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Date: 09/04/25 18:49
Hawaiian Sugar Company 3, Kaipu, restored
Author: RuleG

A 30-inch gauge 0-6-2T saddle-tank steam locomotive has been restored in Hawaii. Hawaiian Sugar Company 3, named Kaipu, was built by Baldwin in 1925 and worked on the west side of Kauai.  More information in this Railfan.com article:

https://railfan.com/saddle-tank-locomotive-restored-in-hawaii

The following website has a list of locomotives with photographs in the Grove Farm collection of steam locomotives, the largest such collection in Hawaii:

https://www.grovefarm.org/trains
 

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Date: 09/05/25 08:48
Re: Hawaiian Sugar Company 3, Kaipu, restored
Author: 2-10-2

I lived on Kauai in the late '80s and knew one of the guys that worked to restore Kaipu during that era. 
Great to see they've got it operational again. 
Thanks for posting the link.

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