Minaz #1357 from the Central Pepito Tey is a Baldwin from 1909. This locomotive has been built new for this mill and was named Aramao. It is seen here going out to the cane fileds with an empty ra... (more)

In Cuba you could see long before arriving at the sugar mill if the central was operating or not. If black smoke came out of the huge chimney, it was a good sign. No smoke meant that no activity w... (more)

The grade from the sugar mill to one of the nearby loading point is very steep. The little engines had to work very hard to overcome it. The show made by these locomotives was just majic!