Central Victoria Railway

This article looks at the narrow-gauge railway in the province of Sancti Spíritus . For the standard gauge railway at Jovellanos see Ingenio Victoria Railway .

Central Victoria Railway
Transportation of the sugar cane from the field to the factory
Historical route map
Route length:	51.3 km
Gauge :	700 mm
Legend Victoria Beach Sugar cane fields Several branches Ingenio Victoria Funicular Iguara

The Central Victoria Railway at Yaguajay ^(en) in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba was a 51.3 km (31⅞ miles) long narrow-gauge railway with the unusual gauge of 700 mm.

Route

The narrow-gauge railway ran from the Central Victoria sugar factory to Playa de Victoria on the north coast, and there were a few turns into the sugar cane fields. A steep section operated with a cable winch connected a lower level with a higher plateau.

There were transfer stations on the Yaguajay and Narcisa railways. One of them was on the Cuban Northern Railway in the city of Iguara . The rail weight per meter was 20 kg / m (40 pounds / yard).

Rail vehicles

The railway was operated around 1909 with six locomotives, 19 flat cars, 12 freight cars and 240 sugar cane flat cars. One of the locomotives was a 2-8-0 narrow gauge railroad locomotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW 13021/1892).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The original photo incorrectly bears the caption "Arthur Koppel - Transport of the sugar cane from the field to the factory, Mexico."
2. ^ ^{A b c} John William Furlong Military Notes on Cuba, 1909. US Government Printing Office, 1909. p. 88.
3. ^ Munson Steamship Line: The Cuba review. December 1907. p. 22.
4. ↑ Christopher Walker: Narrow Gauge Railways of Cuba. Trackside Publishing, 2009.