Monthly Archives: May 2014

Ver / See:  Ponce & Guayama Railroad Controla  / Controls: Central Aguirre Central Cortada Central Machete Ponce & Guayama Railroad Luce & Co. (Central Aguirre Sugar Co. Fiftieth Anniversay Annual Report, 1949)      

Controla / Controls: Central Fajardo Central Juncos Central Santa Juana

Controla / Controls: Central Fajardo Central Juncos Central Santa Juana

  Foto Dave Deyo — Controla / Controls: Central Aguirre Central Guánica Central Cortada Central San Francisco Central Eureka Central Lafayette See / Ver: El Verdor y Dulce de nuestra Caña de Azúcar de Duhamel Zayas Rivera, 2003.     … Continue reading →

  Sugar cane for Central Fajardo / Caña para la Central Fajardo.  Colección Dave Deyo — — Controla / Controls: Central Cambalache Central Plazuela Central Roig Central Plata Central Fajardo Central Coloso Roig Refinery See / Ver: G1948 and El … Continue reading →

   Railroads of Puerto Rico (a list) Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico (un catálogo) Nota:  Para cada ferrocarril incluyo nombre, pueblos donde operó, y la trocha (el ancho devía).  Menciono otros nombres relacionados al ferrocarril y/o comentarios.  Ver los enlaces y … Continue reading →

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 →