Ingenio Constantia Railway

Ingenio Constancia Railway

The railway that goes from Constancia, though the CAI Abel Santamaria to Cayo Hueso
Technical
Length	68.4

The Ingenio Constancia Railway is a narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 762 mm (30 in) in Cuba, of which parts of the sections running along the CAI Abel Santamaria in Constancia, Encrucijada and are still in use today.

Route

In 1909, the narrow-gauge railway, which was still 68.4 km long, connected the Central Constancia, now called CAI Abel Santamaria sugar factory with Santa Clara, Castillito, Yaguramas and Horquita. The rails weighed 15 pounds/yard (30 kg/m).^[1][2]

Vehicles

There were nine locomotives in 1909, at least one of which had been delivered before 1898, as well as one passenger car, 18 flat cars and 405 sugar cane cars.^[1]

References

1. Furlong, John William (1909). Military Notes on Cuba, 1909. U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. Munson Steamship Line (1907). The Cuba review. LuEsther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden. New York : Munson Steamship Line.

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