Le Train des Plantations
Le Train des Plantations Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 3 feet 10 inches (1,168 mm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Le Train des Plantations of the Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre association is a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) long, privately owned heritage railway with Usine Sainte-Marie's (USM's) original gauge of 3 feet 10 inches (1,168 mm) in Sainte-Marie in Martinique.[1][2]
Location[]
The narrow gauge train runs from Rhum Museum at the Saint James Distillery in Sainte-Marie through sugarcane and banana plantations over two Bailey bridges to the Banana Museum.
Operation[]
The heritage train is operated by an enthusiastic team of retired employees of RATP, SNCF, the police and the post Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 13:30.
Locomotives[]
A Davenport diesel locomotive Moïse with a 232 hp Deutz engine was salvaged from the bed of the Cherry River ().[3]
A Corpet-Louvet six-wheeler steam locomotive with works No 1701 of 1925 is exhibited in a well preserved but non-functional condition at Saint James station.[4]
External links[]
- www.traindesplantations-rcs.fr (Official Website)
- Victor Monier: You-Tube Video: Le petit train de l'habitation Saint James
- Jacques Mathou: You-Tube Video: Le train des plantations (extraits)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Train des Plantations. |
- ^ Thomas Kautzor: The Railways of Martinique 2013.
- ^ Thomas Kautzor: The Railways of Martinique 2014.
- ^ Le Train des Plantations - Bienvenue sur le site de l'association Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ La distillerie Saint-James et le Train des Plantations.
Coordinates: 14°47′01″N 60°59′54″W / 14.7836889°N 60.9984647°W
- 3 ft 10 in gauge railways
- Sugar mill railways
- Heritage railways
- Transport in Martinique