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In 1929, the Havana Special was the premier train, providing year-round coach and sleeping car service between New York and Key West, daily except Sundays, with connecting ferry service beyond to the Cuban capital.
The museum displays Napoleon’s death mask, brought by Dr. Francesco Antommarchi, the last doctor to treat Napoleon on Saint Helena, who died in Santiago de Cuba; and Napoleon's telescope. [1] The Collection of the Museo Napoleonico Havana, Cuba was published in 2021 by Luke Dalla Bona. It is the result of almost 10 years of research and ...
Richard Virgil Dean Steinheimer (August 23, 1929 – May 4, 2011) [1] was an American railroad photographer from Sacramento, California. His work has been published in Trains Magazine, Railfan, Locomotive and Railway Preservation and Vintage Rail and more than seventy books. A pioneer in railroad photography, Steinheimer lived through and ...
Seatrain Lines, officially the Over-Seas Shipping Company, was a shipping and transportation company conducting operations in the Americas and trans-Pacific regions.. Seatrain Lines began intermodal freight transport in December 1928 by transporting entire loaded railroad freight cars between the United States an
The 1929 stock market crash wasn’t just a financial collapse; it was the moment the Roaring Twenties came to a screeching halt. In a matter of days, fortunes were wiped out, optimism turned to ...
The railway station of Villanueva, c. 1900 Villanueva Railway. Map shows train path down present day Avenida Zanja. The Havana Capitol building was built on land that was a railroad terminal and used to belong to the Villanueva Railway. The project began in April 1926, during the Gerardo Machado administration.
The 1,024 kilometers (636 mi) Central railway runs from Havana to Santiago de Cuba in the eastern region. Most of the 4,556.25 kilometers (2,831.12 mi) system is diesel-powered with 1,055 kilometers (656 mi) electrified. The flagship Train Number 1 travels between Havana and Baracoa. Other long-distance passenger services link Havana to Pinar ...
First of an eventual 863 Great Western Railway 5700 Class 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotives to Charles Collett's design completed at its Swindon Works, England. [1]January 1 – Paul Shoup takes over the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of Southern Pacific.