[modeleng] Re: Corn

Not all of the Cuban lokies burned Bagasse Alan.  I have a video of various
sugar mill locomotives in Cuba and some of them are burning oil or so it
would appear.  Lokies were in horrible operating condition.  Not even the
sanders would work so they had this peon walking along strewing sand on one
of the rails and still the wheels slipped much of the time.  Maybe peon
engineers were in charge also????

Jesse in USA

> All the locos on sugar plantations-mills in the Philippines and Cuba were
> fired with the waste.
> Now, they all use imported fuel in deisel locomotives. It is called
> progress!!
> Alan
>

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