Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Last Train to San Fernando

In 1876 the Trinidad Chronicle quoted “Guinea-women of Belmont” who were “Radas – from near Dahomey” describing the newly introduced railway locomotive as “a thing of fear and mystery,” and called it the “Beke Debble-horse.”  The Beke Debble-horses were eventually phased out in 1965.

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