Ahukini Terminal and Railway Company

The Ahukini Terminal and Railway is a former narrow gauge railroad company in Hawaii, United States. It operated a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge, 19-kilometre (12 mi) long line from the port of Anahola to Lihue on the east coast of the island of Kauai. It did not have a connection to the other railroad on the island, the Kauai Railway, built in the same track gauge.[1] The railroad was opened 1920 and acquired in 1932 by local customers. The last train ran in 1959.[2]

Further reading

  • 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Walker, Mike. 1998 Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America. Pacific Northwest.


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