Cuba
From Oscar Jalice: "As from 2002 when the new Ex mexican railroads GE(53001-53018) locomotives were bought by the Cuban railroads the MLWs got a break and are now being use only for long distance passenger trains such as Havana-Guantanamo ,Havana-Santiago, Havana-Sancti Spiritus, Havana-Holguin, Havana-Bayamo/Manzanillo and Havana-Pinar de Rio. The new GEs are in charge of almost all the freight services. In October 2001 a new French train started to run from Havana to Santiago and 2 MLWs were put in charge of the train and both have been really reliable for the service which is usually on time and that is pretty hard for the Cuban railroads (keep trains running on time)"
The next trio of photos by Andrew Jones
MX624 52404 at Holguin arriving with the overnight from La Habana. 05/06/2002
MX624 52408 at La Habana Central with the 13:55 to Guantanamo. 04/06/2002
MX624 52443 shunting at Habala La Coubre station. 30/05/2002
MX624 54208 seen at Camaguey on the Cuban national railway (FdeC) on 18 Nov 1999. It is one of 50 from MLW for FdeC in the 1970s.
MX624 on the Havana to Sancti Spiritus train out of Santa Clara in 11-99
Last Updated 1July03