Author: DEW, LEE A.,
Title: The Railroads of Aruba and Curaçao; Railverkeer op Aruba en Curaçao. [First edition; Eerste druk].
Description: Rotterdam, Wyt, 1977. Small 8°. Original coloured limp wrappers, large monochrome circular illustrations on covers. 108pp. of bi-lingual text, english and dutch, Many captioned monochrome illustrations in text featuring a.o. locomotives, stations, 4 railway track maps of which one double plate with legenda featuring the Eagle Railway, comparative data in text and full-page illustrating haulaga capacities-industrial locomotives, table of contents. Detailed bi-lingual survey with supportive statistical data, about railways of Aruba and Curaçao, dutch Territory of the West Indies, e.g.: Aruba's first railways, the railroad at Lago, the Eagle railway, Curaçao's Phosphate railway, the Trams of Willemstad, Shell's railroad Curaçao. Maps representing APM track, Cocession, Aruba, Eagle Railway and Cuiraçao Tramlineservice. A very interesing publication in very fine condition.

Keywords: caribbean aruba curaçao railways railroads haulage transport tramline eagle concession westindies antilles caribbean locomotives service history railtracks shell tramline willemstad colonialism