i wonder if you can buy rolling stock to if you can get a bax car to put behind the loco so when the wife kicks you out of the houst you can remodel the box car into a home [:D]
The locomotives put up for sale by Minaz (Cuban Sugar Ministry) are really shot to pieces, unfortunately Cuba does not have a great Heath and Safety standards, thus some of their ‘engineering’ is quite unique! I doubt any of the boilers on the locomotives would pass any sort of H&S testing in the UK let alone the States. They would probably be condemned and fit for static display only.
I have previously enquired with Minaz as to how much they were looking for per locomotive, and for the rough ones they wanted something in the region of $120,000 - clearly they do not have any idea about the what the locomotives are worth in their current condition! So anyone wanting to get an loco on the cheap - look else where! You would probably have pay another $120,000 for a new boiler!
Shipping out of Cuba may not be too big a problem, but getting the loco to the dock will be a problem. The roads in Cuba are poor and from my previous visits there are few, if any road vehicles that would be capable of taking a loco from a mill to the dock (fuel prices would be tremendous!) On top of this, removal by rail would also be a huge task seeing as few docks still have rail lines that are accessible. So all in all its pretty much of a non starter!
Since I was last in Cuba, none of the locomotives listed have been sold, but on the positive side, none have been scrapped either. There is no fear of any scrap merchant getting hold of them, seeing as there are no scrap merchants in Cuba - the only fear is of Minaz cutting them up where they rest and selling the scrap to China. Quite ironic seeing as a lot of the locomotives have ex China Rail Steam loco parts on them.
If I could work out how to insert a photo on to this thread I would put a couple of photographs of the engines up for sale on here - any suggestions/requests?!?
Regards,
Stephen.
Stephen, you need to upload your pictures to a host site. I use pbase.com but there are many on the internet. After doing that you open the photo, in the size you want (pbase lets you use 3 sizes), then you copy the address of the page from the explorer bar at the top, come here and type your message. At the appropriate spot in the message you type
Hit the preview button to check before posting.
OH! don’t have any spaces either!
Jarrell
Any body know the price a peace for these engines?Guess I can dream and win the lotory.[:P]
JIM
Man![:(]
I just was in Cordele yesterday I should have ridden it. Atleast their selling them unlike NYC’s subway cars which are dumped 13 miles off the coast of South Carolina
DRew