Mexico’s Ferrocarril del Pacífico (FCP) - National Railways of Mexico, Part 3

In this video, C. Vision Productions and videographer Dan Hadley take you back to the early 1990s, as we tour Mexico’s Ferrocarril del Pacífico between Guadalajara and the Southern Pacific interchange in Nogales. Officially the “Región Pacífico” of the FNM by this time, the spirit of the Pacífico Railway was still present in all aspects of the operation. If you’re a fan of older Alco, MLW, and GE locomotives, FCP’s roster delivers on all fronts. Locomotive models seen include C628, RSD-12, M630, M630W, M636, M420TR-2, M424W, C30-7, C30-S7, C36-7, B23-7, U23B, API-620, BX-620, S-6, GP35, GP40, and GP40-2. The final four Alco PAs in North America are documented in this video as well, with numbers 16, 17, 18, and 19 all featured. The 16 and 18 are found in the deadline at Empalme, while the number 17 is captured in regular service on the FNM. We also visit the number 19 on display at the Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos in Puebla. We’ll follow fast freight and passenger trains across the Pacífico’s mainline, view yard operations at Guadalajara, Tepic, Mazatlán, Ciudad Obregón, Empalme, and Benjamín Hill, and take an extended tour of the famous Empalme Shops. The Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California shops in Benjamín Hill are also visited, with both of SBC’s EMD FT locomotives featured in this segment. At the international border in Nogales, we’ll see the FNM interchanging traffic with the Southern Pacific.

Today, the Pacífico’s mainline is operated by Ferromex. The Alcos, MLWs, classic GEs, passenger trains, and Empalme Shops are long gone. Come along with C. Vision Productions, as we relive the history of Mexican railroading, in Part 3 of our National Railways of Mexico series.

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