From local trains to high-speed-trains. A couple of very minor service exist in certain areas, including the famous scenic 'Copper Canyon' service. 1-2, and on Trains 3-4 between Guadalajara and Benjamin Hill. TRAIN COMPANY. A list of all train companies in MEXICO. The Mexican railroads were privatized and government subsidies ended, so most passenger trains did as well. Mexico's Passenger Trains, Cabooses and other memories. One train leaves daily from Chihuahua City at 6 a.m., headed for Los Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa. The train carries oil to fire the kilns of the cement plant at Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico. A picture of me riding the vestibule on the FCP on 12/31/1998. Book your train and bus tickets today by choosing from over 30 U.S. train routes and 500 destinations in North America. Let us go back in time once more to Mexico this time to look at passenger trains, cabooses and a few stations as well as locations where once you could have boarded a train. The Land of Enchantment is served by two long-distance Amtrak services, the Southwest Chief linking Raton with Gallup on its way to Chicago and Los Angeles over the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's main line. trains Nos. Another train leaves Los Mochis, also early in the morning, for Chihuahua City. Sadly, the Mexican government pulled the plug on almost all long-distance passenger train service some years ago, and buses and planes are now the only way to get around Mexico. Mexico City’s, in particular, is a quick, cheap and useful way of getting around. Jan 2004: Three Kings Train to Tecate. New Mexico Passenger Trains. “El Chepe” is the nickname of Mexico’s lengthy Chihuahua-Pacific passenger train. Now they are reduced to this: a once-a-week run through the roadless desert. The different train types and categories in MEXICO. OPAL, Mexico — Passenger trains rolled dramatically through Mexico's history, its revolution, its landscape. 136 hauls northbound freight through tunnel approximately 15 miles north of Terminal del Valle de Mexico at Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico, in August or September of 1961. Mexican Passenger Service by Chris Guenzler. Mexican Railroad Motive Power Memories. Detailed information and where to buy train tickets. Mexico City and Guanajuato (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms) on Trains 5 and 6 to and from Irapuato and on Trains 281 and 284 between Irapuato and Guanajuato. Perhaps someone can add to this list of known passenger rail operations south of the border: The train was much like other Mexican passenger trains in makeup except for the rear car. FCM, State of Mexico, 1961 Mexican Railways steam locomotive no. Roughly in the middle of this route is Copper Canyon, now with […] The spectacular Ferrocarril Chihuahua Pacífico, running through the Sierra Madre Occidental between Los Mochis and Chihuahua, is one of the highlights of travel in Mexico and the country's only remaining passenger train.. Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey all have metro (subway, underground railway) systems. Dining Cars— Mexico City and Guadalajara, also between Guadalajara and Nogales on Pacific R.R.