Fascinating! Super rare footage. Thank You very much for this.

My family rode that train from Havana to the Hersey plant and back. That was in pre-Castro days. I was young but old enough to remember the whole shebang. There was a boat ride from Key West to Havana. Cuba was dreadfully poor. 😮😮😮😊😊😊

@BruselskySluzebnik

7 ай бұрын

Cuba was poor thanks to American sanctions for 50 years.

@richardomer4813

7 ай бұрын

My family was there for a site seeing visit in June 1956. Before presidential election in 1952, Batista staged a coup.[32] Back in power and receiving financial, military and logistical support from the United States government, Batista suspended the 1940 Constitution and revoked most political liberties, including the right to strike. He outlawed the Cuban Communist Party in 1952.[33] He then aligned with the wealthiest landowners who owned the largest sugar plantations, and presided over a stagnating economy that widened the gap between rich and poor Cubans. Eventually it reached the point where most of the sugar industry was in U.S. hands, and foreigners owned 70% of the arable land. As such, Batista's repressive government then began to systematically profit from the exploitation of Cuba's commercial interests, by negotiating lucrative relationships with both the American Mafia, who controlled the drug, gambling, and prostitution businesses in Havana, and with large U.S.-based multinational companies who were awarded lucrative contracts. To quell the growing discontent amongst the populace-which was subsequently displayed through frequent student riots and demonstrations-Batista established tighter censorship of the media, while also using his Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities secret police to carry out wide-scale violence, torture and public executions. These murders mounted in 1957, as socialism became more influential. Many people were killed, with estimates ranging from hundreds to about 20,000 people killed. Cuba had Latin America's highest per capita consumption rates of meat, vegetables, cereals, automobiles, telephones and radios, though about one third of the population was considered poor and enjoyed relatively little of this consumption.[34]

@truthteller8459

7 ай бұрын

WAS dreadfully poor? But if you 'vote' in Communist that is what you get sad but true.

@joshuanishanthchristian5217

6 ай бұрын

@@BruselskySluzebnik He's talking about pre-Castro Cuba, which was poor for different reasons; ie: Being an exploitative dicatatorship

@slvm3

6 ай бұрын

Cuba is not poor. Cuba is beggar because of the damn сommunists. wherever they go, people and countries become beggar.

Great video, and you got to drive! Liked the “Through the square window” Playschool reference 😊 Thanks for posting. Chris

@trianghornby

7 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed it

Railway videos are a great way to see the terrain, infrastructure and people without editorials. Next time I'm on AMTRAK trying to read, I'll not complain.

Good video

@trianghornby

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Hershey la ciudad fundada por los fabricantes de chocolate hasta que cuba fue liberada del progreso.

Que nadie se olvide que el primer ferrocarril de España, no lo ha tenido la Península Ibérica, si no en la antigüa provincia de Cuba (no era colonia) donde empezó el ferrocarril español.

Estos trenes circulaban por Barcelona spain hace 40 años los donó la ciudad de Barcelona a La habana

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18:09 le pasa el palo de vía libre al Brill (token interchange), se nota muchísimo que la red fue hecha para el material estadounidense, las triplas españolas tienen una adaptación enorme para que lleguen a hacer contacto con el cable. La vía está rara, en algunos tramos está inmunda, en otros han renovado por durmientes de concreto. Deberían intentar hacer vía doble y con concreto y balasto en toda la traza para poder correr más formaciones y mejorar la frecuencia. Asimismo se nota que no hay barreras ni guardabarreras en ningún cruce, lo que obliga a bajar la velocidad, está correctamente indicado en la vía, lo mismo que las velocidades. El material está envejecido, pero no es la prioridad todavía, la infraestructura está antes.

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Looks just like many trolley museums from the rolling stock right down to the track; very sad to think this is how people go to work daily.

Wow this is great! Is this railway and this motor car still in operation?

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Due to poor track conditions I don't think all of the system is in operation. I presume the Brill interurban can still be used.

@rickhannegan4078

5 ай бұрын

No.

@Condorcounter

5 ай бұрын

Hurricane Irma struck in 2017, the train stopped running its Havana-Matanzas route.

The trains are hopelessly old but they are still in running condition. You do not see a single piece of paper or wad of gum on the floor. No graffiti anywhere. People behave civilized. Now, go to NYC and smell the stench of feces and urine. See the rats gorging themselves on the garbage and food left behind by patriotic New Yorkers. Admire the wonderful graffiti on the brand new trains. Scrape the gum on the soles of your shoes from the abundance on the stations. And say Hello! to the bum that is sleeping, playing with himself, or taking a leisurely dump on the brand new seats.

Solo viaje en el una vez habana matanzas, pero ya esta destruido. Y si se va la corriente que ?

Que pena de Cuba.

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What gauge is this? Is it right to assume this was built to transport sugar for the Hershey company? Once common in the US, there is only one electric inter-urban still running there, the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad, aka the South Shore line.

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

It’s standard gauge 4ft 8.5 inches or 1435mm Hershey was indeed built for that purpose around 1918 but it was sold to the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Company in 1946 and was then taken over after the revolution in 1959

@SBCBears

6 ай бұрын

@@trianghornby Thanks. For some reason it looked broader than standard US gauge. Now I'm wondering why the sugar mill was closed. Cuba needs exports desperately, but may need the power more... or maybe it couldn't maintain the mill.

@Condorcounter

5 ай бұрын

Like many industries worldwide, Cuban has been consolidating their sugar mills. It means harvest sugar cane must be quickly transported longer distances to remaining mills, as the cane’s sugar content degrades quickly in a day or so. Plus sugar from corn has replaced cane sugar in many applications worldwide.

Это настолько вин-рарно, что аш потным детством повеяло. Не хватает только гнусавого "Cuidado, las puertas se cierran" И невменяемых воплей на станции "дежурный!". Осторжно двери закрываются, следующая станция "отчаяние"

I take it Hershey Cub was Sugar Plantation and mill, and raw sugar was shipped to Hershey Pennsylvania for manufacture into chocolates etc. After the 1959 Revolution, did Hershey become just another Castro Nationalised Plantation? And cut all exports to USA.

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Hershey was indeed built for that purpose around 1918 but it was sold to the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Company in 1946 and was then taken over after the revolution in 1959.

@brianblithe2271

6 ай бұрын

what plantation you talking about ? no plantation after 1865, you need to respect Milton Hershey, they were paid the most a cuban was ever paid at the time , look him up, a Christian that believed in true humanitarianism.

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Plantation defenition - a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop is grown:

Still more reliable than AMTRAK

Are they Iberian Gauge ( Ancho de Via) 1.676mm ( 5'6") ?

@trianghornby

7 ай бұрын

No it’s standard gauge 4ft 8.5 inches or 1435mm

@Condorcounter

5 ай бұрын

Sadly the line was damaged by Irma in 2017 and (most) no longer operates.

What, please, is the crrent purpose of this line? I noticed tankers in a good state. Oil?

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

After the Hershey sugar mill shut down the main purpose has been passenger traffic but I believe the track condition has deteriorated to such an extent that some parts of the line are no longer in service.

@Condorcounter

5 ай бұрын

The 2017 hurricane damaged major portions of the line and it no longer runs. Tankers are likely for molasses/sugar syrup transport.

Almost like LIRR lol thanks

Hi i live in Caraballo

@Condorcounter

5 ай бұрын

Does the branch line train run to Jaruco from Hershey: Calle 11 Station? For school? How many times per day?

@trianghornby

5 ай бұрын

Does the train still run to Caraballo?

@alejandropauletorcaholic-fb4sg

5 ай бұрын

@@trianghornby no , we need support the catenary was stolen the trains are mostly broken without the air compressor , let me know how can i send to you some actual pictures about the station and the only 400m of catenary

@trianghornby

5 ай бұрын

I would be very interested to see some pictures, but unfortunately KZread does not allow private messages and I am reluctant to post my email address on this forum. Maybe there is an alternative solution.

если бы не описание - я бы подумал что это россия.

14:41 Segun la disposicion de las vias, debio descarrilarse en ese punto. No se como no sucedio. Alguien tiene explicacion para que eso no sucediera?

@HSRGood312

6 ай бұрын

It's a spring switch, its points can be moved by the train wheels going out of the frog without having someone go on the ground and throw the switch unless you deliberately want to change directions when going into the frog.

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@edog7059

6 ай бұрын

No. This is 2005 and Castro style communism after 40+ years of trade embargo by the U.S.

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

There are no doubt many reasons why it is like it is but this is a railway video and I don't want it to become a political debate please

@cineffect

6 ай бұрын

No.

@gonzoengineering4894

6 ай бұрын

This is what an agrarian economy denied access to the international market for generations looks like. But hey, why think about reality for five seconds when you have confirmation bias and cheap jokes sitting right there? Don't waste your breath replying because I have even less interest in debate here than you have capacity for it.

To Kubańczycy zrobili czy zostało po tych wstrętnych Amerykańskich imperialistach ?

@user-gf6uj3vm8o

6 ай бұрын

Мытищинский " Метровагонмаш ".

@MatiEP09

6 ай бұрын

pisz po angielsku, nikt ci nie odpowie

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Hershey was built by the choclate company around 1918 but it was sold to the Cuban Atlantic Sugar Company in 1946 and was then taken over after the revolution in 1959

@trintaeumdodezdedoismilede4451

6 ай бұрын

A ferrovia foi feita pela fábrica de chocolates e usina de refino de açúcar, Hershey's.

Good video

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Thanks

Good video

@trianghornby

6 ай бұрын

Thanks