Hersehy Electric Railway Yard. A friendly engineer allowed me to join him on a walk through the Hershey Electric Railway Yard in Hershey/Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuba, on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. The yard was filled with a variety of American, Spanish, and Soviet equipment, but the classic Sarriá cars (built 1944-1947) were the only operating passenger cars at the time. These cars were manufactured for Spanish Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, rebuilt in the 1970s, and came to Cuba in the late 1990s, displacing the famed J.G. Brill cars.
The line opened in 1917 to transport workers and goods related to the thriving sugar industry for the Hershey Corporation. While Hershey sold its interests in Cuba in the 1940s, the name has refused to depart the island, and this line is still known as "tren de Hershey". The line sustained substantial damage during Hurricane Irma in 2017, and electric operations are limited.
Full resolution pics and prints:
https://www.riverrailphoto.com/hersheyelectriccuba YouTube video from the cab ride to the yard:
https://youtu.be/E4b-wNf_-1E
