Buchveröffentlichungen
Best, Gerald M: Railroads of Hawaii. Narrow and standard gauge common carriers, San Marino, Calif.: Golden West Books . 1978 – 194 p. : ill.; 29 cm , ISBN 0-87095-049-5
More than 300 photos and illustrations. Maps. Indexed. Expansion of the sugar industry in Hawaii prommoted the first commerciala carrier–36-inch Kahului Railroad on Maui in 1879. Includes the human stories coinciding with the „days when steam trains operated in the most beautiful settings on earth, where trains ran beside coves and foaming waterfalls, around cliffside seascapes, and rolled near the splendor of Mauna Kea.“ Details and pictures included on the Hawaii Consolidated Railway; the Oahu Railway and Land Company; the OR&L and the trains’ rolls after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Bonnell, Henry F et al.: Hawaiian rails of yesteryear, Ewa Beach, Hawaii: Hawaiian Railway Society . 1997 – iii, 75 p. : ill.; 22 cm – A compilation of articles written for the Akahele I Ke Ka’aahi, the Hawaiian Railway Society’s newsletter. The articles were written by Henry F. Bonnell the last superintendent of the Oahu Railway and Land Co.
Chiddix, Jim / Simpson, MacKinnon: Next stop Honolulu. The story of the Oahu Railway & Land Company 1889-1971, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Sugar Cane Press . 2004 – 352 p. : ill. (some col.), Sp. maps, ports. (some col.), plans ; 32 cm , ISBN 978-0-9706213-1-3
Quoted from promotional text: “Next Stop Honolulu was created by longtime Oahu Railway buff Jim Chiddix and award-winning Hawai’i historian MacKinnon Simpson. It is the first book dedicated solely to the history of OR&L and was blessed with unprecedented access to the Dillingham corporate and family archives. A number of prominent private photo collections were also opened just for this book.”.
Condé, J. C / Best, Gerald M: Sugar trains. Narrow gauge rails of Hawaii, Felton, Calif.: Glenwood Publishers . 1973 – 400 p. illus. 29 cm , ISBN 978-0-911760-14-9.
Condé, Jesse C: Narrow gauge steam locomotives in the Kingdom of Hawaii 1880-1885 . o. O., o. J.
Condé, Jesse C / Narrow Gauge Railway Society: Fowler locomotives in the kingdom of Hawaii (Special issue of the Narrow gauge; Band 140), Peterborough [England]: Narrow Gauge Railway Society . 1993 – 48 S. ; 27 Fotos ; 23,5 x 18 cm , ISBN 978-0-9507169-4-7.
Small, Charles S. / Lanham, Jeffrey G.: Philippine sugar cane railroads, Honolulu, Hawaii; Canton, Ohio: C.S. Small ; Distributed by Railhead Publications . 1990 – 116 pages : illustrations, maps 28 cm
Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Track diagrams. 116 pages Contents include History, American Mills, Effect of Central Mills, Japanese Occupation, Post-War Reconstruction, List of Mills, Steam Locomotives, Internal Combustion Locomotives, Engine Roster by Mills, and Panay’s Steam Locomotives.
Aufsätze
Estler, Thomas: Akahele I Ke Ka’aahi. (Schau aus nach dem Feuerwagen) oder „Es gibt keine Bahn auf Hawai?“ Hawai hat eine reiche Eisenbahngeschichte. Fern-Express 15 (2000) Nr. 67 (III/2000), S. 29-37 [mit 4 Karten]