1986/06/09, 01. NdeM Bo-Bo diesel No. 8567 stands in Monterrey station with Train 4, the 09:10 to San Luis via Saltillo (13:15) on which I had a cab ride to Saltillo, where arrival was at 12:34, some 40 minutes early! Monday 9th June 1986.

1986/06/09, 02. The "Switcher" at Monterrey was DE34 Bo-Bo (Electro-Motive 1973) No. 8829, here seen in the yard alongside the station at about 09:00, the temperature already over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on the morning of Monday 9th June 1986.

1986/06/09, 03. Seen through the cab-front door of No. 8567 at the head of Train 4, a passenger train arrives from the opposite direction at Monterrey station behind double-headed diesels Nos. 9215 and 9202. This was rather late arriving and delayed our scheduled 09:10 departure time until 09:30. Monday 9th June 1986.

1986/06/09, 04. View through the cab windscreen of 8567 at the head of Train 4 from Monterrey to Saltillo as it makes its way out of town alongside the highway in Monterrey. We are coming up to a level-crossing which appears to have no protective signals on either road or rail - just a free-for-all hope for the best! Monday 9th June 1986.

1986/06/09, 05. Seen from the cab of 8567 at the head of Train 4 from Monterrey to San Luis, a double-headed freight train comes the other way into Monterrey behind diesels of Class 8700, the lead engine being 8721. Monday 9th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 1. This 0-4-2WT "Switcher" Class A-1 No. 601 was plinthed in the square outside the main terminal station in Mexico City (Buenavista station?) on Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 2. Also plinthed in the square outside the main station in Mexico City was this Two-Truck Shay 0-4-4-0 TCC No. 2, built by Lima in 1887. According to the large notice attached to the engine, TCC was the Teziutlan Cooper Company. Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 3. Inside the almost deserted terminal station in Mexico City was a haven of peace and tranquility compared to the frenetic city. Presumably, this was disturbed every so often by the arrival and departure of a train, but it looked as though they were few and far between! Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 4. Nacionales de Mexico Bo-Bo diesels Nos. 9123 & 9159 (9123 is a General Electric U23B built 1975) run light engines towards the main terminal station in Mexico City, while a freight train disappears in the distance having come off the branch line to the left. Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 5. Nacionales de Mexico Bo-Bo diesels Nos. 9123 & 9159 (9123 is a General Electric U23B built 1975) run light engines towards the main terminal station in Mexico City, which is near the "pointy" tower in the distance. Note the railway is unfenced, people wandering along and across the tracks! Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 6. NdeM No. 8824 (Electro-Motive 1973) Class DE34 Bo-Bo diesel propels a train of empty stock towards the main terminal station in Mexico City, as pedestrians cross the unfenced track after its passage. Friday 27th June 1986.

1986/06/27, 7. NdeM No. 8824 (Electro-Motive 1973) Class DE34 Bo-Bo diesel propels a train of empty stock towards the main terminal station in Mexico City, as pedestrians wait to cross the unfenced track. Friday 27th June 1986.