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[Col. Andy & Wildcat Pam]

I wonder how Catadupa got it's name. Some years ago I heard a rumor that the Chinese were proposing a cross country railroad.

Respect,
Col. Andy

[marley9808]

Some years ago I heard a rumor that the Chinese were proposing a cross country railroad.

Respect,
Col. Andy

Funny you mention that, when we were driving to Port Antonio in October last year we passed by an area where a lot of construction and work was going on. Looked over and there was a large plant I guess you would call it, with Chinese writing all over the place and large equipment like you would see in the states. There was a whole lot of activity and when we asked what it all was we were told it was the Chinese who were rebuilding the railroads in Jamaica.

[BCBud]

The Jamaican Railway Corporation did some refurbishings in 2011 and actually did run the train from MayPen to Spanish Town – here is a video link to the April 2011 inaugural run. It appears that the JRC (controlled by the JA Govt) is seeking to either privitize the railway or seek international joint venture investors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkMm-f9FLFg

I rode on the original train in the mid 1980’s ….. departed MoBay in the morning and arrived in downtown Kingston in the afternoon. It was an interesting experience – quite a few vendors boarded in MoBay with drinks, food, etc and went as far as the midway point where they disembarked and took the afternoon train back to MoBay (and the same was true in reverse for the train from Kingston to MoBay). And as Rambo noted, there were businesses at the midpoint that sold many things (including custom made clothing to measurement).