myrtle are the younger sisters to the George R. from Cedar Point. George R, Anaka, and Myrtle, were all built by the H.K. Porter Company in 1942.

[MrSaxking123]

Anaka and Myrtle started as 0-4-0 locomotives. Anaka is the one one shown here. Its a 2-4-0 steam train. The other one its sister engine (Black and grey is Myrtle) Rode on this train more than 20 times.

[PrecisionClays]

Actually it's a Bowker style (2-4-0). Not sure if it was made by Baldwin or not but absolutely beautiful!