I found one site for Cuban steam, but this appears to be more up to date than the 1990s. There is the Hershey Cuban interurban which has been modernized with 1944 vintage Spanish electric cars.   Ferrocarriles de Cuba is main railway with diesel equipment from Hungary, USSR, China and Canada.

All the non-Americans with Cuban access over the years have kept track of surviving steam here and there.

http://www.steamlocomotive.com...ry=CUB&state=CLH

I remember seeing a photo of a Rogers 2-4-2T that was a dead ringer for the REA G scale model, but was an oil burner.

Thanks, Firewood...looks like standard and three foot gauges are most common, but with some 15" and 30".  I was thinking I had seen something showing there was still some steam in service, in rural areas.  guess the F.C. de Cuba is standard gauge.

Pretty much the only steam active in Cuba is now on tourist operations.  Cuba has gone from more than 200 sugar mills to less than a dozen quickly and diesels power what trains they do run.  However, some old mills and communities have established tourist trains that typically run for tour groups.  The status of these change rapidly.

They actually went from 127 to 58 plants after hurricane Mitchel in 2002. 

I was at one last week in Progresso and the locomotive #1518 below is American made 2-6-0 and 98 years old. We went on it for a 45 min ride to the nearby town of Cardenas. During the plant tour I saw about 20 or so German and American made locos on the site ... they told me only two are still running. Here are some pics

I came across some railfan videos taken in Cuba in 2012.  There is the Hershey Cuban line concrete tie track and street running--both quite unlike anything I've seen before.

There also are videos on steam operation.

Was hoping this thread was about cigars 

Cigars?  You're on the wrong blog....

Hi Bill • Thanks for the ride. When I was kid I used to go to Cuba with my Dad on business trips.
• Like to go back.
• Cheers from Michigan