Cuba - American Steam in the Sugar Mills, 1998 (Part 2)

Twenty plus years ago, Cuba was a steam heaven for those of us who were allowed to visit. The island was full of vintage steam locomotives dating mostly from around the 1910's & 1920's and almost all built in the USA. In this episode of my review, we see two mills which offered the sight of steam working hard and, in one case, at some speed.We start on the system serving the sugar mill of Marcelo Salado. This offered a great stretch which ran alongside a straight road and allowed the locomotive drivers to get their trains up towards 50mph on a good day. This system also offered the rare treat of seeing a Porter 2-6-2 saddle tank working for its living.
From Marcelo Salado, we move on to the sugar mill of Ecuador where some particularly heavy loads give us the great sounds of hard working steam. In one sequence the 1910 built Baldwin 2-8-0 number 1904 struggles for some time on greasy rails while shunting an odd wagon or two.
Recorded by me in June 1998.
Part One is here - • Cuba - American Steam ...

[@blackthorne57]

'Memories are made of this'. Thanks

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

Very poetic! Thank you ......... Andy

[@allanegleston4931]

lovely scenes . now most likely all gone.

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

A lot of the locos are still lying around in Cuba but only a small handful still operate for tourist work only ........ Andy

[@jenq1712]

Good job

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

Thank you! ....... Andy

[@renaturezalife1001]

Hello , friends
Really Very Very pleasure , your footages , this old locomotives , are Very lovelys😍 thanks for sharing👍😍😘 Renato RS🇧🇷

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

Good to hear from you, Renato. Thank you for your comment ....... Andy

[@conceyullena]

Very nice video! Greetings 🚂💨👍

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

Thank. Please take a look at some of my other videos! ......... Andy

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@kaipu3197]

I built a saddle tank locomotive out of LEGO just now

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

Well done! ........ Andy

[@markbass7145]

Is this the actual sound you recorded, and did you use the camera or a separate device? Very good thank you.

[@AndyDandanFisherSteam]

All the sound was recorded at the time on my 8mm camcorder ........ Andy

[@markbass7145]

@@AndyDandanFisherSteam Really good audio! sounds like it was professionally done