Comments on: A pre-WWII picnic

By: Jalna Keala

Jalna Keala — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:16:44 +0000

Love the old photos, Ian. One of my calabash aunties told me her dad was engineer on the train that picked up pineapples in Wahiawa then on around Kaena headed for cannery. The leeward coast kids were waiting for their share of fruit as the train went through and always got tossed a few ripe ones. Wonder if they exchanged for dry opelu? jk

By: Garfield

Garfield — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:37:31 +0000

That might well be the “cane train” that unbekownst to posterity indeed took passengers through Hauula on its way to Kahuku until the 1950s. That could be Hauula-mauka in the upper left.

By: Constantinos Papacostas

Constantinos Papacostas — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:50:40 +0000

The railroad car appears to be identical to the green passenger cars employed by Dillingham’s OR&L (Oahu Railroad and Land Company).

Notable facts:

1. Railroad went around Kaena Point all the way to Kahuku
2. Made possible the development of sugar plantations in the Ewa plain (Dillingham subleased James Campbell lands to sugar growers after artesian well provided the needed water)
3. Supported the first suburban development at Manana (later renamed Pearl City after a contest); the “L” in OR&L implies “land development.”
4. Developed the magnificent Haleiwa Hotel and took visitors from Honolulu Harbor there for their vacations (another investment).

More at:

http://www.ascehawaii.org/heritage2000.htm#0600

http://www.ascehawaii.org/heritage2000.htm#0700