Le Train des Plantations

Le Train des Plantations
Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre
Heritage train in a banana plantation
Technical
Line length 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi)
Track gauge 3 feet 10 inches (1,168 mm)
Route map
 km
0.0 Rhum Museum, Saint James Distillerie
 Bailey bridge
 Bailey bridge
 2.5 Banana Museum

Le Train des Plantations of the Les Rails de la Canne à Sucre association is an 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) long, privately owned heritage railway with Usine Sainte-Marie's (USM's) original gauge of 3 feet 10 inches (1,168 mm) in Sainte-Marie in Martinique.[1][2]

Location

Heritag train in a sugarcane plantation

The narrow gauge train runs from Rhum Museum at the Saint James Distillery in Sainte-Marie through sugarcane and banana plantations over two Bailey bridges to the Banana Museum.

Operation

The heritage train is operated by an enthuseastic team of retired employees of RATP, SNCF, the police and the post Tuesday to Saturday from 9:30 to 13:30.

Locomotives

A Davenport diesel locomotive Moïse with a 232 hp Deutz engine was salvaged from the bed of the Cherry River (Rivière Cerise).[3]

030-T Corpet steam locomotive

A Corpet-Louvet six-wheeler steam locomotive with works No 1701 of 1925 is exhibited in a well preserved but non-functional condition at Saint James station.[4]

References

Coordinates: 14°47′01″N 60°59′54″W / 14.7836889°N 60.9984647°W / 14.7836889; -60.9984647

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