OR&L No. 6, the Oahu Railway's first locomotive, at the Hawaiian Railway Society
Overview
Headquarters
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dates of operation
1889–1971[1][2]
Technical
Track gauge
3 ft (914 mm)
The Oahu Railway and Land Company, or OR&L, was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railway that served much of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and was the largest narrow gauge class one common carrier in the U.S, until its dissolution in 1947.
^Chiddix & Simpson 2004, pp. 19–21
^Chiddix & Simpson 2004, p. 260
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