This Baldwin 2-8-0 of 1916 named “Manuel Fajareo” blew up at the Obdulio Morales Sugar Mill in Cuba’s Sancti Spiritus Province.

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This Baldwin 2-8-0 of 1916 named “Manuel Fajareo” blew up at the Obdulio Morales Sugar Mill in Cuba’s Sancti Spiritus Province. The driver, who was applying a round of oil to the engine’s motion at the time of the explosion, was literally blown to pieces, only his legs were found, April 1988.

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Size: 5083px × 3331px
Location: Cuba,
Photo credit: © Colin Garratt / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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