A very Rare Bird/ This Is a API620 rebuilt out of a Alco RSD5 at the roads Empalme shops. This I believe was the first unit done. It leads train number 2 into the yard at Nogales on a early morn... (more)

FCP GE U30C 408 and two Alco RSD5s are being serviced at the roads yard on a nice spring morning in 1979. Consists like this were common in those days

Switching the Yard FCP Alco RSD 12 516 complete with a steam generator works the yard on a warm spring day. Almost anything the road had could be used in passenger service when needed including... (more)

The Thing truly One Of A Kind. This Shop rebulld has parts of a F7 and A Alco RS11 and a lot of sheet metal. Clearly Created from some wrecked locomotives. My friends who have seen my photos of... (more)

A Rare Loco. This Is an MLW M420TR It is one of only 17 built. 2 were built for the Roberval and Saguenay in Canada and the rest were built for the FCP in Mexico. They were used in all kinds o... (more)

FNM 501, an Alco RS11, leads an Excursion near Nogales, Mexico in April 1990. The 501 was originally built for the Ferrocarril Del Pacifico in 1957. Original Slide. Tom Baldner Photo. Sam Foster C... (more)

An Alco RSD5 # 831 rests at the FCP shops in Nogales In the spring of 1979 a few years after this photo was taken these units would be rebuilt into API620 or BX620 units with 251 engines at the r... (more)

This FCPs only RS11 number 501. It sat in the yard waiting to be added to a consist to head south later in the day. The FCP was real Alco Country and several models could be seen in the terminal a... (more)

A set of power led By Alco RSD5 818 is being serviced to head on a southbound train. Note the number boards above the cab these were used for train numbers. these units were long hood forward ... (more)

FCP 586 Is a BX620 shot while switching the yard. It is a rebuild of a RSD5 done at the Empalme shops. it has a new 12 251 engine. I was lucky years before to get a tour of the shops and see th... (more)