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Eastern Puerto Rico / Este de Puerto Rico

  Luquillo – Fajardo – Yabucoa  /   Caguas – Humacao Fajardo Fajardo map showing Fajardo Sugar Growers Association 30″ gauge track / Mapa de Fajardo con vía de 30″ de la Fajardo Sugar Growers Association Ferrocarril Histórico de Puerto … Continue reading

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San Juan – Carolina and/y San Juan – Bayamón – Toa Baja

Observe: Trolley track (Vía del trolley), American R.R. of Porto Rico, Central San José (Sugar Mill), Universidad de Puerto Rico (University) Why so many tracks (marked in red)?  Some sugar mills had railways, in most cases with connections to the … Continue reading

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San Juan – Luquillo

  Observe:  Universidad de Puerto Rico, Central Victoria (Sugar Mill), Central Canóvanas, American RR of Porto Rico, Fajardo Development Co. Why so many tracks (marked in red)?  Some sugar mills had railways, in most cases with connections to the main … Continue reading

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Isla de Icacos (Icacos Island)

Planta de Cal “Hicacos”, Inc.  Island located East of Fajardo.   Limestone quarry.  Mina de piedra caliza.  Observe las vías.  Source / Fuente: Dave Deyo

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Aguirre Station’s new image, June 2011 / Estación de Aguirre con nueva imagen, junio 2011

La estación de Aguirre se encuentra en terrenos de la Central Aguirre en Salinas.  Era parte de la Ponce & Guayama Railroad. The Aguirre passenger station is located at Central Aguirre in Salinas.  It was part of the Ponce & … Continue reading

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French Locomotive and Yauco Station / Locomotora Francesa y estación de Yauco

First Class Passenger Coach / Vagón de Pasajeros, Primera Clase Church, A. M., ed. [Picturesque Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii …]. Springfile, O.: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1898. [Internet Archive]. Web. 30 June 2011.  Pages 38, 40. <http://www.archive.org/details/picturesquecubap00chur>. [Language: English , … Continue reading

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Tourist Railroad of Fajardo / Ferrocarril de turismo de Fajardo

“Conservando una Romántica Tradición” Puerto Rico’s Ferrocarril Histórico offers a ride through the cane fields behind meter-gauge steam By Dave Deyo Pdf Article / Artículo Pdf With permission to use from William S. Young,  Editor and Publisher of Railroading magazine … Continue reading

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Manuel Durán (Architect) Collection (1) – Mayagüez

Drawing Mayagüez Tramway Co.  /  Plano Carro Tranvía de Mayagüez Guanajibo Tram, Mayagüez, 1897 / Tranvía de Guanajibo, Mayagüez, 1897 Cambija y Despacho / Tráfico / Water tank and Dispatch  Tower  

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Railroad Map of Porto Rico (1924) / Mapa Ferroviario de Puerto Rico (1924)

Railroad Map of Porto Rico (1924) / Mapa Ferroviario de Puerto Rico (1924) Railroad map of Porto Rico.   Map (39 x 89 cm,  Scale [ca. 1:255,000]).  United States. Dept. of Commerce. [S.l.], 1924.  American Memory Map Collection.   Library of Congress … Continue reading

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Model of a sugar cane derrick and Ponce passenger station, scale 1:87 / Modelo de una grúa de caña y la estación de Ponce, escala 1:87 – Arquitecto Ariel Santiago, Bayamón, PR

     

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