Consolidated Railways of Cuba 2-8-2 Locomotives in Cuba

Class 350 (Locobase 955)

Data from listing in 1947 Locomotive Cyclopedia. See also "Reliquias de Hierro. Las más grandes y otras locos" posted 26 September 2010 on the Modelismo Cuban y RC" website at [] and David Longman's" Ifrain Alfonso" on his website at [], both last accessed 28 April 2024., Works numbers were 66283-66288 in January 1925.

Modelismo's description of the "1910" notes that it was one of the largest steam locomotives in Cuba. It had served the sugar facility Central Santa Maria in Villa Clara province, which had been established by Casicedo Torriente in 1846, which was renamed Central Ifrain Alfonso following the 1959 Cuban Revolution.

As late as 1998, the 1910 appeared in a photograph pulling a short train of cane cars. David Longman's several photographs and captions show the 1910 from several angles. One of his captions notes the 1910's second career at the Ifrain Alfonso and its status as the largest steam locomotive then in use in Cuba.

Another caption wistfully says

:"This side-on view of No.1910 really does show off its attractive lines and it seemed almost sad that it should finish its life in an industrial setting rather than speeding passengers along the main line."

The website's Spanish text reads: "Entre las más grandes locomotoras de vapor en servicio en Cuba en uno de los centrales azucareros cubano se encontraba la # 1910 tipo Mikado 2-8-2 fabricada por American Locomotive Company en 1925 serie 66284. Su ubicación era el central Ifrain Alfonso,antes llamado central Santa María. "