Visit 9 Cuban sugar mill railroads from 1986 when American steam locomotives were hauling the cane plus the Hershey Cuban Ry, an interurban line built by the Hershey chocolate company.
The Hershey 56 mile line was running American-built interurbans made by Brill and hauling cane and switching with G E trolley locomotives.
The steam mills ran on Standard, 36", 34 1/2" and 30" gauge tracks with 2-6-0 and 2-8-0 steamers built by Baldwin, Alco and Vulcan.
The story is told in movies and slides in this 52 minutes, all color DVD that you can watch with or without narration, all for just $ 24.95!
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