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| Author: | santafeboy [ Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
Im headed to the Dominican Republic in a few weeks and should have some railfanning time What if any is the railroad situation in the Santo Domingo area? Any rosters available of sugar plantation and mainline railroads if any? |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
According to the World Almanac (2008 edition), the Dominican Republic has 321 miles of railroad (not bad for an island nation). This is probably main line; the Almanac most likely would not list industrial railway mileage. If one reads the sports pages this time of year, it's easy to assume that the Dominican Republic's chief export is baseball players. |
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| Author: | Steve Singer [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
Bob Davis wrote: According to the World Almanac (2008 edition), the Dominican Republic has 321 miles of railroad (not bad for an island nation). This is probably main line; the Almanac most likely would not list industrial railway mileage. If one reads the sports pages this time of year, it's easy to assume that the Dominican Republic's chief export is baseball players. Probably cigars... |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
I just checked the Light Rail Transport Assn. website; the Dominican Republic has no electric railway passenger operations. |
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| Author: | 1702 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
Here are some websites you may find of interest - First, an overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_ ... n_Republic The Santo Domingo Metro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Metro The Dominican sugar manufacturing institute, where you'll find the country's sugar mills by clicking "Productores/Ingenios" http://www.inazucar.gov.do/index.html Finally, the country's biggest sugar operation by far, the Central Romana Corporation at La Romana, approx. 118 miles from Santo Domingo. Their website says they have 17 locomotives. The few photos I've seen show GE endcabs, 95-tonners(?). There's no contact info on their website, other than for employment, but on IAD's site, an office in Santo Domingo is shown. Phoning/emailing that office might produce permission to visit their operations. http://www.centralromana.com.do/index/php?lng=en Other than sugar railways and the Metro, there is a Dominican Government Railway, but I've found no useful information about it. Bear in mind that the Dominican Republic has received much bad publicity about the (alleged?) exploitation of Haitian sugarcane workers, and that could have an adverse effect on visiting the sugar railways. Jim Tatum |
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| Author: | 1702 [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railroads in Dominican Republic questions |
Use this URL instead for Central Romana http://www.centralromana.com.do/index.php Jim Tatum. |
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