National Railway Company of Cuba

The National Railway Company of Cuba is currently the world's second-largest owner of GMD-1 locomotives, with 20 on the roster. If the GMD-1 itself wasn't unique enough for you, these are an even more unique subclass: each has one six-wheel truck and one four-wheel truck. Mark Perry explains:

    The 1100 series that were sold to Cuba were initially fitted with B-B trucks but these proved to be too heavy for the light Cuban railway infrastructure so the FCdeC bought a bunch of the A-1-A truck's from Canac (left over and sitting around after the 1100 series rebuild program) and fitted the front end of the GMD-1's with these used six axle trucks. While many retained the B-B truck under the cab, there many that were fitted with two A-1-A trucks as originally built, as well.

Whatever trucks they have, the Cuban GMD-1 looks awesome.

(Please note that we will only make these if we get enough orders. Americans you can order these too. They aren't made in Cuba).

Features

    HO Scale DC or DC/DCC/SOUND
    5-pole, skew-wound motor with excellent slow-speed performance
    Numerous accurate 1100-series details
    Road number-specific paint and lettering, including safety striping
    Operating number boards, headlights and class lights
    Heavy, die-cast chassis and interior: It weighs more than a pound!
    Full cab interior oriented the correct way (short hood forward for 1179)
    True GMD-1 sounds recorded from #1118 on the Alberta Prairie Railway
    Factory-installed Macdonald-Cartier couplers mounted at the correct height