Rode on this train a few years ago and it's by far one of my favorite things to do here in hawaii

When I rode the train in May 2014, I took a cab ride in their Whitcomb centercab locomotive, and as part of the yard tour I have been in the cab of Ewa #1, Oahu Railway #12, peeked into W.A.C.O. #6s and Oahu #85's cab, and even got to tour the inside of their parlor car.

I moved to Oahu from Japan in 1977. I was sad there as no railway system here. My dad told me there was a track from Waianae to Haleiwa during early 1900 to transport sugarcane. Now there are no tracks. Waianae to Haleiwa was able to 4 wheel in the early 80’s, but it’s impassable now. I’ve been living here over 40 years, but never rode the Oahu Railway. There’s a story, at the and of Waianae side there was a Japanese man named “Yokohama” who maintained the points. That place is called the “Yokohama Bay Beach Park”. Aloha!

Rode this back in 1991. There are two other small train rides in Hawaii. One on Kawaii and another at the Dole plant in Honolulu. It is sad to see and hear that the LK&P went belly up in Maui. Glad I got to ride it in '91 and '97.

These gates look like drawbridge gates! 6:36

Epic catches!

Kauila 6 is the first locomotive of the Oahu Railway. Waco 6 is the locomotive from Waialua the only locomotive built in Hawaii

Hawaiian Railway #423 has an EMD Steel Bell despite the fact it's a GE 44-Tonner with siderods. One of the few remaining Hawaiian railroads on the island. GE 44-tonner #424 leads the train.

@nssteampunk4865

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And also a nice Nathan P3 horn.

Aw man.. I rode this once on my birthday. Sucks Hawaii has little to no railways like those in the rest of the US

I have went here back in June 2021. It was pretty cool.

back in the day, you could find railroads on all 5 major islands of hawaii. nowadays, only o'ahu and kauai have trains. the big island of hawai'i still has a few original railroad bridges north of hilo, as well as an original station and HCR caboose in laupahoehoe. although i'd imagine uncommon, you could also occasionally find wig wags in hawaii, specifically on the Oahu Rail & Land Co (the successor stars in this video), and the Hawai'i Consolidated Railway.

My wife and I rode this train in 2011. Had a great time.

This was such a great video and probably one of the best done on the Hawaiian Railway. Some corrections and additional info. Ewa is actually pronounced Eh-va and not Ee-va but you were close. The yellow engine is actually #6 Kauila and was the first engine purchased by the Oahu Railway & Land Company in 1889. Waialua Agricultural Company #6 (or WACO 6) is actually a green saddle tank engine and is the mascot/face of the HRS. The sugar cane car displayed behind Ewa 1 is Waialua Agricultural Company #539. Fort Barrette Road once had wig wag signals during the OR&L days. And the 6 excursion cars are custom built from ex army flatcars that the HRS received along with 6 other army flatcars in the early 80s. But overall this was such a well-done video! Not many people know that Hawai'i once had railroads and how much of an impact it had on the islands. So it's always nice to see people make videos about them

@MichiganCentralLines

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Thank you for the nice comment! While I do not live on Hawaii, I am passionate about the rail history on all of the islands. Railroading on the Hawaiian islands had a rich and amazing history which is not very well known.

@oahurailfan9888

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@@MichiganCentralLines Same here! Hawaii's rail history is so vast and rich but not very known by most people and it's one of the reasons why I'm also very passionate at not only learning more about its history but also being able to share it with others and get them interested and also hopefully helping support the existing railroads/museums like the Hawaiian Railway Society, Kauai Plantation Railway, Grove Farm Museum, and the Laupahoehoe Train Museum that try to keep the history alive

I don't think this is the place selling equipment on Ozarks. But I'm sure this would be a great home for that stuff since there were 2 operation steam locos

@MichiganCentralLines

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This is not that location. This is the Hawaiian railway society on Oahu

Good video but your pronunciation of Ewa, it's like never not Eva like Eva Braun !