From Mexicali to Benjamin Hill our three car train was amply powered with an ex PGE/BCOL M630! As I stood at the open dutch door for hours, the dark quiet of the nighttime Sonora Desert insulated me from all sensations, save the gentle roll of the car, the ka-klack of jointed rails, and the I'm-going-to-throw-a-rod-through-my-crankcase ...

Pictures of FNM M630's in them. Title: Trio of ALCO's in the engine house : Description: The ALCO's are ready for service in what is left of the Apizaco roundhouse, the turntable is still working turning around these giants.

Ex BC Rail M630 on former SBC as FNM/NdeM #721 : Description: FNM 721 : Photo Date: 5/30/1993 Upload Date: 3/26/2022 3:43:03 PM : Location: Mexicali, MX : Author: Steven Vincent: Categories: Locomotives: FNM 721(M630) NDEM 721(M630) Views: 148 Comments: 1: Title: Ex BCOL M630 on former SBC as FNM/NdeM #721 :

Reporting Marks: FNM Showing Locomotive model M630 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

NdeM M630 #722 with FNM logo in former Sonora Baja California yard. Ex BCOL #722 : Description: NdeM 722 : Photo Date: 5/30/1993 Upload Date: 5/14/2015 11:23:19 AM : Location: Mexicali, MX : Author: Steven Vincent: Categories: Roster: Locomotives: NDEM 722(M630) FNM 722(M630) Views: 1331 Comments: 0:

The first photo is one that I could not locate for placement on my original post about a train ride on the FNM's ex Sonora-Baja California behind an ex PGE/BCOL M630 in 1992. Here's the train just after we arrivied at Benjamin Hill.

Model of SCD 701 Monte Blanco, a 6-6-4 sleeper in FNM livery. The prototype was built by Pullman Standard in 1956 as UP 1212 National View. To return to the MEXLIST Model Gallery index, click here.

NdeM ex BCOL/PGE M630 #713 with 'FNM' logo : Description: NdeM 713 : Photo Date: 5/30/1993 Upload Date: 1/23/2017 10:07:15 AM : Location: Mexicali, MX : Author: Steven Vincent: Categories: Roster: Locomotives: NDEM 713(M630) FNM 713(M630) Views: 1125 Comments: 2: Title: Ferrocarril Nationales de Mexico M630 #713 :

2025年2月28日 · NdeM 722 with FNM logo w 730, 2305 : Description: NdeM 722 w NdeM 730 (both ex BCOL) and NdeM 2305 (ex SBC) in ex SBC yard. Photo Date: 5/30/1993 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 12:25:26 AM : Location: Mexicali, MX : Author: Steven Vincent: Categories: Roster: Locomotives: NDEM 722(M630) FNM 722(M630) NDEM 2305(GP18) FNM 2305(GP18) NDEM 730(M630W) FNM ...

I took a trip to Empalme in Sonora back in 93 looking for Alcos and MLW's including the former BCR Rail M630's that were there at the time. While there, I did get to see the (at the time) world's only operation PA in the form of FNM #DH-17 (yes the letters were part of the road number).