The Ingenio Constancia Railway is a
narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...
with a gauge of 762 mm (30 in) in
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
, of which parts of the sections running along the
CAI Abel Santamaria in
Constancia,
Encrucijada
Encrucijada () is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910.
History
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redo ...
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).
Vehicles
There were nine
locomotive
A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...
s 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.
References
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Rail transport in Cuba
Santa Clara, Cuba
2 ft 6 in gauge railways
Buildings and structures in Villa Clara Province