Hershey Electric Railway Cuba 1990 Part 1 Casa Blanca
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2017
- 21 Minutes. This video I feel captures the atmosphere of the Hershey at a time when it was a rather important means of transport along the corridor. It was typical of bare-bones interurban operations in the USA from the 1920 to 1950s.
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Ah, the Hershey Electric railway in Cuba. Another kind of train for me to love.
😊. If you wants to see all six parts,
Hershey Interurban Cuba
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Thanks for this footage! ::)
😊👍 If you want to watch the rest of these Cuban videos, here is the link-
Hershey Interurban Cuba
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It's remarkable how they manage to keep it operating. It's also remarkable that it's apparently worth the effort!
+Bob Rogers
Until the sugar mill closed several years later, the line was vital public transport for many. If you check with Google it is now a shadow of its former self and apparently often does not run. Sad.
These interurban cars are cool cool! The inspection car and French locomotive at 17:40 were rather unsusual!
Be sure to watch others in the series which show different aspects of that operation which even into the 1990s still had much of the flavour of an American Interurban, something which essentially disappeared decades earlier.
That was terrific
Don’t miss the other 5 parts. Each is interesting in its own way. These captured the Hershey when it was still important. Unfortunately now it is almost dead.
Fascinating --- good one mate!
Amazing video. Talk about a rag-tag fleet. I'm told the trolley buses in Ulan Bator, Mongolia are just as tatty if not worse. Trolleys in Sofia Bulgaria and Yerevan, Armenia are a treat too. Did you see those semi-double deck trailer buses whilst in Cuba?
+Marc Conyard
I'm glad you liked it. The next 5 Parts cover other aspects, including a failure one day. The US trade embargo blocking spare parts must have been a factor in their troubles. I have no doubt that many other places short of money had operational problems. Egypt in 1975 springs to mind. I don't especially recall those trailer buses but not much time was spent in Havana or anywhere else away from the Hershey.
The camel buses were pulled off the streets of Havana due to heavy weight destroying the pavement. I saw one empty one in 2013, maybe in some kind of suburban service.
Que recuerdos 😢
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Waiting for parts 2,3,4,5 and 6 please .... thanks.
+Frank Mayedo
You will have to wait just until Friday night for part 2. The rest will,eventually follow.
The Cuban interurban seems fascinating.
+Geoffrey Hansen
Thanks Geoffrey. There is a lot more fascination in the following parts. I'm certain you will enjoy them when published.
Richard do you also have pictures or film of other interurbans as well?
+Geoffrey Hansen
As the Hershey was the last real interurban by a long time, I have nothing else on the subject apart from this line.
Estas máquinas tienen que estar restauradas? Porque supongo que no estarán funcionando y es justo que todas esas máquinas formen parte del museo de transporte de toda la Isla 🏝 transportando turistas oh decorando alguna estación ferroviarias por la que transitaba en su vida laboral!
After this video was made, they imported some suitable trains secondhand from Europe. After that, this line gradually fell into disrepair and was no longer reliable as public transport. I don’t have the latest details, but the last I heard it only operates occasionally and was more likely to run a train just for tourists. I think one of the older trains like seen in this video has been restored for that service.
¨Progreso...
Progreso para trás....
They might have been a bit ratty but they still hung markers off the last cars.
+Sar Jim
As you will see in future Parts, although the rolling stock was worn out the operation was handled in a very professional manner. Safe working was very organised and presumably there were never any serious collisions between trains. It seems possible that standards have dropped a lot since then judging more recent videos.
From what I've read, all the US equipment had been retired except for a couple of Brill crs used for tourist trips. The daily runners now are ex-Spanish cars that, although rebuilt, still date to 1944. The Hershey has turned into a good money spinner for the Ferrocarriles de Cuba, with the Cuban tourist bureau hosting many railfan (trainspotters to you Brits) excursion trips over the Hershey. I understand they've done some rail replacement work and have been replacing long rotted wood ties with concrete. Unfortunately, it's not easy for me to get to Cuba as a US citizen. There are roundabout ways through Canada and Mexico involving such subterfuges as not needing visas or stamping passports. I'd like to go someday without violating US law or supporting a dictatorship in Cuba. We can only hope that the Hershey (and me) lasts long enough for that to happen.
+Sar Jim
What you have said largely backs up what I have seen written elsewhere which of course is good. Certainly I thought the track quality in 1990 was good enough for 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph to Americans) speeds but of course much wood has rotted in the meantime. If you can open the link here you may find it of interest but also depressing. ymtram.mashke.org/cuba/hershey/descr_en.html. I don't want to get into politics but much of the Hershey problem relates to lack of money and I have my own ideas as to where the fault lies there. As for getting to Cuba, just fly via Montréal which worked out fine for us in 1990. The Cubans leave no trace of your visit in your passport. Just go and enjoy yourself. You may find the comments under Part 2 of Hershey interesting. Unfortunately the guy has not replied to me by email yet. Incidentally I am Australian not British.
Ah, sorry to have gotten the nationality wrong. When I heard your narration, I was waffling between Australian and New Zealand. Since I've been to both countries and know there's a little....uh...rivalry there, I thought I'd pick the Mother Country and not get in trouble. :-)
I may do the Canada route since it seems like American tourists aren't going to be allowed to travel direct anytime soon. I'd still rather not give money to dictators but at least Fidel is gone.
I have been reading these depressing reports for the first decade of the century. It now seems the FdC has decided to start rehabilitating the mainline from Casa Blanca to Hershey, both for commuters and rail tourists. I suspect the rest of the line is still in sad shape but Cubans somehow always seem to find a way.
+Sar Jim
I'll forgive your mistake just this once. :-)
As for supporting a dictator, I see China as no more democratic, but we all buy Chinese goods.
I wonder what will happen when the present 'Castro' goes to meet his relative - after all he is not exactly a 'spring chicken' as we would say in the UK, or will their be another 'sort of' revolution where one of these 'army generals' takes over.
Cuba has an election very soon, if not just held. Raoul will be out of it, I gather. Maybe a clean start, maybe more of the same. Wait and see.
If the US has lifted it's embargo, - (I'm not sure), - then I can see the beginnings of a new start, then one can only but hope for a bright future for them. The one big problem (and it is big) is you can't climb out of poverty overnight, however with help from other Countries in the way of investment and 'loans' it can be done. They are already attracting tourists in quite considerable numbers and if the 'New Government' is not thinking of themselves only but also the people as well then anything can be possible. I know a lot of the population were born and brought up in the 'communist' regime and know no different. However I think once they see the opportunities shown in most of the rest of the world then anything is possible for them, - lets all just hope so.
Best not to get too political here but since the fall of the Soviet Union I can see no reason for the continuing embargo. Cuba has been a threat to nobody for a long time.
I quite agree, and yet at the same time there is dear old Donald all for building a giant "Berlin Wall" between the US and Mexico. I know it doesn't involve Cuba at all but it hardly cements friendly relations with that Country or is the US now trying to dictate World Policy.
Now trying? They have been doing that for years.
IT IS. NOT. WORKING. ALREADY. SINCE. 2003
WAS. OFF....FOR ALWAYS....
Thanks for that. I knew that it had been unreliable for a long time, except for sometimes rail fans hiring a carriage for a tour. This is a great pity as it was important transport at the time this video was made.
@@tressteleg1 YES...IS. SO....
FACTORY. SUGAR. TOTAL. WAS. IN. OFF...
WITH. ONE. HUNDRED. 100. FACTORY
MORE. IN. THE. COUNTRY....
THAT. IS. NOT. THE. BEST. FOR. THE PEOPLE. AND. THE. COUNTRY..
WAS. A. PITY...
madre mía hoy estarían mejor si viesen continuado con España en vez de ser comunistas republicanos