Kahuku's history

O.K. Bob here goes.
The Kahuku started life as part of an order to the Baldwin Locomotive Works from W.G. Irwin & Co., factors for supply in Honolulu as one of three identical engines built for stock. She is construction number 10756 built 3/1890 BLW class 6-10 1/3-C, one number more than Eva Plantation #1 which was on display at Eva Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Irwin & Co. sold her to Kahuku Plantation where she stayed all her working life.
Kahuku Plantation called her "Keana" and later gave her the #1. She was converted from burning "best Sidney coal" to oil in 1905 and received two replacement boilers, one in 1915 and the one she has now in 1926. Between 1946 and 1950 her saddle tank was replaced with an all welded one and she received the oil tank, cab, rear frame and steam dome cover from second #2, an engine of the same class. In 1950, she was sold to the Sutro Museum at the Cliff House in San Francisco.
She spent the next 16 years staring out the big plate glass window at the Cliff House with a sign on her (fake) cow catcher, "engine of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad" or some such. Just before the Sutro Museum burned in 1966, Norman Clark, the president of Roaring Camp, bought her and had her moved to RC.
She spent several years in shuttle service and as standby (with one of the diesels) in case of emergency. By 1984 she was in need of heavy boiler repairs and was dismantled (her boiler is part of her frame). The work was done on a non priority basis as was the reassembly. Then three years ago Georgiana Clark, Norman's wife and RC's CEO, decided it was time to finish the job. She has a soft spot for that engine, it ran in her backyard when she was a girl in Hawaii. Since so many parts are from other engines ( at least 5!) and the cab needed to be replaced, it was decided to rebuild her as a representational engine. We have tried to be faithful to her Baldwin ancestory and Hawaiian history.
Come on out and see how we did!