Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad


Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad was a, narrow gauge line built in 1896 as the Ferrocarril Cazadero La Torre y Tepetongo from an interchange with the Mexican Central Railroad at Cazadero La Torre southwest through Nado to the sawmill community of San Pablo in Estado de México. Passenger service began to Nado in 1897. The line was reorganized as the Ferrocarril Cazadero y Solis in 1906. Lumbering and railroad operations were suspended during the Mexican Revolution; but the line resumed operations in 1922 as the Ferrocarril Cazadero y San Pablo. of logging branches were constructed around San Pablo. The forests were completely harvested, and operations ceased after World War II. Three locomotives surviving the revolution were sold to sugar plantations, but rails remained in place for another decade.

Locomotives

NumberBuilderTypeDateWorks numberNotes
10-6-0T
2Baldwin Locomotive Works0-4-4T
3Baldwin Locomotive Works2-6-2T8/189614992
4Baldwin Locomotive Works2-6-2T4/189614798sold Ignacio San Francisco #4 rebuilt to gauge
5Baldwin Locomotive Works2-6-2T4/189614799sold Ignacio San Francisco #5 rebuilt to gauge
6Baldwin Locomotive Works2-6-2T8/189614976sold Compania La Primavera #1
7Baldwin Locomotive Works2-6-05/189715327similar design to Sandy River Railroad #6 and #7