Hornos Railroad


Hornos Railroad was a narrow gauge railway owned by Hacienda de Hornos in Mexico. Hacienda de Hornos was a large grain and cattle ranch in southwestern Coahuila near Torreón.
The line extended from an interchange with the Mexican International Railway at Hornos through Hacienda de Hornos to Alamito with a branch to interchange with the Ferrocarril Coahuila y Pacifico at Viesca.
Construction began at Hornos in 1902, and the line began common-carrier freight and passenger service in 1904 with two daily trains in each direction between Hornos and Viesca. Twenty-ton locomotive #4 was the only narrow gauge 2-8-2 ever built for North American service.
The railroad was damaged by the Mexican Revolution in 1914; and the last public timetable was published in 1930 for a single daily mixed train with no service to Alamito.
The line disappeared from government records after 1945.

Locomotives

NumberBuilderTypeDateWorks numberNotes
1H. K. Porter, Incfurnished by the contractor
2Baldwin Locomotive Works8/190220871named Adela
3Baldwin Locomotive Works3/190321823named Concepcion sold 9/1909 to Godchaux Sugar Company as Elm Hall and Foley Railroad #7
4Baldwin Locomotive Works3/190321825named Juana