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  Noyelles — French engines were among the first locomotives that operated in Puerto Rico.  Cail N°2 was one of the engines.  This engine was sent to the United States from Puerto Rico.  It was later sent to France where … Continue reading →

Central Puerto Real Vieques Gauge / Trocha (ancho de vía): 36 in Central Puerto Real was located on the island of Vieques, a town east of Puerto Rico. It was later referred to as “Central Esperanza”.  It had a 36″ … Continue reading →

  Cartas de un conductor / Letters from a Conductor Colección Dave Deyo   El Reverendo Ramírez Vélez era un conductor retirado en los trenes de pasajeros de la American Railroad. Le escribió varias cartas a Dave.  La carta incluida … Continue reading →

  Ferrocarriles y Tranvías, Resumen Histórico PDF — Dale un click al mapa Source / Fuente: Informe del Comisionado del Interior de al Honorable Gobernador de Puerto Rico, 1919. San Juan.

  Colección Ricardo Medina — Copeland, P. Allen.  Locomotive Rosters – Railways of the West Indies, Part IV, Puerto Rico”.  Pages 147 – 212.  See/Ver : Railways of the West Indies, Puerto Rico , página 26. — Baldwin and Vulcan … Continue reading →

                —   Colección Belkis Munoz-Gelabert http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladygelabert/7211831664/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladygelabert/7211931846/in/photostream/ Munoz-Gelabert, Belkis. American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico. 2009. Flickr. Web. 29 June 2013. — Al norte del pueblo de San Germán había un ramal … Continue reading →

Fábrica Ladrillos y Cal Manuel Díaz Caneja – Album Fábrica Ladrillos (1917) Pueblo Viejo, Caparra Guaynabo, Puerto Rico La foto muestra una fábrica de ladrillos con parte de su ferrocarril industrial de vía estrecha.  La materia prima utilizada para la … Continue reading →

  American Railroad Company of Porto Rico.  “Tabla de Distancias Exactas de Estaciones, Ramales y Desvíos.” Manual de Explotación. San Juan, PR: Imprenta Cantero, Fernández & Co., 1922. Print. (Table of Distances, Stations, Branchlines… – Pages / Páginas 16 -27) … Continue reading →

  Colección César López Cabrera (Tolofish).  “Utuado Sugar Company.” Photo. Flickr. Web. 28 Feb.2013. This sugar company was established by my great grandfather in 1910. — Shay locomotive, Utuado Sugar Co., Utuado, 30 inches (shaylocomotives.com).  Copyright 1958 Kalmbach Publishing Co. Used … Continue reading →

  The US Naval Air Station in San Juan had a drydock, built at the beginning of the World War II.  Railroads were used to build the dock and in its operation.  Docks were used for the repair and maintenace … Continue reading →