RE: [ihc] no IH content, but fun--

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

N de M is the initials of a Mexican railroad. 
Arrrgggghhh....

"N de M"    stands for National Railroad of Mexico.

The spanish word for railroad is FerroCarrill.  It is
just literal for "Iron Horse"

Steve

Here's another pix:
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=17520




Steve
--- Greg Hermann <bearbvd@domain.elided> wrote:

> At 9:13 AM 10/25/04, John M. Adams wrote:
> >
> >GE - It seems those 3 are from a fleet of 39 made
> back in '82 and '83, and
> >sold to Mexico and never used until 1994. The
> Mexican line was converted to
> >diesel service in the late 90s, and some of the
> locos were *never* used, and
> >have been sold, or stored waiting to be sold, to
> various electric railways
> >in the US and Canada.
> 
> I think that explains the letters on the side of the
> units---would have to
> look again to see what they all were, but I think an
> 'N' and an 'M' were
> involved---
> >
> I think
> >your estimate of 600K lbs total weight is
> conservative - that's an
> >impressive ride!
> 
> 'conservative' meaning high or low ?? :-)
> 
> Greg
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John A.