Meeting between two American "oldies" at the far end of the Mal Tiempo line.
It is late afternoon and the Baldwin consolidation number 1320 is storming back to the mill with a loaded cane train.
Number 1611 is a mogul built in 1925 by Baldwin. It is seen here shunting in the Cuba Libre mill.
The mikado number 1910 from the Ifrain Alfonso sugar mill was together with the 1850 from the same central the biggest steam locomotive operating on the Cuban island. It has been built by Alco Bro... (more)
Central Espartaco had one of the finest collections of original locomotives at any Cuban sugar mill. The 1327 is a Baldwin from 1911. It has been built for this mill. It is seen here shunting a lo... (more)
The mogul number 1103 is waiting for her next duty at the Pablo de la Torriente Brau sugar mill. This is a Baldwin locomotive from 1920.
The Baldwin locomotive number 1388 has been repainted to its original appearance. This engine came new to the Santa Lucia mill (name of Rafael Freyre mill before the revolution) in 1907. It run un... (more)
Number 1307 is switching in the Gregorio Arlee Manalich sugar mill. This locomotive came new to this mill in 1920. It has been built by Baldwin.
Only a few German built steam locomotives were still in service in Cuba in 1996. The 2-4-0T number 1124 built by Henschel in Kassel in 1913 was one of these. It was used as the yard switcher at th... (more)
The 1635 has a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement which was not very common in Cuba. It is baldwin locomotive from 1925. The black plume has not been arranged by me for the picture. This kind of volcanic eru... (more)
1714 has just crossed a freight train on the FCC main main and is now ready to return to the mill with its laod of sugar cane.
Consolidation number 1826 is an Alco from 1921. It has seen better days in his life. It is seen here shunting in the Ciro Redondo sugar mill
Somewhere at a crossing in a small city in the USA in 1950? No, this is Cuba in 2003 where such scenes could be captured every day.
Granma Consolidation number 1714 is returning to the mill with a loaded cane train. This locomotive is a Baldwin from 1920.
2-8-0 Number 1590 is returning to the sugar mill with a loaded cane train This locomotive has been built in 1926 by Alco. It came new to the Bartolome Maso Sugar Mill as NĀ°4
