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Manufactured in 1843, this engine and is the oldest in Cuba and has been declared a
National Monument. It is the pride of Museo del Ferrocarril Cubano (Cuban Railway Museum)
in the hundred year old Estación Cristina (Cristina Station) in Havana. It was the principal engine
of the Matanzas Railways and carried the Nº 1 for several decades. The exact date when it was
removed from service is unknown, but it is said that it is one of the oldest, the most original
and the best preserved of the locomotive engines built in the United States, a true relic of
great value for the history of railway technology.