Vigía Chico – Santa Cruz Decauville Railway

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Vigía Chico – Santa Cruz
A Decauville train around 1905 [1] [2]
A Decauville train around 1905
A locomotive that was decommissioned as useless was ready for repair in 1914/15 on the orders of General Arturo Gracilazo Juárez
A locomotive considered useless out of order

was taken, is in 1914/15 on the orders of

General Arturo Gracilazo Juárez ready for repairs
Route of the Decauville Railway Vigía Chico – Santa Cruz
Route
Route length: 56.750 km
Gauge : 600 mm ( narrow gauge )
Legend
   
 0 Vigía Chico
   
 56.750 Santa Cruz (now Felipe Carrillo Puerto )

The Decauville Railway Vigía Chico - Santa Cruz ( Spanish Ferroaril Decauville de Vigía Chico ) was a nearly 57 kilometers long military - narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 600 mm, which was built during the Box War near Santa Cruz (today Felipe Carrillo Puerto ) in Mexico and operated from 1905 to 1932.

history

On December 13, 1901, the material for the railroad was ordered in New Orleans . On April 16, 1902, 250 tons of narrow-gauge railway material were delivered to the General Vega Camp at the port of Vigía Chico. The line was officially opened on September 4, 1905.

Between 1905 and 1912, the Mayans carried out ongoing harassment and attacks on the military railroad. When General Bravo was driven from Santa Cruz, the Mayans began to destroy them. In 1913, the governor of the territory, General Arturo Gracilazo Juárez , ordered the reconstruction.

In 1918, General Venustiano Carranza granted Mayan leader Francisco May a concession to use the narrow-gauge railway to transport rubber .

On February 1, 1927, the President of the Republic Miguel Angel Ramoneda gave the order to rebuild the former military railway . On August 7, 1929, General Francisco May again applied for the concession of the former military railway, which was approved by the government by canceling the concession he had received from Ramoneda. In 1932, when natural rubber production hit rock bottom, the railroad became meaningless.

Locomotives

In the beginning there were three steam locomotives with 40 HP each, ten cars with 6 tons each, 14 flat cars with 3 tons each. The total cost of the equipment was $ 239,967.59. Added to this was $ 8,622 for tools, the construction of the platforms and the leveling of the route.

Wheel alignment Manufacturer Factory number Construction year Today's location
0-4-0T Hainaut / Couillet , Decauville 1888 At the lending library, Felipe Carrillo Puerto ( location )
0-4-0T Hainaut / Couillet, Decauville At the lighthouse, Felipe Carrillo Puerto ( location )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Benjamin Arredondo: Más sobre los ferrocarriles en Quintana Roo.
  2. ^ Benjamin Arredondo: Los ferrocarriles portátiles en Quintana Roo.
  3. ^ Carlos Chable Mendoza: El ferrocaril militar de Santa Cruz.
  4. ↑ Jennifer P. Mathews: Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, from the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley. University of Arizona Press, 2009.
  5. ↑ Francisco Ortiz Verdayes: Quintana Roo ya tuvo su tren. Turquesa News, January 9, 2019.
  6. ^ A b Surviving Steam Locomotives in Quintana Roo.

Coordinates: 19 ° 46 '24.2 "  N , 87 ° 35' 12.4"  W.