North of Mahukona, there’s a trail that follows the old sugar railway for a couple of miles. This photo shows one of the railway’s embankments, but there’s a bit more to it than that.
This embankment is not the original line. That can be seen to the left of it, the flat dry grass area, following the contours of the land. Traveling this route was very slow, so its course was smoothed out with embankments and cuttings. The original line’s course is to the right of the cutting. These changes cut the time it took to travel the line though it was never a high speed trip!
Graham's Island 
It sure looks dry. Sometimes slow travel is best I reckon
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I like slow travel, Graham xx
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That’s a great view, Graham. It’s fascinating to see the old, slow original line winding along the contour to the left, and how they tried to speed things up just a bit by building that embankment to smooth it out.
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I like knowing the history these sorts of places. Thanks.
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