Cuban beauty ! The ten-wheeler NĀ°1732 has been built in 1916 by Alco. Before it's second life at Minaz, it was used as Cuba RR NĀ°243.
Steam in paradise !! Until recently, Cuba was the best place in the world to witness old American steam locomotives in action. Number 1321 from the Central Mal Tiempo (which can be translated by "... (more)
Steam and world history. During the invasion of The Bay of Pigs in 1961 cuban president Fidel Castro set up a headquarter on sugarcentral Australia. Later the remains of a shot down B 26 plane (in... (more)
Oilburned E 1355 was built by Baldwin, USA, in 1920. Here seen on its way in the afternoon with a train loaded with sugarcanes
Pounding across the freeway with more loaded cane. The road bridge is unfunished - just as it was on my previous visit there in 1989.
Why this 'Central' (Sugar Mill) should be named after a large Antipodean semi-continent is not known. Evidence of recent heavy showers is apparent. The mogul is a 1915-built Baldwin, and has spent... (more)
The midday sun is high and it's hot, even in February. A crew member walks forward to tend the switch. On of the Venezuala Mills Baldwins.
Diesel and steam power. One is nearly replacing teh other...
Transport of sugar cans.
When there is no locomotive available, we need an other solution to deplace the cars with sugar cans...
