The LKPRR operated the Sugar Cane Train, a 6-mile (9.7 km), 40-minute trip in open-air coaches pulled by vintage steam locomotives.

[1] A narrator pointed outs sites of interest during the trip, which crosses a 325-foot (99 m) curved wooden trestle whose elevation yields panoramic views of neighboring islands and the West Maui Mountains.

"Mac" McKelvey and the Makai Corporation created the railroad in order to illustrate this part of Hawaii's past.

Hill felt that the Sugar Cane Train needed to be kept running in order to preserve one of Lahaina's best-known attractions.

[6] In July 2021, the entire railroad (including track, but excluding right-of-way land) was listed for sale for $400,000 by the Ozark Mountain Railcar brokerage firm.