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 narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...
with a gauge of 762 mm (30 in) in
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
, of which parts of the sections running along
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 or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...
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