Few railway enthusiasts reached Cuba in time to see or ride behind the Clayton locomotives in regular service, but visitors in the 1990s saw the locomotives stored out of use. Clayton number 52504 was in the yard at Central Camilo Cienfuegos on March 10, 1995. The similarity with British Railways’ Class 47 is obvious. The undergrowth masks the central coupler, one of the distinctive features of the Cuban locomotives. This view makes an interesting comparison with the picture of the body structure photographed 30 years earlier at Loughborough –see p17.
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