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FIAT railcar at Havana Central station

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©  Apr 2, 2012


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FIAT railcar at Havana Central station



storyAccording to Blog de Camilo Venegas, these FIAT railcars, quite rare nowadays, are nicknamed "Colmillo Blanco" - "White Fang" after Jack London's novel, which was very famous that days. The reason for such a nickname was in frequent failures of air conditioning systems that resulted in very low temperature on board. People assotiated these conditions with snowy and icy landscapes described by great author in his novel.
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