The Ferrocarril del Pacífico is a former railroad line company of Mexico that operated from Nogales, Sonora to Guadalajara, Jalisco via Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
 FCP #604, an ALCO Century 628, leads a short freight through Nogales in 1975. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | FCP |
| Locale | Sonora/Jalisco |
| Dates of operation | 1950–1987 |
| Successor | Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
It ran passenger trains between these points: El Yaqui and Mexicali, Nogales, Sonora -- Guadalajara, Jalisco via Benjamín Hill, Sonora and Mazatlán, Sinaloa; and shorter routes: Mazatlán - Naco and Guadalajara - San Marcos.[1]
It was absorbed into Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1984.[2][failed verification]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Official Guide of the Railways, June, 1961, p. 965.
- ^ Ferrocarril del Pacífico railway Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
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