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This is a list of Mexican railroads, common carrier railroads operating as part of rail transport in Mexico. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )
Map of first Mexican rail line between Veracruz and Mexico City Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico. Mexico's rail history began in 1837, with the granting of a concession for a railroad to be built between Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico City. However, no railroad was built under that concession.
Ferromex (reporting mark FXE) (syllabic abbreviation of Ferrocarril Mexicano, 'Mexican Railway') is a private rail consortium that operates the largest (by mileage) railway in Mexico with combined mileage (Ferromex + Ferrosur) of 12,100 kilometres (7,500 mi) and is often classed with North American Class I railroads.
Mexican Central Railway train, between 1884 and 1897 1903 map of the Mexican Central Railway and connections Written on this photo taken between 1911 and 1914 is "despedida de los constitucionalistas" (waving goodbye to the Constitutionalists) for soldiers standing on top of S.P. de M. railroad cars during the Mexican revolution
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (better known as N de M and after 1987 as Ferronales or FNM) or National Railways of Mexico was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Díaz), a major railroad controlled by the government that linked Mexico City to the major cities of Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros on the U ...
The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.
Northern Cambria Railway [1] Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway [1] [2] Later Northwestern Electric Service Company of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Railroad [2] Dillsburg Branch of the Cumberland Valley Railroad: Pennsylvania and Maryland Street Railway [2] Pennsylvania – New Jersey Railway [1] Philadelphia and Easton Electric Railway [1] [2]
In May 1952, Mexico took possession of a line operated by Mexican Northwestern Railway. [8] In 1955, Mexico merged them as Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico, S.A. de C.V. [8] Financial difficulties caused by the cost of building a railroad through rugged terrain delayed the project, and the ChP was not completed until 1961. [4] [1] The private ...