- 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 nearTorreón . 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 atViesca . 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-tonlocomotive #4 was the only 2-foot gauge 2-8-2 ever built forNorth America n service. [Best 1968 p.69] The railroad was damaged by theMexican 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.Locomotives
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