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[railwayhistorical]

Rail Over the Border

Here's a southbound train crossing over the border in Nogales, Arizona into Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. A Border Patrol Agent told me this happens six to eight times a day.

The train rolled up slowly to the gate, which is right in the center of town, it stopped for a few minutes (presumably to change crews, as I had seen vans with drivers waiting), and then continued south at a slow rate. After the last car rolled through, the gate was closed.

The line south out of Tucson is now of the Union Pacific; the line on the other side of the border is Ferromex (which is short for Ferrocarril Mexicano—while that sounds like a national line, it is now a private consortium).

Going back in time, the route here on the US side was originally that of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (operating under the name of the New Mexico and Arizona Railroad) while the rail line on the Mexican side was originally the Sonora Railway (funded by the ATSF so that they would have access to the port of Guaymas on the Pacific.

Six images by Richard Koenig; taken May 3rd 2024.

[cbcaboose]

Hello good buddy, didn't think I'd find anyone on this high of a radio channel.

What's your 10-20? Bet your railway is somewhere cool ain't it.

Anyways recently there was 10-42 around here. But who could have done that, am I right. ;]

[ @ask-widesmile-theredcaboose Mod Talk: Hi hi, it's Star. lol. Thought aCB sould send ya something. Also the translation for his radio slang is this: 10-42 = there's been an accident. {He's alluding to having crashed someone recently} 10-20 = asking your location. {You can just make up a railway if you want, you don't need to give your real location. lol 😅} ]

OHHH HEYAAA!

Located in ferromex railway! It's really, really cool! >:)

Also, yeahhh! I wonder who could've caused that accident! 🤔🤔🤔

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Ferromex suspends routes amid migrant surge

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[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

Actually I've got some spicy takes about tren Maya, they shouldn't have started building it since there was existing Right-of-way they could of used but since they cleared the Right-of-way they absolutely have to finish it because the Right-of-way is the most expensive and damaging part of the process and it's also the first step of building a railroad after planning and surveying, and while yes they shouldn't have started it when they had existing rail lines they could have upgraded, that ship has sailed Tren Maya is about 95% complete and moar tren moar good usually because Train good car bad, even if it is being built for the wrong reasons once construction begins you NEED to finish it otherwise you get all the bad with none of the good

Also they are Electrifying it and hopefully they rebuild the old Mexican railroad system especially considering lots of people are nostalgic for the NdeM (National Railroads of Mexico) which was a very good system until they sold it off to Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and Genesee & Wyoming in the 90s (keep in mind all of those Railroads are American although KCS just merged with Canadian Pacific)

As someone from Mexico I feel deeply obligated to let the US left know that Claudia Sheinbaum is neither of these things and while having a women rule the country for the first time is a historic achievement it is not the win you think it is

She is of jewish descent and made one statement for Palestine but never pressured the mexican goverment to break ties with Israel and one of her proposals as a president is to give the military here ( that btw is trained by the Isr*eli army) more power

As the mayor of Mexico City she constantly used the riot police against protestors and allowed the use of tear gas ( which she later claimed wasn't true)

She calls herself a feminist but always refused to acknowledge the wave of violence Mexico faces against women ( 11 women dissapear every day in Mexico) She has also knowingly made men accused of SA part of her campaign team

She also supports "Tren Maya", a project that caused massive ecological devastation in the mayan jungle and facilitated military violence against indigenous communities

You don't live here, you don't know shit so please don't push this kind of narrative idolizing these people

this is not a win for us

[adiariomx]

Se espera que este jueves inicien los trabajos de construcción, en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad. Ciudad Juárez, Chih (ADN/Arturo Hernández) - La ...

[gamboagarcia]

Gracias de antemano por sus comentarios Construirán Pasos Peatonales Sobre Vías del Ferrocarril El Director de Desarrollo Urbano, José Eleno Villalba Salas, dio a conocer el inicio de la construcción de tres puentes peatonales sobre las vías del ferrocarril que cruzan la ciudad. En un término no mayor de tres semanas se licitarán las obras de dos de los tres puentes peatonales: el que se ubicará en la intersección de Avenida 16 de ... Sigue leyendo: https://www.adiario.mx/estado/juarez/construiran-pasos-peatonales-sobre-vias-del-ferrocarril/?feed_id=157150&_unique_id=6651096e1ee74

[transportemx]

Desenganchan vagones de tren de Ferromex para dejar varados a los migrantes

Con el objetivo frenar su recorrido por México, más de dos mil migrantes, la mayoría de Venezuela, fueron abandonados en Zacatecas, luego de que los vagones del tren en el que viajaran fueran desenganchados por personal de Ferromex, informó la fotoperiodista Flor Castañeda. A través de sus redes sociales, Castañeda denunció que estos hechos ocurrieron el pasado viernes 29 de septiembre entre…

[razorsrockinart]

A Mexican..

So anyways meet Diego the Ferromex diesel from Mexico. Diego is bilingual and very fluent in both English and Spanish. However as the obvious, his main language is Spanish.

Diego mostly works in Mexico, but often comes down to other places to do work. He has tons of fellow rolling stock friends. Diego had arrived on April 1st, 2015 (the official year the first 10 of them were delivered) and he was the first one. Pulling freight all over Diego is a very hardworking diesel engine who works day and night.

(More info on Diego will come later on)

[beardedmrbean]

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican railway operator announced Tuesday it is temporarily suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process.

Ferromex said it has temporarily ordered a halt to 60 trains carrying cargo that would fill 1,800 tractor trailers. It said some international trade would be affected by the stoppage.

In recent days, there have been about a "half-dozen regrettable cases of injuries or deaths” among migrants hopping freight cars, the company said in a statement.

The company, owned by conglomerate Grupo Mexico, said some migrants even hopped on moving freight cars “despite the grave danger that represents.”

“There has been a significant increase in the number of migrants in recent days,” Ferromex said in the statement, adding that it was stopping the trains “to protect the physical safety of the migrants,” while it awaited action by authorities to solve the problem.

But the word had yet to trickle down to the migrants themselves, hundreds of whom waited on the tracks and alongside them at a railway yard in Huehuetoca, on the northern outskirts of Mexico City.

Pavel Aguilar Flores, a migrant from Venezuela, was hoping to hop a freight train to Matamoros, a dangerous Mexican border city across from Brownsville, Texas.

“We haven't heard any news,” Aguilar Flores said. “We are going to continue on our journey, and in fact we're waiting for a train.”

“I have heard there have been accidents, but not so many as people say,” he said. “You have to be careful and get on the train when it's stopped, not when it's moving.”

In fact, trains were still running through the railyard at Huehuetoca Tuesday evening, but they weren't heading where the migrants wanted to go.

According to Ferromex, the worst problems appeared to be further north.

The company said there were about 1,500 people gathered at a rail yard in the city of Torreon, in the northern border state of Coahuila. The company also reported about 800 migrants waiting at the freight yards in Irapuato, in the north-central state of Guanajuato.

About 1,000 people were reported to be riding freight cars on the train line that connects the city of Chihuahua and the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Ferromex is Mexico's largest concessionary rail operator and the impact of the train stoppage will be “very important,” said Ana Bertha Gutiérrez, the international trade coordinator for the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness. She noted the measure could hit industrial states like Nuevo Leon, Baja California and Chihuahua hard, given their links to the U.S. market.

Migrants have long used the trains, known collectively as “The Beast," to hitch rides from as far south as Oaxaca state to the U.S. border. About a decade ago, the Mexican government briefly staged raids on the trains to discourage the practice, but later largely abandoned the effort.

The announcement comes as migrants are increasingly desperate to reach the U.S. border.

On Monday, migrants mostly from Haiti burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico city of Tapachula.

Throngs of migrants knocked over metal barricades and pushed past National Guard officers and police stationed at the office. Some of the migrants were trampled by their colleagues in the rush.

Authorities later convinced many to leave, and no injuries were reported.

Crowds of frustrated migrants, including many from Cuba and Honduras, say they have had to wait for weeks in some cases for an appointment at the office in Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala.

At the office, run by the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid, migrants can file claims for asylum in Mexico. Most, however, intend to use the papers to travel more safely and easily to the U.S. border.

Mexico is on track to receive more asylum applications this year than ever before as the flow of migrants threatens to overwhelm governments of several Latin American countries along the migratory route.

Andrés Ramírez Silva, the director of Mexico’s refugee agency, said last week that the number of asylum applications his agency receives this year could reach 150,000, well above the 129,000 record set in 2021.

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Máquinas Union Pacific trabajando para Ferromex a punto de irse del Territorio Mexicano

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Frena descarrilamiento de tren comercio de granos entre México-EEUU

Agencias/Ciudad de México.- El consorcio ferroviario mexicano Ferromex y la compañía estadounidense Union Pacific Corp dijeron que han dejado de emitir permisos para algunos envíos ferroviarios de granos que se mueven a través de Eagle Pass, en Texas, después de que un reciente descarrilamiento de un tren en México cerró la vía. La detención es una medida temporal hasta que el tráfico de trenes…

[encontrasteveracruz]

Entrena Ferromex a Protección Civil de Córdoba para atención de emergencias químicas

#EnContrasteVeracruz #Córdoba Córdoba, Ver.- Personal de la Unidad Municipal de Protección Civil de Córdoba recibió capacitación para la atención de emergencias químicas en el sistema de transporte ferroviario, fue impartido por la empresa Ferromex  del Grupo México, informó Jorge Tress Martínez, titular de Protección Civil.Dijo que la ciudad de Córdoba se encuentra en una zona estratégica y de…

[adribosch-fan]

Migrantes acusan cobro para subir a La Bestia

La empresa Ferromex les cobran en promedio mil pesos por persona para subirlos a los vagones del ferrocarril, con destino a la frontera con Estados Unidos Migrantes abordan en Zacatecas FOTO: Cortesía / CUARTOSCURO Daniel Padilla / El Heraldo de Chihuahua CHIHUAHUA. Un grupo de venezolanos que se encuentra en el campamento migrante al sur de la capital de Chihuahua denunció que trabajadores de…

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#train #SC #ORIZABA #FERROMEX

[adiariomx]

Ferromex invertirá 400 mdp mientras que el Municipio participa como gestor y asesor de las obras. Ciudad Juárez, Chih (ADN/Arturo Hernández) - Cruz P...