Kauai Railway

Kauai Railway

The Kauai Railway is a former narrow gauge railway company in Hawaii, United States. It was created 1906 and operated a convert|30|km|adj=on long railroad line in the track gauge of RailGauge|30 from Port Allen to Koloa and Kalaheo on the south coast of the island of Kauai. It did not have a connection to the other railway on the island, the Ahukini Terminal and Railway, built in the same track width. The line was opened 1907. In 1936 the company name was changed to the Kauai Terminal Company. The date the last train ran is unknown, but was probably around 1947. The company continues to exist to this daywhen| date=September 2008 as the Kauai Commercial Company.

References

* Drury, George H. 2007 "Hawaiian Railroads, in: William D. Middleton, George M. Smerk, Roberta L. Diehl (ed.): Encyclopedia of North American Railroads." Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN/Indianapolis IN. ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3
* Walker, Mike. 1998 "Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America". Pacific Northwest.


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