Seven-hour journey behind an 1954 EMD G8 locomotive. From Guantanamo to Holguin in Cuba.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Join me on a calm and relaxing journey on the local train from Guantanamo to Holguin in Cuba.
This train only runs during the summer and in 2023 it was operated with a G8 locomotive from 1954 and former German "Silberling" coaches.
Along the way, vendors continuously appear, selling everything from refresco (soda) and chupa-chupa (lollipops) to cookies and cigarettes.
The train also includes a guarded express freight car transporting everything from chickens to motorcycles, furniture, and various agricultural products.
The first part of the railway line from Guantanamo to Holguin is a branch line that runs through partly hilly terrain with some large bridges.
We pass by some once-important stations where there were large sugar mills. These sugar mills, like many others in Cuba, were closed down in the early 2000s.
At San Luis Combinado, we meet the double-track main line between Santiago de Cuba and Havana, and we follow this to Cacocum station.
Here, a short branch line leads north to Holguin.
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A trip I was never able to do. Could not squeeze it in. Thanks for the superb presentation
There are not many in-depth videos of Cuban Railways like this! Thanks, very cool!
Bardzo sympatyczny i ciekawy materiał z dalekiego zakątka świata - dzięki!!! Pozdrowienia z Polski 🙂
Thanks for this beautiful film!! Shame on the US embargo the main cause of this poverty
Thanks too for this film! Enjoyed it! But as a free person, disagree about this comment, and I would vote against the Cuban government. The criminal government, oppressive in nature, do not live in poverty but rob from the people and keep the nation a museum. To me, that seems shameful. We participate in free speech, those in the film cannot.
Some parts of rural Cuba resemble parts of Africa.