The Grove Farm Sugar Cane Train In Kauai!!!

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On August 1, 2014, during the first day of the Wilcox Family reunion in Kauai that I attended, my aunt along with some cousins got to organize an event with the Grove Farm Museum's Historical locomotive that runs on 1,800 feet of the original Lihue Plantation Railroad Right-Of-Way. This was really fun because this is the only authentic sugar plantation steam train experience in the state. In this video, you will see engineer Scott Johnson getting the train ready for it's trip, some rail switching, the train attaching to the sugar cane cars, and parts of the trip, including the train crossing over a stone bridge that is over one hundred years old. Information about some of the history of the locomotives you will see to follow:
Wainiha: This is the locomotive that they used on this trip. This is a Baldwin 0-6-2T that weights 28 tons and was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915. It was built for the McBryde Sugar Company, and then bought by Grove Farm in 1956. On September 24, 1957, it was the last steam locomotive to haul sugar cane to the mill in Hawaiian Sugar history. It is named "Wainiha" which is a stream on the North Shore of Kauai. It was restored by Miss Mabel Wilcox in 1975. This locomotive pulled 50 to 60 sugar cane cars alone, and was featured in the 2000 World War II movie "To End All Wars."
Paulo: You will see this locomotive a little after the beginning being pushed back to the shed. "Paulo" is the oldest surviving plantation locomotive in Hawaii today. It was manufactured at the Hohenzollern Works in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1887, and shipped to the Koloa Sugar Company. It was named after Mr. Paul Isenberg who's the owner of Lihue Plantation and a officer of the Koloa Sugar Company. This locomotive weights 10 tons and can pull 50 tons of sugar cane. It was in use until 1920, and then restored by the Grove Farm Museum in 1981. This train also made an appearance in the 2000 film "To End All Wars."
Interesting enough, both of these locomotives were almost bought by Disney for $500 a piece, before Miss Mabel Wilcox decided to buy them and restore them to what they are today.
If you would like to ride one of these authentic sugar cane trains, Grove Farm does a monthly "fire" up every second Thursday of the month. It is free of charge.
Please feel free to like, comment, and/or leave feedback as it is greatly appreciated. Enjoy The Video & Thanks For Watching!!!!

[@sanctuaryism]

as much as the trains are a delight... the greenery there takes the show.

[@aaronprewitt344]

i might as well tell this to the world, so i was able to meet Scott Johnson (the guy who runs this railroad) in person and he showed me and my family 2 of his train places, including an old locomotive shop in a parking lot where he stores 4 steam locomotives named Paulo, Wainiha, Wahiawa, and Kaipu. It honestly was the opportunity of a lifetime to take pictures of all the engines and I did. After that we went to the grove farm railroad place, (the one pictured in this video) where he allowed me and my brother to drive a diesel locomotive hauling my parents. Long story short, best day ever. (it happened on July 1st, 2021)

[@mackpines]

Old link and pin couplers. Common before the modern knuckle couplers were invented. Used to be able to tell how long a brakeman has worked by the number of fingers he still had😁

[@user-AZ-phil]

What a fascinating little railroad. Got a sweet little lady running things. She had adorable stack talk, too. ❤😂

[@4501trainman]

Thanks for sharing this Great H/D video, and thanks to Miss Mabel Wilcox for saving these narrow gauge Plantation Steam Locomotives,which are a part of Hawaii's history.

[@valianthorizon6890]

Too bad we lost the Lahaina Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad.

[@UTubeGlennAR]

Thank you all for keeping the steam alive n hot................ Glennnnnn raised walking the old RR line passing thur Waianae every day on the way to school (but did not know it).

[@jendralsudirman3309]

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[@sayolomangy3706]

The low price is $ 500 bought by Walt Disney Its superiority over the beauty of the locomotive is environmentally friendly and reminds us of the past, days of time and good things Video wonderful and effort worthy of thanks

[@LandNfan]

I wish I had known about this when we were on Kauai in 2003.

[@user-me6nr8jp5z]

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[@Froggyman145]

What an adorable little loco!

[@paulwilcox7193]

Looks like a fun time!

[@Melvorgazh]

Lovely! I was searching pictures or videos to screenshot for helping me drawing an old train station type landscape.

[@Dockillemall]

Well done! I worked on the trains with Scott and Matt a few years back.

[@MohalaJohnson808]

We are also open to hearing stories of time spent with the trains on our page. Feel free to share.

[@kushihwei945]

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[@RAJASINGH-oo3fy]

AWESOME TRIP. IN LIFE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A RIDE 👌👍❤. UNFORGETTABLE DAY IT WILL BE. KOO KOO KOO WITH THE BRONZE BELL SOUND'S ❤...

[@stormgirl09]

It's like a real life Tilly from the Little Engine that Could cartoon! The super tiny steam engine with the fat smoke stack that is!

[@drzahidiftikhar]

Miss Mabel must be honoured by naming at least one of these steam engines

[@PaulPavlinovich]

so much safety all in one video lol

[@wawansunarto5811]

Iam from Indonesia I Like LOKOMOTIF That ! I NEED THAT 1967 AT INDONESIA MY BROTHERS!!

[@rogerioleandrodasilva7270]

É legal saber que locomotivas antigas ainda trabalham, valeu por o vídeo.

[@SkipW]

Thanks for the look around of that fine locomotive!

[@patkcorcoran]

fine locomotive? That's just what I was thinking. They don't make em' like that anymore, thank God.

[@iCatKong]

You are an old fart, anymore. @@patkcorcoran

[@RomieMocka]

love this video... because there a steam train

[@franciscoleonardo151]

These are outside frame locomotives (see frame and no wheels. They are inside). The locomotives are very interesting looking tea pots for tea...... How do you like that link and pin coupler and he sure knew what he was doing.

[@luketansiongco3953]

Much better and hopefully faster than a UP Big Boy locomotive.

[@BorisLu]

Nice video!

[@user-yr9xq4dc2o]

beautiful video joaquim antunes-são paulo brasil

[@Coaster3001]

I filmed that train while I was there!

[@MohalaJohnson808]

If you'd like to share it we would love to see it. Mahalo

[@mohdahsan7930]

Plz tell me where it's is I want to go there

[@LectronCircuits]

Wonderful training. Cheers!

[@aylestone9]

Great Video.

[@harshitvasavada201]

Lovely

[@ThomasGears]

Thanks for posting!

[@takeadrive]

Great video 👍

[@dhughes1392]

3:20 - uh ma'am the train is that way

[@vanakraluchinakapu8465]

green cool pollution free enjoying lucky persons enjoying nature

[@omkr0122]

This shore is a sweet ride!

[@nandkishorvarma6748]

Beautiful very nice

[@umarasgap6624]

Locomtive Is The Best

[@diddlebug7241]

There's nothing like a steam locomotive

[@kabeyuda9547]

the ambarawa area of ​​Indonesian also has the world's rarest jagged train

[@donizettidepaula8283]

Coisa bonita de ver !!! Uma maria fumaca funcionando.

[@thangquocnguyenmdp]

The handed brake system need some improvements, the little kids and big kids love it though.

[@RohitYadav-hg7mq]

Love from India

[@kk6aw]

I will ride this latter this month. Be there for a week

[@Ram-gk9iq]

Lucky peoples

[@kunalkar8315]

Old generation steam engine 🚂

[@tyhigh3787]

Was just there today, the tour lady only showed us a picture, would've been nice if we could've at least seen it..

[@sharadkumar6293]

Nice video

[@spsraomasaniammandevesthan296]

My favorite train

[@nadeemmustafa6450]

Excellent video 👍👍👍🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@pragasamg6435]

Looking very nice area

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

Awesome 👍

[@daverobinson6184]

See how fast you can wind up that train

[@CarePeers]

This steam is burning wood and other organic materials, isn't it? If yes, it is very environment friendly because it is using "renewable fuels" instead of fossil fuels. In Hong Kong, we cannot see that any more. The last steam train was decommission in 1950s. However, in some far away village in mainland China, many are still in operation in farm and metal mills.

[@insylem]

It still releases carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide gas

[@manishadey4010]

So nice

[@user-vg4iw3vo6y]

สุดยอด เมืองไทยน่าจะมีการอนุรักษ์ไว้บ้าง

[@jaimealvarez5094]

Hermoso video,gracias

[@bajindernath1122]

Wow nice

[@historystuff3005]

Wow, that first steam train reminds me of Skarlowey(or however you spell it) from Thomas and Friends.

[@1-8-6-8]

Skarloey is based of Talyllyn No. 1 at the Talyllyn Railway in Wales.

[@Tchristman100]

They had a Diesel locomotive when I was there

[@luketansiongco3953]

2:01 both of those trains are cute❤️❤️

[@konstantinnegrebetskiy3745]

Elisa finch I think you should learn the difference between steam and smoke.

[@dulcineacarvalho46]

Amei, amei,amei!!!

[@RavennaRailfan4070]

Amazing steam action, fantastic video! What’s the status on the steam engine the diesel was moving?

[@jeffhall5555]

The steam still survives in Kauai and the diesel is kinda the workhorse

[@MrMetraManTV]

Awesome!

[@sanjayv8467]

Are they still running? If yes would love to visit them!

[@shanewalters4171]

As of right now, they are still running, unfortunately, it's been dormant for a while due to Covid-19, but it should come back soon

[@DetroitDiesel671]

It really creeps me out to see corners cut with safety, such as the locomotive's brakes not working, and using a piece of wood instead... If the brakes are in a state of disrepair, the locomotive should not be run. What other corners are being cut? How's the boiler water treatment program, and boiler maintenance? About as good as the brakes I suspect.

[@Icaanseeyou]

It’s soooo cute!!!

[@Icaanseeyou]

The whistle was amazing too

[@Icaanseeyou]

BOTH ARE EVEN THE OTHER ONE IS CUTEEE!!!

[@gouravmanhas8082]

Nice steam engine

[@joyvasanthibenjaminsudccri4738]

Interesting

[@hamidmedo2617]

So sweet ! ❤❤👍👍🙏iliiiiike it 🙋

[@jonathanbigno7591]

My grandpa's banana farm.

[@rammlii6157]

Mantap bah katua,

[@augustribeiro9531]

Lindo parabéns

[@user-hy8kq9oq1b]

I like it

[@sojukkoshy8474]

What is this kids toy😍😍 excellent sir

[@CarePeers]

I would think that many of these steam trains are still in use in Phillipines, because it can be easily refuel.

[@summerwind3217]

Amazing

[@jasoneliasvoorhees1956]

This train looks a lot like the Oahu Wailua plantation trains

[@ScottDLR]

We tried to ride this train but it just never showed up ( waited 90 minutes). Looks like it would have been fun but the location where you wait for it is literally a garbage dump (truck loads of garbage left in piles; old shingles, construction debris, household trash, rotting pallets everywhere, etc)) and not a very nice place to hang out with your family.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

ScottDLR 🗿🚬 I would just be chillin Smoking Pakalolo waiting for the Train! Sorry it's not the Ritz!

[@southernpacific-vp8ho]

ScottDLR That's because trains don't just show up just cuz u want it to, they only run twice a month

[@zonrotampan2921]

in indonesia ..central java,, in sondokoro,, tasikmadu sugar train

[@belabbesbouzidi3240]

It.s nice vidéo iam SNTF from algeria

[@budaxtiff6780]

tq I luv this video

[@julianaalcantara3595]

So so so so so

[@prasadbhoir2632]

Machine and nature sath sath

[@righterside4310]

Self driven people 👍

[@vishwajitpawar4076]

Which country is this?Lovely nature and nice video. Thanks

[@Ram-gk9iq]

We have same mind

[@mod91Kauai]

Kauai hawaii USA

[@gunskantakonyak601]

Wow i like this

[@aliaksandranikovich6300]

its very interesting video! Good job!!!!! like + subscr

[@nimu37]

Nice

[@raymondleggs5508]

Little teakettle locomotives

[@GranatK999]

Это где? В Африке ? Молодцы👍

[@michaelwood9922]

1 kinda has that big boy whistle

[@pooliramesh4497]

Super

[@arshadgujjar2541]

nice ... from pakistan

[@joselima7182]

José Lima Dos Santos moro ém Belo Horizonte MG CONTAGEM MG.

[@josetapia9582]

Nice vid also why would Disney buy the locos?

[@PoconoMountaineer405]

All the engines at Disney resorts are Ex sugar cane locomotives

[@NMjack2000]

What kind of machine is that little yellow piece of equipment?????

[@southernpacific-vp8ho]

NMsanduneman a diesel powered railroad equipment mover

[@mansinghgudha]

Nice Video 👌👍 Which Country ???

[@mod91Kauai]

Kauai island, Hawaii (United States) My home

[@mansinghgudha]

@@mod91Kauai 👍👌❤️

[@theunderrated86]

Very intriguing!! Does it run regularly?

[@southernpacific-vp8ho]

mancunian4life86 read the description

[@samuji3745]

Sipp, vidionya yg lebih detail lagi

[@kasipem903]

Ini di negara mana...? Kok suasana mirip di Indonesia alamnya yaa...

[@timothydelaval1089]

holy shit palo is the most atractive of all of them

[@shailendradehati6324]

shailendra