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{{short description|Mexican railway}}
'''Cazadero and San Pablo Railroad''' was a {{convert|60|km|adj=on|sp=us}}, {{RailGauge|2ft|lk=on}} [[Narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] line built in 1896 as the ''Ferrocarril Cazadero La Torre y Tepetongo'' from an interchange with the Mexican Central Railroad (''Ferrocarril Central Mexicano'' -- ''[[Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México]]'' after 1909) at Cazadero La Torre southwest through Nado to the sawmill community of San Pablo in ''[[Estado de México]]''.
[[Passenger train|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''. {{convert|30|km|mi|1|sp=us|spell=In}} 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 ==
{|class="wikitable"
!Number
!Builder
!Type
!Date
!Works number
!Notes
|-
|1
|Orenstein & Koppel
|{{whyte|0-6-0|T}}
|1936
|
|Vendida a Ferrocarril Cementero Cruz Azul
|-
|2
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|0-4-4|T}}
|
|
|
|-
|3
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|2-6-2|T}}
|8/1896
|14992
|
|-
|4
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|2-6-2|T}}
|4/1896
|14798
|sold ''Ignacio San Francisco'' #4 rebuilt to {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}  gauge
|-
|5
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|2-6-2|T}}
|4/1896
|14799
|sold ''Ignacio San Francisco'' #5 rebuilt to {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}  gauge
|-
|6
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|2-6-2|T}}
|8/1896
|14976
|sold ''Compania La Primavera'' #1
|-
|7
|[[Baldwin Locomotive Works]]
|{{whyte|2-6-0}}
|5/1897
|15327
|similar design to [[Sandy River Railroad]] #6 and #7 (2nd #2 & 2nd #3)
|}
== References ==
* {{cite book| title=Mexican Narrow Gauge |author=Best, Gerald M. |publisher=Howell-North |year=1968}}
* {{cite book| title=The Maine Two-Footers |author=Moody, Linwood W. |publisher=Howell-North |year=1959}}
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[[Category:Defunct railway companies of Mexico]]
[[Category:2 ft gauge railways in Mexico]]
[[Category:Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1900]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1896]]