Builders plate found on outside frame 2-8-0 in cuba #38101, date looks like maybe August 1912, anybody give me some background on it?


b.hume@rogers.com

> err, ah, disregard the picture shown inthe last posting, engine shown should have been on Cai Rafael Freyre 2-8-0

b.hume@rogers.com

> Builders plate found on outside frame 2-8-0
> in cuba #38101, date looks like maybe August
> 1912, anybody give me some background on it?

2' 6" gauge 2-8-0, MINAZ #1390, was still in use March 1997.

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lner4472@bcpl.net

> 2' 6" gauge 2-8-0, MINAZ #1390, was
> still in use March 1997.
Built new for this mill. Pre-revolution name, Santa Lucia. Originally number 8, named "Cayaguan." Still carries plate #8 on the front. I hope this poster has seen a photo of the engine and does not have the actual plate. There has been a huge theft problem in Cuba, with builders plates being sold off of working engines to foreign railfans. Several mills have been forced to removed their plates for safe-keeping. There are two particularly notorious individuals that have been pillaging Cuban railroad history, one American and one British.

This mill is near a major tourist area and has started running tourist trains. Someday, when it is legal to visit Cuba again, we may still be able to see and ride behind this engine.

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