Re: Méxican Articulated Locomotives

Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> Tom Moungovan Wrote:
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> > Anybody on this site ever get into Huehuetoca,
> the
> > boneyard? The railroad had a couple of boxcars
> > there that were piled high inside with hardware.
>
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> I never went into the boneyard, but saw probably a
> mile long line of
> dead steam engines there, from the vestibule of
> the northbound train from Mexico City to Laredo in
> 1963.
> I have some B&W that need a good source for
> scanning the small negs. Was sort of a sad sight.
> We visited Auguascaliente
> before that, and that was one of the last shops
> for SG steam. We got a 2-8-2 that had just been
> shopped. In the process of rebuild
> was 4-8-4 3046, and we were told that was to be
> the last one rebuilt. Dave Conrad was on that
> trip, and has a shot of me standing
> in front of the engine with my crappy little
> camera. My brother and I were the youngest people
> on the trip. Anyway lots of dead engines
> around the shop area...again sad to see. But as
> you know steam continued to around sometime in the
> late 60's.
>
> Greg Scholl

Thanks Greg. Yep, both ng and the std gauge steam lasted until
the eve of the Summer Olympics in 1968. 17 serviceable Niagaras
we all done almost overnight.