In 1954, a member of a club in SoCal got his hands on some club stationery. He then proceeded to send donation requests to every railroad he could thing of. The directors of his club had no knowledge of this and were a bit surprised when a ship arrived carrying #85, a pair of passenger cars, a caboose, as well as a large plantation 0-6-2t with a couple cane cars. The group couldn't accept the donation, but Travel Town was able to do so. Since she was operational, soon thereafter she was hauling visitors (1955-1962).
I don't know when she was returned to Maui, but she didn't run there (too big for their railroad and she needed major work which wasn't completed).
She was built in 1910 by Alco. Bob Paoa posted her specs, the engine weighs 34t and has 10,000# TE at 160psi. Reportedly, she was an excellent performer and was photographed with 15 passenger cars.
Doug, the Oahu Railway had 32 steam locomotives (maybe more) and three diesels. In the early years, they had a pair of second hand locomotives appropriate for an industrial line, two of the smallest 3' gauge Baldwin 4-4-0s ever built, and a class Baldwin 4-4-0. In 1897 they ordered a Baldwin 0-6-0, two 2-8-0s, and two 4-6-0s. In 1902, they placed their final Baldwin order for a pair of 2-8-0s. The subsequent orders for rod engines were all with Alco for three 0-6-0s (one is my avatar), six 2-8-0s, three 4-6-0s, and four 2-8-2s. The last engine was a WW2 acquisition, an ex-PCRy, ex-N-C-O 4-6-0 (a sister to SPng #18). Additionally, they received a pair of 80t 3-truck shays in 1920-21.
The freight cars were a mix of wood sheathed steel cars and traditional wood cars. The earliest rolling stock was built by Carter Bros. The Passenger car fleet was probably the largest of any NG during the 1920s-1940s period...the freight fleet was one of the largest as well...over 1000 freight cars from the mid-20s onwards. The railroad was busy enough to have a portion of its mainline double track and protected by automatic block signals. (as opposed to most of our favorites which ran a few trains per week)
Michael
Andrew Roth Wrote:
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> Hello,
> How many years did NO. 85 operate in Californial
> and when did it move to Maui? I recall hearing
> there was a trade of equipment when NO. 85 went to
> Maui. Does anyone know if NO.85 operated on Maui
> and what is the tractive effort of this engine?
> It should be able to pull quite a few cars.
> Sincerely,
> Andy
