Photos: Cuba`s Trains Offer Fine-Grained Look at Country

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31 October 2015 18:13 WIB

In this March 23, 2015 photo, a man looks at a tank being transported on a paused cargo train, as he travels by train through the province of Holguin, Cuba. The train system suffered along with much of the countrys infrastructure when the Soviet Unions collapse cut Cuba off from the subsidies that Moscow had pumped into its economy. Currently, a longstanding U.S. trade embargo makes it hard to get parts. From east to the west, trains offer a fine-grained, slow-moving view of Cuba that few foreigners ever see. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB

In this March 23, 2015 photo, a train passenger looks out at the countryside between Ciego de Avila and Santa Clara, Cuba. While the island is slowly modernizing its rail system, it remains the slowest way to get around already slow-moving Cuba. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB

In this Aug. 26, 2015 photo, a boy rides next to the engineer of an electric Hershey train in the Casablanca municipality of Havana, Cuba. The conductor slowed the train down to avoid hitting a shepherd's flock of goats grazing along the tracks. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB

In this Aug. 26, 2015 photo, a young man boards the electric Hershey train with two live goats at the Hershey train station in Cuba. He's traveling to Casablanca, a municipality in Havana where he'll sell his livestock. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB

In this Oct. 11, 2015 photo, a train wagon made to look like a bus, moves along the tracks on the outskirts of Trinidad, Cuba. This train, known as a "train auto motor," moves passengers to and from the outskirts of the city. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB

In this March 23, 2015 photo, a working cowboy travels by train to Santa Clara to participate in a rodeo, as the train moves through the province of Holguin, Cuba. From east to the west, trains offer a fine-grained, slow-moving view of Cuba that few foreigners ever see. AP/Ramon Espinosa

30 Oktober 2015 00:00 WIB