Mexico was an unknown railroad land south of the border to me. I first saw it in a Rail Classic Magazine about the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum trip to Puerto Penasco. Seeing articles in Trains Magazines furthered my wanting to visit Mexico. I started first on a PSRM Puerto Penasco trip and fell in love with Mexican railroading wanting more. The Bananafish Tours trips to Copper Canyon came next then the other places fell into place. I will now take you back into time to enjoy railroading in Mexico as it once was.
SBC Tren 2 raced through Lopez Collada on 12/31/1990.
SBC GP-40-2 2104 at Mexicali on 4/5/1986.
SBC GP-40-2 2110 waited at Mexicali on 4/7/1984.
A roster shot of the 2110 at Puerto Penasco on 4/7/1984.
In a different paint scheme, the 2110 again at Puerto Penasco on 4/5/1986.
SBC GP-40-2 2112 at Puerto Penasco on 4/7/1984.
Another roster shot of the 2112 in Puerto Penasco on 4/7/1984.
SBC F7A 2201 at Benjamin Hill on 5/31/1987.
SBC GP-40-2 2312 pulling the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum Excursion Train to the border in Mexicali on 4/7/1984 prior to the departure to Puerto Penasco.
SBC GP-40-2 2313 in Puerto Penasco on 4/7/1984.
This time the SBC GP-40-2 2313 at Mexicali on 3/3/1991.
A few scenes of the Nogales Engine House on 9/28/1990.
A scene of the FCP Sufragio Engine House on 12/28/1997.
FCP C-36-7 424 at Sufragio on 3/24/1991.
FCP 427 led Tren 4 at Benjamin Hill on 12/31/1992.
FCP C-30-7 459 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
FCP RSD-12 502 at Empalme on 3/26/1991.
FCP RSD-12 504 at Empalme on 3/26/1991.
FCP RSD-12 520 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
FCP M-420TR 522 at Sufragio on 3/24/1991.
FCP M-420TR 530 at Empalme on 3/26/1991.
FCP M-424W 562 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
FCP M-424W 571 at Empalme on 12/31/1992.
FCP M-424W 572 at Esqueda,Sonora on 9/29/1990.
FCP BX-620 576 in Sufragio on 1/1/1988.
FCP BX-620 577 in Nogales on 9/28/1990.
FCP BX-620 580 at Sufragio on 1/1/1988.
FCP BX-620 584 at Sufragio on 1/1/1988.
FCP M-636 663 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
The 25th Year Monument was made out of this CHP 524 and gondola cars that was made to outline the shape of Chihuahua at Temoris on 3/24/1991.
CHP GP-28 808 and GP-40-2 1009 rested in the engine house at Nuevo Casa Grande on 5/13/1988.
CHP GP-28 802 has FM trucks at Nuevo Casa Grande on 5/13/1988.
CHP GP-38-2 902 at San Rafael on 1/1/1988.
CHP GP-40-2 1013 in the siding at Corralitos on 5/13/1988.
CHP GP-40-2 1015 leads its train at San Rafael on 1/2/1988.
CHP GP-40-2 1023 at Nuevo Casa Grande in 5/13/1988.
CHP GP-40-2 1033 at Divisadero, Chih on 1/1/1988.
CHP GP-40-2 1035 at Divisadero on 1/2/1988.
A former CHP H-12-44 lettered SCOP 101 for a movie rested in Nuevo Casa Grande on 5/13/1988.
NdeM M-636 651 at Sufragio on March 24, 1991.
NdeM GP-38-2 903 at Divisadero, Chih on 1/2/1988.
NdeM GP-38-2 905 led our special train to the Bosques de Chihuahua Railroad at Aquaje, Chih on 5/14/1988.
NdeM GP-40-2 1008 was at Nuevo Casa Grande on 5/13/1988.
NdeM GP-40-2 1022 at Divisadero on 1/2/1988.
NdeM GP-40 2104 at Benjamin Hill on 3/26/1991.
NdeM GP-40-2 2109 at Bejamin Hill on 3/26/1991.
NdeM GP-18 2304 ex SBC was at Mexicali on 12/31/1987.
The 2304 again this time five years later at Benjamin Hill on 12/31/1992.
NdeM C-30-7 6714 headed SBC 2 at Puerto Penasco on 12/31/1987.
NdeM C-30-7 6723 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
NdeM RSD-12 7243 switched at Juarez on 5/13/1988.
NdeM SD-40-2 8759 at Sufragio on 3/24/1991.
NdeM SD-40-2 8780 at Divisadero on 3/25/1991.
NdeM U-23-B 9110 at Esqueda, Sonora on 9/29/1990.
NdeM GP-38-2P 9205 at San Rafael, Chih on 12/28/1992.
NdeM GP-38-2 9401 arrived from Mexico City through the yard at Cuidad Juarez on 5/13/1988.
NdeM U-23-B 10018 was on display at Railfair 1991 at Sacramento, Ca on 5/10/1991.
The FNM deadline at the shops at Emplame on 12/27/1997.
FNM PA1 DH17 at Nogales on 9/30/1990.
FNM PA1 DH 19 at Empalme on 12/31/1991.
FNM C-36-7 426 at Sufragio on 12/28/1997.
FNM C-30-7 438 at Sufragio on 3/24/1991.
FNM RS-11 501 at Nogales on 9/28/1990.
FNM RSD-12 510 at Sufragio on 3/24/1991.
FNM RSD-12 520 in the pouring rain at Sufragio on 12/28/1992.
FNM M-420TR 531 at Empalme on 12/31/1992.
FNM M-420TR 534 at Emplame on 12/27/1997.
FNM U-23-B 539 at Aqua Prieta on 12/29/1990.
FNM M-424W 563 was at Nogales on 12/28/1990.
FNM BX-620 581 at Sufragio in the pouring rain on 12/28/1992.
FNM M-636 663 at Empalme on 12/31/1996.
FNM M-630 709 ex BC Rail was at Puerto Penasco on 12/27/1997.
FNM M-630 714 ex BC Rail at Benjamin Hill on 12/31/1992.
FNM M-630W 727, ex BC Rail was the power of the morning train to Benjamin Hill at Mexicali on 12/27/1997.
FNM 1019 headed the northbound passenger train to Nogales and Mexicali at Emplame on 12/27/1997.
FNM GP-40 1023 at Divisadero on 12/30/1997.
FNM GP-18 2305 ex SBC at Mexicali on 12/27/1992.
FNM GP-40-2 2314 at Divisadero on 12/30/1997.
FNM C-30-7 6724 at Sufragio on 1228/1992.
FNM GP-40 8405 at Divisadero on 12/30/1997.
FNM U-18-B 9003 at Emplame on 12/27/1997.
FNM U-18-B 9005 at Empalme on 12/31/1996.
FNM GP-38-2P 9206 at San Rafael, Chih on 12/28/1992.
FNM Super 7-C30 11042 at Benjamin Hill on 12/27/1997.
FNM Super 7-C30 14002 at Benjamin Hill on 12/31/1992.
FNM Super 7-C30 14003 at Sufragio on 12/28/1992.
The former lumbering road had two H16-4s. Here is the 1000 at Cumbres waiting to pull our excursion train over the line on 5/14/1988.
Feromex 3704 was on display at Railfair 1999 at Sacramento on 6/21/1999.
