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Mexican Narrow Gauge by Gerald M. Best w.Dust jacket 1968
Mexican Narrow Gauge by Gerald M. Best
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket (has plstic covering)
Copyright 1968
By Gerald M. Best
180 Pages 225 illustrations. Rosters, maps, index.
In Mexico, the network of narrow gauge systems was complex and varied. Here the author groups them under the major systems, the regional ones, the principal shortlines and industrials and ones in Yucatan. Some were 2-foot gauge, some 30 inches and some 3-foot.
Today you can still see steam in Mexico, though standard gauging and Dieselization have proceeded unmitigatingly.
Some of the motive power came from England and Germany, yet 90% of it was American made. In fact, the smallest 4-4-0 ever built by Baldwin is pictured in Mr. Best's exhaustive Roster.
The natural scenic assets of the area - its volcanoes and towering mountains - add to the photographic consist which is rich. Beside the fine pictures by the author, those of L. T. Haug, H. F. Stewart, Jim Shaughnessy and others bring up the level of excellence.
Narrow gauge steam in Mexico is very akin to that in the U.S. in early years, for mixed trains daily were commonplace, their mining roads similar to those in our West. There's a lot to intrigue you within these pages, "south of the border, down Mexico way."
Acknowledgments
Preface viii
Chapter One: Major Narrow Gauge Systems
Mexican National Railway 11
Interoceanic Railway of Mexico 22
Chapter Two: Regional Narrow Gauge Systems
Mexican Southern Railway, Ltd. 31
Hidalgo & Northeastern Railroad 35
Narrow Gauge Branches of the Mexican Railway 36
Chapter Three: Narrow Gauge in Yucatan 48
Chapter Four: The Principal Narrow Gauge Shortlines 61
Chapter Five: The Principal Narrow Gauge Industrials 83
Chapter Six: Main Line Operation Under Government Ownership . 103
Mexican Album
San Lazaro Station, Mexico City 121
A Day in the Life of Engine No. 263 130
The Cuautla-Puente de Ixtla Line 134
From Puebla to Cuautla East of the Mountains 140
En Route from Mexico City to Cuautla 148
Rosters 161
Maps 174
Index 177
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