Steam & Excursion > Kahuku at the Hoolaulea at Roaring Camp

Roaring Camp & Big Trees 0-4-2T #3 "Kahuku"(built as Kahuku Plantation Co. #1 by Baldwin in 1890) made its annual appearance at the Hoolaulea Hawaiian themed event Saturday evening in Felton, CA. The #3 finally started hauling passengers after 18:30 on a shuttle between the parking area and the Roaring Camp depot--no heroic assault on the mountain! She led a two car train with Plymouth #40 on the other end for air braking(discreetly omitted from photos).

Seen below departing the depot and out on the road. Shay #7 was the hill engine for the day, and coasts past the #3 with the final run of the day.

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The 116-year old Kahuku brings Hawaiian sugar cane plantation railroading heritage to life in Felton. Does the extra order of 1926 on the Baldwin plate(is this an original?) indicate a new boiler in that year?

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shed47 Wrote:
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> Does the extra order of 1926 on the Baldwin
> plate(is this an original?) indicate a new boiler
> in that year?

Yes. The Kahuku (or "Keana," as she was known on the KPCo.) has been reboilered twice - first in 1916 and again in 1926, both times with Baldwin boilers. Interestingly, what you see today is the combination of about three different locomotives. The tank, fuel bunker, and (old) cab are off KPCo. #4, a Baldwin 0-6-2T acquired from the Koolau Railway.

So, no air compressor on this engine? Have air brakes been added to it? Did the original owner use handbrakes on the cars?

A neat little locomotive. Thanks for the pictures.

Those really are nice photos...the low light on the first one really shows off the colors. Thanks.

Tom

The Kahuku has never had air. Not that uncommon for an industrial locomotive of this vintage.

What's the tank all the way aft under the frame? Looks like an air tank.

Interesting. I think I see brake shoes at the drivers. Also an air hose at the rear and what looks like a brake pipe under the cab. Does that mean the ol' gal has mechanical brakes on the drivers and perhaps a straight emergency valve in the cab?

-YD-

>What's the tank all the way aft under the frame? Looks like an air tank.

It's a blow down muffler.

>Interesting. I think I see brake shoes at the drivers. Also an air hose at the rear and
>what looks like a brake pipe under the cab. Does that mean the ol' gal has mechanical
>brakes on the drivers and perhaps a straight emergency valve in the cab?

The Kahuku has a steam brake. The engine's brakes can also be applied by a brake wheel on the back wall of the cab. There is also an air brake stand so the engineer can control the
train's air brakes. The diesel on the rear of the train supplies the compressed air.

Enjoyed the photos, thanks for posting them.