Kaipu 3 celebrates 100th anniversary with blessing

Kaipu 3 celebrates 100th anniversary with blessing

The symphony of pu, including nose flutes and pu, Tuesday signalled the start of celebration festivities at the Grove Farm Haleko Locomotive Learning Park. Leaders of the Waioli and Nuhou corporations, their invited guests, and employees celebrated not only the 100th anniversary of the Kaipu 3 steam locomotive, but the completion of restoration work that put the 26-ton, dry weight locomotive back on the tracks at Haleko. Kaipu 3, the only remain…