Thursday Proto Photo, Nov 17/22

[Lenny53]

Point St Charles - Montreal Oct 31,2022

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Jason

[C855B]

Interesting, Jason. Robyn and I rode the Maui sugarcane tourist train nearly 35 years ago. I thought it was gone. I guess not. Was one of the steamers still parked on the shops lead? Where it was then it would be a heap of iron oxide by now if it wasn't put under cover.

[wcfn100]

Interesting, Jason. Robyn and I rode the Maui sugarcane tourist train nearly 35 years ago. I thought it was gone. I guess not.

This train is on O’ahu.

Jason

[Jbub]

Interesting, Jason. Robyn and I rode the Maui sugarcane tourist train nearly 35 years ago. I thought it was gone. I guess not. Was one of the steamers still parked on the shops lead? Where it was then it would be a heap of iron oxide by now if it wasn't put under cover.

I was on Maui last January and the Sugar Cane Train does not look to be in good shape. I'm doubtful that it will operate again.

[C855B]

This train is on O’ahu.

Well that's a new twist! I had thought for years that the only remaining rail anywhere in the islands was the Maui operation.

@Jbub updated me on it. Thanks!

I should have been more "up" on this. My brother - also a train nut - owns a Kona coffee plantation on the big island. Or owned. I dunno... haven't talked to him since he bought a house in Needles across the street from the ATSF depot a few years ago.

[dem34]

I was on Maui last January and the Sugar Cane Train does not look to be in good shape. I'm doubtful that it will operate again.

Back when the Video Game, Railroads! Online still had a functioning Discord Server. The former owner was trying to sell all the rolling stock wholesale on it. So yeah, not good for its future. It was something like $3k for pretty much everything, but of course it was in Hawaii and moving rail equipment, even narrow gauge, ain't cheap.

[wes_sutton]

Plenty of real sugar cane rail action still in Queensland, Australia - 2-foot gauge B-B diesel hydraulic 'Wallaman' rumbles across the Herbert River bridge with another loaded sugar cane for the mill at Macknade - 29 July 2022.

The Herbert River bridge again by Bingley Hall, on Flickr

[lock4244]

Been a while since I posted anything here, but here's a few from my new home territory (well, Montana isn't actually home now)...
Two IATR from February, probably the last active Crandic MP15/Slug set on the Hills line late January, and MRL in Montana City late February.

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Talked with a local about the Sugar Cane Train and the main problem is that when the railroad was sold,  it didn’t include the land that had been grandfathered to the railroad. So until they resolve the land issues,  there will be no railroad.

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