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Post by jaygee on Mar 21, 2015 18:36:50 GMT -8
Yup, how do I know which GMD1 road switchers had the wide long hood radiator end? It would appear that the Cuban B-A1A models all had it. Anyone got a shot of the skinnier long hood, where you can see the difference? Thanks!
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Post by rapidotrains on Mar 22, 2015 2:19:00 GMT -8
Yup, how do I know which GMD1 road switchers had the wide long hood radiator end? It would appear that the Cuban B-A1A models all had it. Anyone got a shot of the skinnier long hood, where you can see the difference? Thanks! What do you mean, exactly? Are you talking about the width of the hood? ALL GMD-1 locomotives have the same body: narrow short hood, wide long hood. There are good photos in our Master Class - www.rapidotrains.com/masterclasses.html-Jason |
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Post by Spikre on Apr 8, 2015 15:44:43 GMT -8
 why would You want to model a Cuban loco ? is it to keep some 55-57 Chevies company ? Spikre 
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Post by Judge Doom on Apr 8, 2015 16:28:47 GMT -8
why would You want to model a Cuban loco ? is it to keep some 55-57 Chevies company ? Spikre Don't be gettin' all prejudiced against Cuban modelers here. Respect the diversity of their fleet.  |
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Post by mlehman on Apr 8, 2015 22:40:42 GMT -8
The Cubans are a lot like Americans. They like trains and train models. They even have tinplate.  I'll bet that a Rapido GMD-1 is a pretty hefty investment there, but likely as fully appreciated as anywhere else. |
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Apr 9, 2015 0:55:04 GMT -8
The Cubans are a lot like Americans. They like trains and train models. SNIP Hmmm. So there could be truth to the rumor that the Walthers passenger train of the year will be the Ferrocarriles de Cuba "French Train"... |
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Post by mlehman on Apr 9, 2015 9:03:22 GMT -8
The Cubans are a lot like Americans. They like trains and train models. SNIP Hmmm. So there could be truth to the rumor that the Walthers passenger train of the year will be the Ferrocarriles de Cuba "French Train"... Heh, heh, that might be the Mother of All Niche Trains. Might be a better project for Rapido or one of the Euro brands. Both serve home markets that have lots of tourists already familiar with Cuba from catching the sun there in the winter back home. |
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Post by Spikre on Apr 9, 2015 12:16:53 GMT -8
 have no problem with the average Cuban,and will leave it there. do have memories of a 4 door 57 Chevy,and am glad that Cuba may have the largest concentration of 50s American cars left on this planet. but do wonder why any one would want to model Sugar Cane lines, unless its to model all the cars built by Magor in Clifton NJ, and sent south to work those fields. Spikre  what is the "French Train' ?
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Post by GP40P-2 on Apr 9, 2015 14:35:10 GMT -8
Spikre:
It isn't just sugar cane lines down there. They have/had plenty of mainline equipment too, which is what the GMD-1s do. Remember there where car ferries from the US to Cuba, and there is/was US 1950's equipment stranded down there, in addition to a mix of European and Soviet bloc rolling stock.
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Post by Spikre on Apr 9, 2015 14:57:11 GMT -8
 Gp40p2, know about WIF,but they shut down about 1962. also Sea Train may have had a route there ? but that is somewhat hazy history. the GMD-1 is sort of now,so if they are mainline power the trains cant be much. then there were the Missle trains of the 60s,and who knows,maybe they still have some. ? Cuba did get some MLW power in the 70s or 80s, are any of the MX424s still running ? Spikre
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Apr 9, 2015 19:59:56 GMT -8
SNIP what is the "French Train' ? It's Cuba's most luxurious and fastest (relative terms, I'm sure) long-haul, streamlined passenger train -- an old French SNCF (Society of National French Railways) train that runs between Havana and Santiago. It's become known by the shorthand "French Train." |
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Post by Spikre on Apr 11, 2015 11:51:23 GMT -8
 Ferro Kid, unless the "French Train" makes a complete lap of Cuba on its run,where else would they have a "Long Distance" type of run ? just wondering,as Cuba isn't really that large of an island. Spikre 
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Post by GP40P-2 on Apr 11, 2015 12:34:30 GMT -8
According to Wiki, Cuba is 780 miles long. If a train averages 30 mph, and it went from one extreme to the other, that would be a 26 hour journey, so plenty of distance for an overnight train.
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Post by GP40P-2 on Apr 11, 2015 12:39:06 GMT -8
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Post by mlehman on Apr 11, 2015 14:19:22 GMT -8
Thanks for the link. Really useful info there. Traveling by rail still looks to be an adventure, which to many is the point. Now to figure out how to get there to enjoy it before things get all unadventurous.
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Post by grahamline on Apr 11, 2015 15:39:34 GMT -8
Our original poster seems to have disappeared.
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Post by areibel on Apr 11, 2015 16:02:36 GMT -8
He must have found his info on the Rapido Master Class page, tons of good info on there (including the Cuban locos).
Nice Job Jason!
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Post by The Ferro Kid on Apr 11, 2015 16:25:21 GMT -8
Our original poster seems to have disappeared. Probably in jail in Cuba -- for spying. |
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