National Museum of Mexican Railways - Puebla - Mexico

Posted: November 5 2021 | Tagged: Mexico

Visiting the National Museum of Mexican Railways (Museo Nacional De Los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos) in Puebla as part of a backpacking day trip from CDMX, where we explored the City of Puebla.

Having visited the Museo de los Ferrocarrileros in Mexico City, I was keen to visit the one in Puebla. The museum is located on the original site of the station along the Mexican Railroad which ran from Mexico City to Veracruz, the first railroad in Mexico and on the Southern Mexican Railroad which ran from Puebla to Oaxaca.

The station in the City of Puebla was opened in 1869 by President Benito Juárez.

The Museo Nacional De Los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos in Puebla was opened on May 5 1988.

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM) 5427 GA-8 narrow gauge diesel-electric:

Ferrocarril Central Mexicano (FCM) No.40 2-8-0:

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM) No.1150 2-8-0:

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM) No. 601 0-4-2T:

Inside the mail van Correo NM 2555 at the Museo Nacional De Los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos:

Carriage NM 2555 (Coche Correo NdeM-2555) was used on the 'rutas rapidas' between Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico City and Guadalajara, and Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez:

Unlike at the Museo de los Ferrocarrileros in Mexico City, the were a number of locomotives and carriages where you could climb up into and pretend you realised your boyhood dream of becoming an engine driver: