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Humacao & Humacao Playa Railroad Humacao Gauge / Trocha (ancho de vía): 75 cm Map Railroads in Operation, 1916 / Mapa ferrocarriles en operación, 1916  (Data /Datos) Railroads in Operation, 1916 Ferrocarriles en operación, 1916

This railroad was constructed to transport stone from a quarry located eastward from Santurce.  It dates to 1917-1918 when materials were need to build the Bartolome de Las Casas military encampment, located northward of the end the Rexach railway, on … Continue reading →

  Central Cayey, closed 1967, 30 inch gauge, (G32). Cayey Map (U.S. Geological Survey. Cayey, PR.) Observe que el ferrocarril está aislado de los otros ferrocarriles de la Isla. Observe that this railway is isolated from other railroads on the … Continue reading →

  Aguirre, Salinas, closed 1990, meter gauge, (30 in, G52).  Last sugar mill to operate a railroad.  It received sugar cane by trucks and the Ponce & Guayama Railroad; both companies were government owned. Última central en operar un ferrocarril.  … Continue reading →

Folleto Tranvía de Mayagüez, Colección Arquitecto Manuel Durán. ( Mayagüez Tram Brochure )

Sugarcane train – Puerto Rico, between 1952-55. Bill and Thelma Swartzendruber photo. #27,609. Sugarcane Train | Flickr – Photo Sharing! N.d.  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlehman/5694948934/>, accessed April 26, 2013.  Photo belongs to t13hman’s photostream. Great shot… This is one of two General Electric … Continue reading →

Tren Urbano (San Juan’s modern electric train) San Juan Gauge / Trocha (ancho de vía):  4 ft 8 ½ in

Tram was pulled by a donkey to the light house from the shore.  There were two trams.  One tram operated from the shore to a cave, where material was taken up a stairway and onto another tram, and from there … Continue reading →

Hayman’s Tourist Shop RP Type 1 – MAYAGUEZ – Street Scene, Mayaguez, P. R. [Battery Trolley Car No. 1]).  Rodríguez Archives (José Luis and José Alfredo Rodríguez).   Please see:  Archivo Histórico y Fotográfico de Puerto Rico – Colección Rodríguez , … Continue reading →

Vega-Alta Railroad Car.  Jackson and Sharp Company (Wilmington, Del.).  Jackson and Sharp Collection.  Delaware Public Archives.   Web.   25 Sept. 2014. — Northern Porto Rico Railroad Co.   (Subsidiary of Central Carmen) (RD) Vega Alta a Dorado Gauge / Trocha (ancho de … Continue reading →