Cuba (March 2001)

303-Australia: 80 km southbound of Varadero is one of the most interesting sugar mills in whole Cuba: Australia. The lines are very beautiful (with palm-woods, villages) and the rolling stock is remarkable. Two diesel locomotives, built up from steam engines, can be observed here. An other attraction is the railroad-crossing with the highway, only saved by a man with a flag...

1620 (10.03.1999)   1513 (10.03.1999)
1620 is a german construction (Henschel 1920)!   Shunting at La Juanita: 1513 was build by Baldwin in 1920.
1513 (09.03.1999)   1120 (15.03.1999)
...and is crossing the highway!   1420 is a formerly steam locomotive!
1515 (15.03.1999)   1593 (15.03.1999)
2'C-engine 1515 was build by ALCO in 1914 (near Murga).   1593 is the yard pilot at the mill in Australia.
1513 coming up the gradient near Murga.

Something for the ears: 1515 in Murga (141 kByte)