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American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico

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Posted by jrbarney on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:08 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by bgoodman4

Does anyone know where I can find information about the American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico? I know it came into existance shortly after the Spanish-American war, ceased operations in 1957, and was liquidated in 1977. I would like to know more about the equipment used, etc.

Bgoodman4,
By the time I was stationed on a SAC crew at Ramey AFB in the mid-60s, the railroad had ceased to exist. In October of last year I did a Google search and found this lead:
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_IV/puertoric_bj.html
If you print it off, scroll down to the bottom of page 5 where a brief description of the railroad starts. There's also a map in the Library of Congress collection:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4971p+ct000303))
For some reason, you'll have to Copy and Paste this entire URL to the address window to get it to work.
Bob
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American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:32 PM
Does anyone know where I can find information about the American Railroad Co. of Puerto Rico? I know it came into existance shortly after the Spanish-American war, ceased operations in 1957, and was liquidated in 1977. I would like to know more about the equipment used, etc.

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