Western Railroad Discussion > Ferromex train count map

On 1/24/2017 florida581 posted this thread detailing Ferromex's traffic [<CLICK.] I stumbled across it again today and wanted to understand what the daily train counts were geographically, so I decided to map it. Oddly, when I added one of Ferromex's online maps into Illustrator it opened as a fully layered file, which is funny if you are a graphic designer. That was handy because I was able to thicken the red Ferromex lines to make them stick out more. The train count numbers are straight from that 2017 post, which described them as "road freights." Many of the railroad junctions where traffic changes are smaller towns that aren't listed on the Ferromex map, but I tried to place the traffic numbers in spots where it (hopefully) makes it clear what segment they are referencing.

I know next to nothing about Mexican railroads but that post helped a lot with the basics. One thing I found as I tried to locate "Tabalaopa, CI - Sufragio, SI" (Los Moches to Chihuahua on the Ferromex map) is that that line looks incredible, with loops, endless tunnels, bridges, etc. It seems like an extremely rugged line for just 1-2 trains a day, and I wonder if it ever is at risk.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/20 20:29 by inCHI.

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Train counts are each way per day or total per day?

According to the original post it was total per day of road freights.

Aren't all the border crossing single track?

inCHI Wrote:
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> I know next to nothing about Mexican railroads but
> that post helped a lot with the basics. One thing
> I found as I tried to locate "Tabalaopa, CI -
> Sufragio, SI" (Los Moches to Chihuahua on the
> Ferromex map) is that that line looks incredible,
> with loops, endless tunnels, bridges, etc. It
> seems like an extremely rugged line for just 1-2
> trains a day, and I wonder if it ever is at risk.


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https://www.visitcoppercanyon.com/visit-copper-canyon-train/#schedules