QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Floated an idea past my wife yesterday after telling her about this, and to my surprise she didnt laugh, or make threats, and (most importantly) didnt say no.. So...next year for Los Dia de Los Muertos ( and Dia del Ferrocarrilero) I'm going to make a dedicated model train set....the "Ferrocarril de los Muertos" Using some leftover LGB gear and Day of the Dead paper mache miniatures. It should be quite a party...with a wedding car, a borracho car, a revolutionary car and a dance car. Whoo Hoo! this should be fun! NOW THAT is the spirit. And speaking of spirits, have you been hitting the bottle? [;)] [:D] [;)] Actually your idea sound sorta fun. I hope when all is said and done you show us a few photos from it. We will be looking forward to it. [:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Floated an idea past my wife yesterday after telling her about this, and to my surprise she didnt laugh, or make threats, and (most importantly) didnt say no.. So...next year for Los Dia de Los Muertos ( and Dia del Ferrocarrilero) I'm going to make a dedicated model train set....the "Ferrocarril de los Muertos" Using some leftover LGB gear and Day of the Dead paper mache miniatures. It should be quite a party...with a wedding car, a borracho car, a revolutionary car and a dance car. Whoo Hoo! this should be fun!
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes H I S T O R Y I LOVE IT. [:D] So, Happy Dia del Ferrocarrilero day. (Well it is coming soon [;)] )
QUOTE: Originally posted by smalling_60626 Ed, is it true that all the Mexican overnight trains are a thing of the past? ALL of them? Even "El Regiomontano"?
QUOTE: Glad to see the Mexicans attach this importance to their rail workers.
QUOTE: I do know a Mexican railroad had the largest ever double fairlie articulated locos in the world but I dont think any of them survive.
I started this thread two years ago. I thought about making a new post regarding the 'Día del Ferrocarrilero" since it's November 7th again. But since the post suddenly attracted more interest one year ago than when it was originally published, I thought I'd just go for an edit and a bump.
I posted this somewhere else, but it probably bears reporting here. Here in Mexico, November 7th is the "Dia del Ferrocarrilero", which roughly translates as National Railroader Workers Day. While the day honors all Mexican railroaders in general (the railroads played an important part in the develpment of Mexico) the date was chosen to commemorate a specific event. On November 7th, 1907, a couple of cars loaded with dynamite in a mine supply train in Nacozari, Sonora, caught fire. The young engineer, Jesus Garcia Corona, pulled the train away from the warehouse/station area and ran it out of town. The cars exploded before he had a chance to jump for it. A few other bystanders were killed, but the damage was much less than would have occured if the explosion had occured near the station. So the Dia del Ferrocarrilero not only honors rail workers down here, but also recalls the "Hero of Nacozari".
http://www.mexconnected.com/mex_/travel/mexphilat/mexphilatjesusgarcia.html
Regards Ed
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