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In the News : Real Trains

Cuba's only Electric Train, the Hershey
Nov 13, 2012



By Peter De Keles
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Between the town of Casablanca, on the other side of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas, extends the only electric railway in Cuba, known as the Hershey Train.

Title:Cuba's only Electric Train, the Hershey
Publication:Havna Times.org
Date:11/11/12
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CategoryReal Trains
Overview

The electrified track was built in 1916 by the Hershey Corporation, the chocolate manufacturer in Pennsylvania, United States, in order to transport sugar from the mill of the same name, in Santa Cruz del Norte, 45 kilometers from Havana, and also the workers who came from the capital.

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