Le Train des Plantations
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 Heritage train in a banana plantation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 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
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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
[edit]The heritage train is operated by an enthusiastic team of retired employees of RATP, SNCF, Police and Post Office. It runs Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 13:30.
Locomotives
[edit]A Davenport diesel locomotive Moïse with a 232 hp Deutz engine was salvaged from the bed of the Cherry River (Rivière Cerise).[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
[edit]- 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
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- ^ 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.