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Photos & Videos Photos Photo Galleries National of Mexico narrow-gauge photos from Jim Shaughnessy

National of Mexico narrow-gauge photos from Jim Shaughnessy

By | October 23, 2015

View additional photos of National of Mexico (NdeM) narrow-gauge steam trains as featured in "The Shaughnessy Files" in Fall 2013 Classic Trains magazine.

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A train turning the corner surrounded by trees
A train turning the corner surrounded by trees
Volcano and narrow-gauge freight
The extinct volcano Popocatepeti rises in the background as a southbound freight passes through Neapantla in March 1961. Tank cars on the head end carry water for on-line villages.
Jim Shaughnessy
A train turning the corner surrounded by trees
Taken from a distance, a train moving through a field
Steep grade north of Cuatula
A 2-8-0 rolls the afternoon train for Puebla down the 4 percent grade north of Cuatula in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
Taken from a distance, a train moving through a field
A train pulling into a station
Narrow-gauge “high-wheeler”
NdeM narrow-gauge 4-6-0 190 pulls into Chalco with the noon train from Mexico City to Ozumba in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
A train pulling into a station
Taken from a distance, a train passing through
Mixed train for Puente de Ixtla
A narrow-gauge 2-8-0 lettered for Mexican Eastern (OM) leads the mixed train to Puente de Ixtla through Cuautlixco in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
Taken from a distance, a train passing through
A train pulling into a roundhouse
Night at San Lazaro roundhouse
A narrow-gauge 2-8-0 is eased onto a stall at San Lazaro roundhouse in Mexico City in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
A train pulling into a roundhouse
Two trains, moving side by side, leaving a station
Action at Chalco, Mexico
Doubleheaded 2-8-0s move out with a southbound through freight as another 2-8-0 waits with a local freight at Chalco on NdeM’s narrow-gauge line southeast of Mexico City in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
Two trains, moving side by side, leaving a station
A person working on a train
Hostler at San Lazaro roundhouse
A hostler tends to a narrow-gauge NdeM 2-8-0 at San Lazaro roundhouse in Mexico City in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
A person working on a train
A train moving behind pillars
San Lazaro roundhouse arches
Narrow-gauge Consolidation No. 76 rides the turntable at the arch-doored San Lazaro roundhouse in Mexico City in March 1961.
Jim Shaughnessy
A train moving behind pillars
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