Fowler locomotives in the kingdom of Hawaii

[Graeme Dunbar]

This was one of my Christmas presents and it is a fascinating read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fowler-Locomotives-Kingdom-Hawaii-Narrow/dp/0950716944

The copy I got was pretty good - as if it was new but the last on on the shelves and had been thumbed through a few times.

The Fowler  'patent' locomotives with the cylinders raised above the dirt on temporary track and driving the wheels through a vertical shaft are almost the work of 'Emett'  :)

There is a model here:
http://www.7-8ths.info/index.php?topic=16684106.0

There many points that show up my ignorance of prototype engineering, such as why iron fireboxes for the UK market but more expensive (

[engerth399]

Hi Graeme et al,

"Railroads of Hawaii" covers both SG and NG  lines, by Gerald Best and published by Golden West Books in 1978.

Peter