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N4 Jamaica
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 860 Location: Long Island
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: Havana: monster "camello" buses |
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Yahoo News currently has an interesting Associated Press story about the withdrawal of "camellos" from the streets of Havana. I had never heard about them before. Apparently, when Russia ceased supplying Cuba with cheap fuel twenty years ago, the Cuban regime constructed a long passenger compartment pulled by a tractor, 58 plastic seats, but a squeeze capacity of about 400. Others operate in other cities, but the Havana ones are being replaced by buses from China. To find this article, go to Yahoo News and search for camellos or Havana bus. The current link is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_vanishing_beasts
Joe
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N4 Jamaica
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 860 Location: Long Island
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I just found photos of them on Flickr.com by typing in keywords havana camello. What beasts. I'm glad they're not on Bx12.
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The Port of Authority
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Supposedly, this is what they look like.
Photo for informative purposes only.
I'd like to see one of these negotiating a sharp turn. |
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Dieseljim Deceased
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 548 Location: Perry, NY
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: Havana buses |
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Didn't Havana, Cuba also buy a bunch of GMD "new Look" buses from Montreal? Like any GM "old Looks' that may still be running around down there, these buses would look quite at home. |
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