Mexico’s Pacifico Railroad
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We’ll take you across the entire line from Guadalajara to the US border at Nogales. It’s an eleven hundred mile odyssey that examines the many faces of a truly extraordinary operation.
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| Producer | Pentrex |
|---|---|
| Run Time | 2 hours |
| Narration | Yes |
| Shrink Wrap | Yes, Brand New |
| Technical Details | No Region Code, NTSC |
Join Pentrex on a journey of discovery back to 1992 to explore Mexico’s Pacifico Railroad. We’ll take you across the entire line from Guadalajara to the US border at Nogales. It’s an eleven hundred mile odyssey that examines the many faces of a truly extraordinary operation. With everything lined up and no problems on the rails, the trip takes an FCP train 27.5 hours. A map helps you follow the action. The Pacifico Railroad is a bastion of old and new technology with an unusual locomotive roster.
You’ll see older Alco and MLW engines reporting for duty, including the last remaining active Alco PA diesels, and freshly painted Alco PA DH-17 in its Southern Pacific Daylight paint scheme. Newly acquired BC Rail locomotives are also seen in action. Stepping into the shops at Empalme, you’ll view both maintenance work on the older locomotives and construction of new GE Super 7 engines. Here’s your chance to witness railroading from a different era, where train orders are still hooped up, telegraphers attend to their keys, cabooses mark the end of all freight trains, and marker lamps are in regular use. There’s much to experience as we explore the Pacifico Railroad of 1992.
rickyfreni –
In this 4th & final volume of the pentrex railroads of Mexico collection from 1992 which is the longest in the series, there are even more diesels raging from a restored Alco PA DH-17 which looks identical to the FPA4, to the C30-7s, as well as Alco RSD12s, the M420TRs, an API 620 which was once an RSD5, a BX 620, the M424 wide cab units, C628s, M636s, S6 switchers, & the 14000 series super 7 units, plus the M630s from Canada’s British Columbia Railway. Some of these scenes were later used in the 1998 trilogy: Those Incredible Alcos, & even the 1995 video: U-Boat Survivors. Plus, volume 2 of the Mexico collection from 1991, as well as a mention of the Best of 1988.
Locations in the final show during the crew’s visit to Mexico include Guadalajara Yard, Oraindain Junction, Tequila, The Barancas Mountains, Ahuacatlan station, Tepic Station, Mazatlan city with an engine house & a much larger station, Percedio River Bridge, Bamoa station with bulls & goats grazing in a field, Sufragio Junction depot with even more people, Ciudad Obregon, Navojoa, Luis depot, Estacia Don, Masiaca Siding, Empalme Yard & engine shops, Querobabi, Pesqueira, Hermosilo, Sonora River Bridge, Benjamin Hill, Magdalena, Nogales, Agua Zarca, Cumeral, & ends at the US border in Nogales to connect with Southern Pacific.
At Mazatlan, one diesel is referenced to a Nickel plate road 2-8-2 once operating in Indiana and now resides at Ravenna Kentucky.
At Querobabi, the narrator of pentrex Dave Drui does a quotation from the Judy Garland version of the Wizard of Oz.
Lloyd –
Mexico is a fascinating country. And it’s railroads are no different. At the time of video production, older alcos were hard at work, and old telegraph correspondence was still being used. What a exciting variety of power and communications that was being used. It is like old times in the USA & Canada. A great video for all rail fans.
Warbonnet Productions –
This was a very enjoyable DVD! Lots of good ALCO and smoke, great scenery and colorful locomotives. Great for any lover of ALCOs!