Ferrocarril de Hornos

Ferrocarril de Hornos (Hornos Railway) was a 2-foot gauge railroad owned by Hacienda de Hornos. Hacienda de Hornos was a large grain and cattle ranch in southwestern Coahuila near Torreón. The line extended 51 kilometers from an interchange with the Mexican International Railway at Hornos through Hacienda de Hornos to Alamito with a 4-kilometer branch to interchange with the Ferrocarril Coahuila y Pacifico at Viesca. Construction began at Hornos in 1902, and the line began common-carrier freight and passenger service in 1904 with two daily trains in each direction between Hornos and Viesca. Twenty-ton locomotive #4 was the only 2-foot gauge 2-8-2 ever built for North American service. [Best 1968 p.69] The railroad was damaged by the Mexican Revolution in 1914; and the last public timetable was published in 1930 for a single daily mixed train with no service to Alamito. The line disappears from government records after 1945.

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