The SV equipment had to go to the Standard Fruit Co., as it is the only 3’ gauge railroad in Honduras. It is very likely all the equipment is abandoned in place if the line is not being used for moving banana containers. If you SV boys are really interested in finding more equipment you should be very interested in this company.
The last issue of World Railways I could find was 1979 and the Vaccaro Ry then had 279 miles of track all 3’, 19 diesels, 5 petrol rail cars, 5 baggage, 4 ice, 26 passenger, 27 tank, 143 flat, 42 m/w. Latest word is the Standard Fruit Co. turned it over to the government FNH (Ferrocarriles Nacional de Honduras) at the same time the 3’6” Tella RR also went into government ownership. It is unknown if Standard Fruit still operates the lines as a contract operator to move bananas and pineapples to the port at La Ceiba.
In 1992 the line still had 172 miles of 3’ gauge railroad.
Then came along Hurricane Mitch in Oct. 1998 which washed out some major bridges on the line but there is no word if they were rebuilt by the government. The hurricane arrived with 180 MPH wind and dump 2’ of water in 6 hours killing over 56 people.
I believe the railyard was at the far terminals, which held the extra equipment, possibly the helper terminal at Los Planes, or Coyoles. A few years back there were no road access to these on-line locations as the Aguau River was in the way and Mitch took out all bridges. The shops were originally at La Ceiba.
2006 ads for Global Impact Tour’s Honduras Exploration describe the method to enter one of their National Parks is by donkey or on a hand powered 1920 rail car of the Standard Fruit Co. former rail line. Thats sound interesting in this day and age.
