Ferrocarril de Hornos

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Annual ticket, 1904

The Ferrocarril de Hornos was a 610 mm (2 ft) narrow-gauge railway operated by the Hacienda de Hornos in Mexico .

The Hacienda de Hornos was a large grain and cattle farm in southwest Coahuila near Torreón . The line stretched over 51 km from a transfer point with the Mexican International Railway at Hornos through the Hacienda de Hornos to Alamito with a 4 km branch to a transfer point with the Ferrocarril Coahuila y Pacifico at Viesca . Construction began in 1902 at Hornos in 1902, and the operation of mixed passenger and freight trains began in 1904 with two trains a day in each direction between Hornos and Viesca.

The railroad was damaged during the Mexican Revolution in 1914 . The last timetable was published in 1930 for a mixed train per day with no connection to Alamito. The railway line disappeared from government documents after 1945.

Locomotives

number Manufacturer Type date Work number Remarks
1 HK Porter C (0-6-0T)
2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1'B (2-4-0) 8/1902 20871 Name: Adela
3 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1'C (2-6-0) 3/1903 21823 Name: Concepción , sold in September 1909 to the Godchaux sugar factory as Elm Hall and Foley Railroad No. 7
4th Baldwin Locomotive Works 1'D'1 (2-8-2) 3/1903 21825 Name: Juana