Visiting the Museo de los Ferrocarrileros, the railway museum based in the former La Villa station in Mexico City.
The Interoceanic Railway of Mexico was one of the first pre-nationalisation railways of Mexico. They built a 3ft Narrow Gauge mainline from Mexico City to Veracruz in 1891.
La Villa station, as it stands today (March 2021), is the only original building still in existence:
The FCI-67 locomotive of the Interoceanic Railway, built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1899, and later named in honour of the revolutionary Petra Herrera, who led a group of women in the Battle of Torreón in 1914.
It weighs 66 tonnes and is 15.6 meters long and 3.7 meters wide.
The National de Tehuantepec (NdeT) 0-6-0ST 507, built by Manning Wardle in Leeds, UK, between 1889 and 1905.
FCM 717 (Ferrocarril Mexicano) carriage, which, we were told, was used directly behind the engines on the 20-hour journey to Veracruz for the engine drivers to rest and eat.
Fireless Locomotive No. 3327 built by Davenport Locomotive Works in Iowa, USA.
Location: Alberto Herrera s/n Col. Aragón la villa Mayor’s Office Gustavo A Madero
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Entrance ticket: Free admission.