Andreas Foedrowitz ha compartido fotos que tomó de los ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico durante julio y agosto de 1999 usando película Fujicolor. Agradezco su aportación al tema de los ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico y a esta página.
All pictures were taken in July/August 1999, scans from negative film (Fujicolor). Thank you very much for sharing your photos.
Cambija de Guajataca, Isabela / Guajataca Water Tank, Isabela
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Tren del Sur – Ferrocarril de Turismo / Tourist Railroad
Este ferrocarril operó usualmente entre los pueblos de Arroyo a Guayama.
This railroad operated usually between the towns of Arroyo and Guayama.
Closed / Cerrado
Railroad equipment originally was from the Ponce and Guayama Railroad.
El equipo originalmente era de la Ponce and Guayama Railroad.
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Destilería Bacardí / Bacardí Rum Distillery, Cataño
Railroad equipment originally was from the Ponce and Guayama Railroad.
El equipo originalmente era de la Ponce and Guayama Railroad.
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Parque del tren / Train Park – Bayamón
Closed / Cerrado
Railroad equipment originally was from the Ponce and Guayama Railroad. The engine was from Central Mercedita.
El equipo originalmente era de la Ponce and Guayama Railroad. La locomotora era de la Central Mercedita.
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Túnel de Guajataca / Guajataca Tunnel – Isabela
Hiking along the former rights-of-way of the American RR of PR near Isabela. The old depot was turned into a restaurant, and the tunnel (Guajataca Tunnel) was used as discotheque (there were disco balls hanging from the tunnel ceiling). Andreas Foedrowitz.
Existió un restaurante y el túnel fue usado como discoteca.
There were three tunnels on the American Railroad system. They are located in the towns of Isabela, Quebradillas, and another at Boquerón, Cabo Rojo.
La American Railroad tuvo tres túneles. Están en los pueblos de Isabela, Quebradillas, y en Boquerón, Cabo Rojo.
Tunnels / Túneles
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Cambija de Guajataca, Isabela / Guajataca Water Tank, Isabela
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Locomotora de Levittown / Levittown Locomotive – Toa Baja
Operó en la Central Pasto Viejo / Eastern Sugar Associates y luego C. Brewer. Era una locomotora Balwin con número 7. No operó en la Central Constancia. Dave Deyo.
Originally Central Pasto Viejo/Eastern Sugar Associates, C Brewer Baldwin #7. No relation to Central Constancia. Dave Deyo.
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In 1999, there was not much information available about railroading in Puerto Rico. I didn’t know anything about the locomotives in Penuelas and Camuy. Late 90’s guide books about Puerto Rico still mentioned the steam train at Fajardo, which was shut down after the big flooding in 1975. The two locomotives working there in 1975 (Glover #121645/1925 and Baldwin #60181/1927) are now at a museum in Caracas, Venezuela.
Currently there are 10 steam locomotives known to exist in Puerto Rico.
The website http://www.steamlocomotive.info/country.cfm?which=puertorico lists 9 locomotives, but shows pictures of all 10 individual machines (there is a Hunslet ***and*** an Andrew Barclay stored at Manati). Andreas Foedrowitz.
Note: The Hunslet and Barclay locos are no longer in Puerto Rico.
Andreas nos da más datos sobre otras locomotoras que operaron en Puerto Rico. Las locomotoras Hunslet y Barclay ya no están en Puerto Rico.
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Caracas Transport Museum, Venezuela – Dos locomotoras de Puerto Rico / Two engines from Puerto Rico
Locomotoras de Gales en Puerto Rico. Steam Engines from North Wales (Gales) / Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Steam Locomotive Information. https://www.steamlocomotive.info/country.cfm?which=puertorico. Accessed 8 Sept. 2019.