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Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1878 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [1] [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884. [1]
Guatemala had 320 km (200 mi) of operating 914 mm narrow gauge railroads between Guatemala City and Puerto Barrios, managed by US-based Railroad Development Corporation [2] as Ferrovías Guatemala. They ran regular freight trains and occasional charter steam trains for tourists from 1999 until September 2007, when all operation was suspended ...
The victims were accused of aiding a military rebellion and of assassinating a high-ranking political police officer, his 16-year-old daughter, and driver; [3] however, they were already in prison when the assassination occurred. In 2005, a foundation (Fundación Trece Rosas) was created in Spain to keep their memory alive.
13 Roses (Spanish: Las 13 Rosas) is a 2007 Spanish-Italian film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.It stars Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez and Marta Etura.The plot, based on a true story, follows the tragic fate of Las Trece Rosas, fighting for their ideals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
She fell in love with the Cuban hero and poet José Martí when he arrived to Guatemala in 1876, and her untimely death gave rise to the legend of La Niña de Guatemala. Due to the similarity in their names, she is often confused with María Josefa. Guatemalan Poet José Batres Montúfar, piano pupil and friend of María Josefa García Granados.
The Northern Railroad of Guatemala was a railway system that ran from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios, the main port of Guatemala, between 1896 and 1968.The American United Fruit Company had the monopoly of the railway system through its affiliate, International Railways of Central America (IRCA), along with the docks at Puerto Barrios, the banana plantations in Izabal and the cargo and ...
The Guatemala City Railway Museum, officially Museo del Ferrocarril FEGUA, is located in the main railway station in Guatemala City, Guatemala. [ 1 ] The museum has a collection of steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and other rolling stock and items connected with the railway.
Casillas is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Santa Rosa. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. [2] The town's population was 7,698 at the 2018 census. The spoken language is Spanish. Nearby villages include El Jute, Minas, Guadalupe, Chapas, San Juan Tapalapa, El Palmar.