Railroads of Puerto Rico / Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico

Esperanza Central Sugar Company estaba localizada en el pueblo de Naguabo.  En el 1906 tenía un ferrocarril con trocha de un metro y una locomotora Vulcan 0-4-2.

Esperanza Central Sugar Company was located in Naguabo.  In 1906 it had a meter gauge railway and a Vulcan 0-4-2 engine.

Baldwin and Vulcan Locomotives by Richard Dunn
Vulcan Iron Works Locomotives
http://ferrocarrilespr.rogerseducationalpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/013-2000.jpg

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Franchise Ordinance No. 154.  Franchises Granted By The Extinct Executive Council And The Public Service Commission Of Porto Rico, p. 358 – 359.  Colección Dave Deyo.

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1946 USGS, Naguabo, PR.

Es posible que la Esperanza Central Sugar Company estaba localizada en el área de la Colonia Esperanza.

It is possible that Esperanza Central Sugar Company was located in the area of Colonia Esperanza.

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Fuente / Source:  Dave Deyo

Guayama Station on the Ponce and Guayama Railroad. Barriger III, John W. American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album at https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157644767586222/# Page 59.  Ver Railroads of Puerto Rico / Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico – http://ferrocarrilespr.rogerseducationalpage.com/?p=5528

Es la primera vez que veo la estación de Guayama con personas y las vías del ferrocarril. La estación está en la Avenida Laporte de Guayama, a unos minutos al norte de la intersección de la autopista y la Carretera #3.

It is the first time that I see the Guayama Station with people and the railroad tracks. The station is located at Avenida Laporte, a few minutes North of the intersection of Route 53 and 3.

Gracias a Benjamín Díaz por permitir el uso de sus fotos.

Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an
Album on Flickr.  Library, John W. Barriger III National Railroad / Barriger
Library, St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
Photographs. Web. 7 June 20014. All rights reserved.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157644767586222/#>  Note
with the title: This is the full scan of the complete album of John W.  Barriger III photographs of the American Railroad company of Puerto Rico’s operations.
The images were taken in 1942, shortly after the US entered the war.

1-8 Diesel Engine #501 – Page 3.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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1-9 Automotor Car #12 – Page 4.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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1-10 1st Class wood passenger car #AA-2-steel underframe – Page 4.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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1-11 1st class wood passenger car #A-11- Steel underframe – Page 5.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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1-12 1st class steel passenger car A-31- steel underframe – Page 5.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 6a Station and platform at San Juan, looking West.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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2-2 tank car #23 – West India Oil Co. – capacity 4954 gals.- Page 6.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 7a All steel box car #1037 – F.D.Co – 50,000 lbs. capacity.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 7b All steel gondola car #F-98.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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2-7 Track car #5 – San Juan yard – Sr. González, Traffic Manager – Page 9.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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2-8 Side Dump ballast car #F-51 – Page 9.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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2-9 Flat Cars – Page 10 .  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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2-10 Wood body box car #E-337 – Page 10.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 11a 2nd Class passenger car #AB-5.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 11b Baggage Car #C-17 wood body – steel underframe.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 12a General view at shops at Talleres.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 12b Wreck car #1.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 16a Engine #55.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 16b Four stall engine house at Talleres.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 17a Fuel station at Talleres – tank and cars #11 and #13 on unloading ramp in background – spout in foreground.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 17b Passenger station at Talleres.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 18a Martín Peña looking West.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 18b Track scales at Martín Peña – 60 ton capacity.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 19a Junction of main line with line to Carolina.  Main line, right – Carolina branch, center.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 19b Bayamón – looking toward San Juan – showing yard and station tracks.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 22a Bridge over Manatí River Km. 63 /239.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 22b Cane cars at Arecibo #K-552 old style wood – #K-278 – new style all steel.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 23a Arecibo – showing engine house and water tank.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 23b Arecibo yard looking toward San Juan – overhead highway crossing background.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 24a Ron Rico Distillery at Arecibo.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 24b Bridge over Quebrada Bellaca River Km. 106/184.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 26a Concrete arch bridge over Quebrada Mala.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 28b Train #2 arriving at Arenales.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 28b Train #2 arriving at Arenales.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 32a Bridge over Río Grande de Loiza Km. 27.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 36a Crossing main line of Eastern Sugar Associates R.R.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 39 General view of Ponce Shops.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 40a Interior of Ponce Shops.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 40b Locomotive on hoist undergoing repairs at Ponce.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 41a Enginehouse at Ponce.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 41b Engine #37 in Ponce Shop.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 42b Bridge over Tallaboa River at KM. 261.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 44a Water and fuel oil tanks at Yauco.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 44b train #27 at Yauco.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 45a East connection with the South Puerto Rico Sugar Co. at Santa Rita.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 45b West connection with the South Puerto Rico Sugar Co. at Fraternidad.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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9-4 Mayagüez Station – Page 49.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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9-9  Mayagüez Engine House – Page 51.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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9-10  60 feet turntable at Mayagüez – Page 52.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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8-9  Grade Crossing elimination at Lajas – Page 46.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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8-12 Train #8 at Lajas – Page 47.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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9-2 Río Estero Bridge at Km. 203 – Page 48.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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9-3 Overhead grade crosssing at Silva – Page 48.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.
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9-5 Meet Train #1 – Engine #110 at Km. 181 – Page 49.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.
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10-1 Bridge over Bucana River at Km. 278 – Page 53.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-3 End of Central Fortuna R.R. and beginning of Ponce and Guayama at west end of Jacaguas River bridge – West end of line relocation under construction in background – Page 54.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 54a End of A.R.R.Co. of P.R. and beginining of Central Fortuna.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-4  Passing train #29 – Engine #35 at Fortuna – Page 55.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 56a Ponce and Guayama Engine #10 and ballast train.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Page 56b Oxen hauling cane cars.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-8 Box car #51 – Ponce and Guayama Company – Page 57.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-9 Seven stall round house with 50 feet turntable at Aguirre – Page 57.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-12 Inspection party ends trip over line at Guayama – 59.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-10 Mountain range at end of Ponce and Guayama R.R. Co. at Guayama – Page 58.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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10-11 Water tank at Guayama – Page 58.  Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

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Ver / See:

American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico Photos Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico. Barriger Library, St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/72157640461367106/>. Nicholas Fry, John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library Curator.   Photos used with permission.

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Gracias a Efraín Martell por dar a conocer la página – Barriger III, John W.  American Railroad Company of Puerto Rico-Complete Album – an Album on Flickr.

Ferreras Pagán, Luis.  Biografía de la riqueza de Puerto Rico, Tomo II. San Juan, PR: Tipografía de Luis Ferreras, 1902. Print. 42.

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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, página27.

Batey Columbia Railroad Bridge

This file contains railroad operations related to Central Columbia and Central Lafayette.  Dr. Luis Pumarada-O’Neill prepared the report and Roberto Avilés took the photos.

Este archivo tiene datos sobre operaciones ferroviarias relacionadas a las Centrales Columbia y Lafayette.  El Dr. Luis Pumarada-O’Neill preparó el informe y Roberto Avilés tomó las fotos.

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Central Lafayette (More data / Más información)

Central Amistad
Lajas
Gauge / Trocha (ancho de vía): 24 in

El ferrocarril tenía un kilómetro de vía.  Yo creo que es la vagoneta que está en la estación de San Germán.

Railway had one kilometer of track.  I believe it is the cane car located at the San Germán Station.

Ferreras Pagán, Luis. Biografía de las riqueza de Puerto Rico, tomo II. San Juan, PR: Tipografía de Luis Ferreras, 1902. P. 64. Print.

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Dave Deyo, a very good researcher of the railroads of Puerto Rico and friend.  / Un buen investigador de la historia de los ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico y amigo.

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Dave Deyo –  I think there were hundreds (if not thousands) of these tiny cane cars, as so many early and later mills used them for moving the cane from fields to either the mills if close by, or to loading stations where the cane was transferred to larger cane cars on a railway then to the mill. I wish the one Roger & I photographed in San German could be put into a museum or shelter, as the elements have already done serious damage. It should be better preserved.

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Map of the Island of Porto Rico.  Rand McNally and Company.  1915.  Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 . American Memory Home. Web. 30 May 2014.   <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4970.ct000492 >.

Líneas negras oscuaras son del ferrocarril.  /  Dark black lines represent the railroad.

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 USGS Map.  1941

National Atlas of the United States,  http://nationalatlas.gov

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Dave Deyo photos used with permisssion.

Estaciones de Lajas / Lajas Stations

Put on your hardhats and get your cameras, we’re going underground. I visited Puerto Rico during construction of the tunnel work under Rio Piedras. I shopped with Betty a bit and went to eat in El Nilo and then got a coconut ice cream next to the church in the plaza. While there I met an engineer with Kiewit who was working in the tunnels. We chatted for quite a while, and after he learned I was documenting the railroads of Puerto Rico, he agreed to send me some copies of photos he took with a disposilble camera a few days before this.

When I got home, the package was there. Here they are. The series begins with two photos of a 24″ Goodman Little Trammer battery-electric locomotive, one of four leased by Kiewit to work on the project. The third photo shows a small Brookville Locomotive Co. 24″ gauge battery-electric working in a narrower shaft. The final photos give us views of the three Schoma heavy mine locomotives of 36″ gauge that did the bulk of the final excavations. While the others weighed 4 or 5 tons, the Schomas tipped the scales at 20 tons each, built in 1990. Note the large gondolas. If you look at the pictures where there are two shafts, this is where the line would have split to go to Carolina and Caguas. The tunnel to the left was finished all the way to the exit from the ground, including the track. You’ll notice in these pictures the shafts seem narrow, but they were much, much larger when completed.

The final view looks down in the area where the escalators would eventually be placed to reach the underground station from street level. While the quality of these is not up to most standards, we are lucky to have them to document this great engineering feat. My friend chose to remain anonymous to prevent any issues with his employer. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!

Dave Deyo
April 2014 (Date Received)

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See / Ver:

Tren Urbano (San Juan’s modern electric train)

Ferrocarril de la Central Lafayette.  Localizado entre los pueblos de Arroyo y Patillas. Central Lafayette’s Railway which ran from the town of Arroyo to Patillas.

Ver / See:  Ponce & Guayama Topographic Map .  Ver parte este del mapa.  See the eastern part of the map.

Central Lafayette, Arroyo, PR – Colección Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña Universidad de Puerto Rico

Central Lafayette (More data / Más información)

Prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Topographic Center, Washington, D. C., Map information as of 1977, Scale 1:50,000

Luce & Co.
Guayama y Arroyo
Gauge / Trocha (ancho de vía):  Meter / Metro y 30 in

Central Aguirre and Ponce & Guayama RR affiliate
Afiliado a la Central Aguirre y Ponce & Guayama RR (G32).
Ponce & Guayama Railroad

Luce & Co. is a part of the Ponce & Guayama RR.  It was originally the railroad of Central Machete and track was 30 in gauge.  It runs from Central Machete in the town of Guayama to Central Lafayette in the town of Arroyo.

Luce & Co. es parte de la Ponce & Guayama RR.   Originalmente pertenecía a la Central Machete y tenía un ancho de vía de 30″.   Corre desde la Central Machete en Guayama hasta la Central Lafayette en Arroyo.

National Atlas of the United States

See / Ver:  Ponce – Patillas

Controla / Controls:

Central Mercedita

Central Boca Chica

Porto Rican American Sugar Refinery

Controla / Controls:

Central Los Caños

Central Plazuela