ELECTRIC TRANSPORT IN LATIN AMERICA
past & present
website of ALLEN MORRISON
(archived by Internet Archive since 3/2003)
(as of 11/2008: 1,110 pages, 2,275 photographs, 111 maps)
NEW 10/2008: The Trams & Trolleybuses of Trinidad & Tobago: text, 3 maps, 20 pictures
NEW 10/2008: The Tramways of Georgetown, British Guiana: text, 2 maps, 11 pictures
NEW 11/2008: The Tramways of San Juan, Puerto Rico: text, map, 29 pictures
general:
Association of American Geographers award for this site
Transport Maps drawn by Allen Morrison
Chronology: electric transport inaugurations 1883-2007
Chronology: electric transport closures 1898-
Current operations: what's running today
Track gauges in millimeters and inches
Tramway pioneers: history, description, 16 photos
Tranvías pioneros: historia, descripción, 16 fotos
Trolleybus installations: dates and data
Trolleybus pioneers: history, description, 13 photos
Trolebuses pioneros: historia, descripción, 13 fotos
The Tramways of Bolivia: history, maps, 67 illustrations
Los Tranvías de Bolivia: historia, mapas, 67 ilustraciones
The Tramways of Brazil: text (only) of my book - 33 webpages
The Tramways of Brazil: selected cities – see BRAZIL, below
The Tramways of British Guiana: Georgetown – text, map, 11 pictures
The Tramways of Chile: text (only) of my book - 21 webpages
Los Tranvías de Chile: versión en español de mi libro
The Tramways of Colombia: history, maps, 52 photographs
Los Tranvías de Colombia: historia, mapas, 52 fotografías
The Tramways of Costa Rica: 4 systems, 4 maps, 21 photographs NEW 8/2008!
The Tramways of Cuba: 14 webpages, 114 photographs, 9 maps
The Tramways of Ecuador: Guayaquil, Quito - history, maps, photographs
Los Tranvías de Ecuador: Quito - historia, mapa, fotografías
Guatemala: Quezaltenango Electric Railway: history, 17 photos, 2 maps
Guatemala: FC Eléctrico de Quezaltenango: historia, 17 fotos, 2 mapas
The Tramways of Haiti: Port-au-Prince - history, map, 16 photos
Les Tramways d'Haiti: Port-au-Prince - histoire, mapa, 16 fotos
The Tramways of Jamaica: Kingston - history, map, 17 photographs
The Tramways of Mexico: 46 webpages, 271 photographs, 21 maps
The Tramways of Panama: Panama City - history, 18 pictures, 2 maps
Los Tranvías de Panamá: Ciudad de Panamá - historia, 18 fotos, 2 mapas
The Tramways of Paraguay: Asunción - history, map, 18 photographs
Los Tranvías de Paraguay: Asunción - historia, mapa, 18 fotografías
The Tramways of Peru: Lima, Arequipa, others - texts, maps, 97 pictures
The Trams & Trolleybuses of Trinidad & Tobago: text, 3 maps, 20 pictures NEW 9/2008!
The Tramways of Venezuela: history, maps, 67 pix
Los Tranvías de Venezuela: historia, mapas, 67 fotos
Venezuela: La Guaira and Caracas Railway
- history, map, 23 illustrations
Venezuela: Ferrocarril La Guaira y Caracas - historia, mapa, 23 ilustraciones ¡NUEVO 7/2008!
"TROLEFOLIA" fotolog – trolleybus photos
3 videos: Recife, Itatinga and Tirirical (São Luís), Brazil, in 1980
Newark (NJ, USA) Broad Street Station Line
My bibliography: my 3 books on paper
Monsacro (Spain) blog on 10 of my illustrations
John Rossman's Tram Views of Asia: 19 countries, 41 photographs
geographical:
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires - electric railways: map
Buenos Aires - tramway: commemorative postage stamps
Buenos Aires - Tren de la Costa: postcard views
Córdoba - trolleybus system: 6 photos, map
Mar del Plata - heritage tramway: description, map, 17 photos
Rosario - trolleybus line: 2 photos
Valle Hermoso - tramway: 2 photos
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
BOLIVIA
The Tramways of Cochabamba: history, 21 illustrations, 2 maps
Los Tranvías de Cochabamba: historia, 21 ilustraciones, 2 mapas
The Tramways of La Paz: history, 54 illustrations, map
Los Tranvías de La Paz: historia, 54 ilustraciones, mapa
The Tramways of Potosí: history, 9 illustrations, map
Los Tranvías de Potosí: historia, 9 ilustraciones, mapa
The Tramways of Oruro and Huanchaca: history, 4 illustrations
Los Tranvías de Oruro y Huanchaca: historia, 4 ilustraciones
page from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
BRAZIL
Aparecida + Guaratingueta: tramway history, 2 maps, 9 photographs
Belém - old trams & the new (2005!) line: history, 24 photos, map
Belo Horizonte tramways: history, map, 27 photographs
Belo Horizonte: 1963 photograph of a Marmon-Herrington trolleybus
Brasília - metro: 2 maps
Brasília - metro: 8 photos
Brazil - first railroads and tramways: map
Brazil - light rail (Rio & Campinas): 11 pages, 29 photos, 2 maps
Campinas tramways: 2 pages, text, maps, 24 photos
Campinas tramway system map
Campos do Jordão - tramway: description, 40 photos, map
Campos do Jordão - tramway: map
Curitiba - tramway history, map, 18 photographs
Itatinga - boat/tram video: 9 minutes, 1980
Itatinga - tramway: text, 2 photos
Macapá - pier tramway: description, 5 photos
Manaus - tramway history, map, 29 photographs
Piraju - tramway history, 2 maps, 22 illustrations
Piraju - história dos bondes, 2 mapas, 22 fotografias NOVO 6/2008!
Porto Alegre - tramway history, map, 22 photographs
Porto Alegre - história dos bondes, mapa, 22 fotografias
Recife - tramway history, map, 49 photographs
Recife - trolleybus system: history, 13 photos
Recife - trolleybus system: map
Recife - trolleybus video: 7 minutes, 1980
Rio de Janeiro - Alto da Boa Vista tramway: text, 11 photos
Rio de Janeiro - BarraShopping Monorail: 2 photos
Rio de Janeiro - Santa Teresa tramway: history, 37 photos
Rio de Janeiro - Santa Teresa tramway: map
Rio de Janeiro - Silvestre charter, 1996: description, 9 photos
Rio de Janeiro - Vila Jardim Santa Cecília monorail
Salvador - elevators & funiculars: description, 11 photos
Salvador - rebuilt Pilar funicular: 10 photos by Raimundo Nonato
Salvador - suburban railway: description, 8 photos
Salvador - tram, train & metro: map
Salvador - tramway history, map, 42 photographs
Santos - article about my 1985 visit (in Portuguese)
Santos - preserved trams: 5 photos
Santos - tramway history, 31 photographs
São Carlos - tramway history, map, 25 photographs
São Luís (Tirirical) - tramway video: 7 minutes, 1980
São Paulo - trolleybus map from 2002
São Paulo - VLP or "fura-fila": 6 photos
Sorocaba - tramway history, map, 25 photographs
Vitória & Vila Velha - tramway history, map, 31 photos
Votorantim - electric railway history, map, 18 photographs
"The Tramways of Brazil": review of my book
"The Tramways of Brazil": text of my book
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
CHILE
American, Chinese, French & Swiss trolleybuses: 9 photos
Los Trolebuses Norteamericanos, Chinos, Franceses y Suizos: 9 fotos
Iquique - tourist tramway: 2 pages, 19 photos, English text
Iquique - tranvía turístico: 19 fotos, texto en español
Iquique - tranvía antiguo/old tramway: 8 postales/postcards
"The Tramways of Chile": text of my book
Los Tranvías de Chile: versión en español de mi libro – 220 fotografías, 16 mapas!
The Trolleybuses of Santiago: Part A, 1940-1978 / Part B, 1991-1994
Los Trolebuses de Santiago: Parte A, 1940-1978 / Parte B, 1991-1994
The Trolleybuses of Valparaíso: Part A, 1952-1989 / Part B, 1990-2000
Los Trolebuses de Valparaíso: Parte A, 1952-1989 / Parte B, 1990-2000
Los Trolebuses Pullman de Valparaíso
Valparaíso's famous Pullman trolleybuses
Valparaíso trolleybus line: my newspaper article
Valparaíso trolleybuses in Placilla
Los Troles porteños en Placilla
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
COLOMBIA
The Tramways of Bogotá: history, 22 photographs, map
Los Tranvías de Bogotá: historia, 22 fotografías, mapa
The Trolleybuses of Bogotá: history, 21 photographs, map
Los Trolebuses de Bogotá: historia, 21 fotografías, mapa
The Tramways (and trolleybuses) of Medellín: history, map, 12 photos
Los Tranvías (y trolebuses) de Medellín: historia, mapa, 12 fotos
The Tramways of Panama City: history, 18 illustrations, 2 maps
Los Tranvías de Ciudad de Panamá: historia, 18 ilustraciones, 2 mapas
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
COSTA RICA
The Tramways of Puntarenas, Cartago, San José & Guácimo NEW 8/2008!
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
CUBA
The Tramways of Cuba: 14 systems, 114 photographs, 9 maps
Cuban Tram Stamps (images taken from website above)
Los Sellos Cubanos de Tranvías (versión en español)
Pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
ECUADOR
The Tramways of Guayaquil - history, maps, 25 photographs
The Tramways of Quito - history, map, 17 photographs
Los Tranvías de Quito - historia, mapa, 17 fotografías
Quito - trolleybus line: description, 6 photos
Quito - trolleybus line: map
Quito - trolleybus line: Kiepe mouse pad
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
GUATEMALA
Quezaltenango - FC de Los Altos: history, 17 photos, 2 maps
Quezaltenango - FC de Los Altos: historia, 17 fotos, 2 mapas
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
GUYANA
The Tramways of Georgetown: text, map, 11 pictures NEW 8/2008!
HAITI
Les Tramways de Port-au-Prince: histoire, plan, 16 photos
The Tramways of Port-au-Prince: history, map, 16 photos
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
JAMAICA
The Tramways of Kingston: history, map, 17 photos
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
MARTINIQUE
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
MEXICO
Guadalajara - metro: map
Monterrey - metro: map
The Tramways of Mexico: 33 cities now on line!
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
PANAMA
Panama City - tramway: history, 18 illustrations, 2 maps
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
PARAGUAY
Asunción - tramway: condom car
Asunción - tramway: history, 18 photos, map
Asunción - tranvía: historia, 18 fotos, mapa
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
PERU
Cybertheft – my photos & map stolen by a Lima newspaper!
The Tramways of Peru: Lima, Arequipa, others - texts, maps, 97 pix
Tranvías en el Perú: Spanish-language version of above by Luis A. Ramírez
The Tramways of Arequipa: history, map, 19 illustrations
The Tramways of Lima: history, map, 69 illustrations
Tranvías de Lima [en español]: historia, mapa, 69 ilustraciones
The Other Tramways of Peru: history, map, 23 illustrations
Lima (Barranco) heritage tramway: text, 15 photographs
Lima metro & tramway map
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
PUERTO RICO
The Tramways of San Juan: text, map, 29 photographs
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
SALVADOR, EL
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
The Trams & Trolleybuses of Trinidad & Tobago NEW 9/2008!
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
URUGUAY
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
VENEZUELA
Caracas - tramway history, 32 photos, satellite view, map
Caracas - historia del tranvía, 32 fotos, vista satelital, mapa
Carúpano - tramway history, 7 photos, maps
Carúpano - historia del tranvía, 7 fotos, mapas
La Guaira & Caracas Railway – history, map, 23 illustrations
Ferrocarril La Guaira y Caracas - historia, mapa, 23 ilustraciones ¡NUEVO 7/2008!
Maiquetía, La Guaira & Macuto - tramway history, 18 photos, map
Maiquetía, La Guaira y Macuto - historia, 18 fotos, mapa
Maracaibo - tramway history, 10 photos, 2 maps
Maracaibo - historia, 10 fotos, 2 mapas
Mérida - map of trolleybus system under construction
Valencia - tramway history, 8 photos, map
Valencia - historia del tranvía, 8 fotos, mapa
Valencia - metro: 2 photos of first cars
pages from other sources, websites, documents, news articles, etc.
This website was launched on 11 July 1998 and celebrated its 10th birthday on 11 July 2008. The author welcomes additions, corrections and suggestions. Please email me!
www.tramz.com