The FC, as it’s often designated, dieselized its main lines in the 1960s, and sugar operations gradually followed suit, eliminating steam on even the most backward plantations by about 2000. But many small steam locomotives have been preserved, and a few restored for tourism. Because of the U.S. embargo, new locomotives and rolling stock have been purchased elsewhere throughout the world, from the Soviet Union and China, to France, Germany, Britain and countries in eastern Europe, and in recent years, even freight cars from Iran. The resulting fleet is polyglot, to say the least.
Translate from English to Spanish: El FC, como se le suele denominar, se dieselizó sus líneas principales en los años 60, y las operaciones de azúcar gradualmente se siguieron suites, eliminando la vapor en las plantaciones más atrás hasta alrededor del 2000. Sin embargo, muchos locomotivas a vapor pequeñas han sido preservadas, y algun
Translation: The FC, as it is commonly known, dieselized its main lines in the 1960s, and the sugar operations gradually followed suit, eliminating steam in the back plantations until around 2000. However, many small steam locomotives have been preserved, and some of them can be seen in railway museums.


Translate from English to Spanish: El FC, como se le suele denominar, se dieselizó sus líneas principales en los años 60, y las operaciones de azúcar gradualmente se siguieron suites, eliminando la vapor en las plantaciones más atrás hasta alrededor del 2000. Sin embargo, muchos locomotivas a vapor pequeñas han sido preservadas, y algun
as de ellas se pueden ver en museos de ferrocarriles.

Translation: The FC, as it is commonly known, dieselized its main lines in the 1960s, and the sugar operations gradually followed suit, eliminating steam in the back plantations until around 2000. However, many small steam locomotives have been preserved, and some of them can be seen in railway museums.