Northbound trains on Linea SC departing Orizaba have their work cut out for them. Even with being essentially a brand new railroad built in the 1980s to avoid the original Linea S to the north, there is STILL a mountain pass to climb thru on the way towards Mexico City.

This DTBPB (Tierra Blanca-Puebla) is just beginning the most stressful part of the climb up Linea SC. Much curvature and tunnel-age lie ahead.

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In 2021, I think this would be a face anyone would love truthfully. A local out of the patio at Orizaba is switching a scrap customer south of town. C30-7s among other old GE products are not completely tough to come by in Mexico even in this day and age.

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These moves have been running for decades upon decades. I forget where I came across a photo of one of these during red and black NdeM days, but I'll try and link it when I find it.

The building of the Suburbano has drastically changed the view at Lechería. FNM ditched all passenger train efforts in 1997. A little more than 10 years later in 2008 the Suburbano opened to service, fortunately using a lot of the electrification infrastructure already left in place.

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FTVM 2106 swings around the connection from Linea H towards Linea B. He'll only foul the main for a handful of minutes as his destination is the yard behind me to the north. In the background is the Patio Office as far as I could tell. There were a bunch of railroad employees milling about on this morning. Easily one of the most important junctions anywhere in Mexico.

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Quick work was made of the pickup at Harinas Elizondo as usual. A sole Ferrovalle switcher heads back east with hoppers from the flour mill at the present day end of Linea C.

The Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City engulfs this railroad currently and the far west end of the railroad is nothing but glass and steel. Heck, there is even a fancy biking and running path paralleling the railroad.

This FTVM job is known as Servicio Julia and travels on the remains of Linea CNA, N and C on the immediate northwest side of Mexico City. Operations like this have a funny way of sustaining themself down here, so I hope this won't be the only time in my life I get to see them fly through Polanco.

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