National de Mexico Diesels **

Date: 5 October 2024 Photo by: A John C. Benson photo
Reporting Mark: Formatted by: R. Craig
Model (& Bldr) NdeM No. FNM No. Serial No. Bldr Date Notes
** This roster covers the period prior to the NdeM absorbing all of Mexico's short line railroads and rebranding system in 1987 as Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM)
"PA4" (Alco) 16 & 17 16 & 17 76535, 76537 10, 11/48 Ex-D&H 16 & 17 < nee ATSF PA1 59L & 60L
18 18 76541 12/48 Ex-D&H 18 < nee ATSF PA1 62L
19 19 75318 5/47 Ex-D&H 19 < ATSF 66L < nee ATSF PA1 54B
Dispositions:
  • #16 to Smithsonian Institute (Portland, Oregon) to Museum of American Railroad for restoration
  • #17 to Nat'l Railroad Museum of Mexico as FNM DH17
  • #18 to Smithsonian Institute / Doyle McCormack and restored as "Nickel Plate 190" to Delaware-Lackawanna
  • #19 to Nat'l Railroad Museum of Mexico as FNM DH19
C420 (Alco) 201 & 204 201 & 204 84723, 84726 12/63, 1/64 Scrapped; hi-Nose, ex-Vermont Northern 201 & 204 < Delaware & Hudson 201 & 204 < nee Long Island 201 & 204
217 217 84788 5/64 Scrapped; hi-Nose, ex-Delaware & Hudson 217 < nee Long Island 217
220 220 84791 5/64 Hi-Nose, ex-Delaware & Hudson 220 < nee Long Island 220; to museum in Merida, Mexico
C628 (Alco) 601-609 601-609 3373-01 to 09 3-5/64 Ex-D&H 601-609
610-618 610-618 3407-01 to 09 5/65 Ex-D&H 609-618
U30C (GE) 701-706 -- 36232-36237 2-3/67 Ex-D&H 701-706
707-712 -- 36493-36498 12/67 Ex-D&H 707-712
SD45 (EMD) 801 801 32642 6/66 D&H 801 < nee EMD Demos 4354
802 & 803 802 & 803 31694, 31695 1/66 D&H 802 & 803 < nee EMD Demos 4352 & 4353
U30C (GE) 930-933 & 935 -- 36650-36653 & 36655 1-2/68 Ex-C&NW 930-933 & 935
C424 (MLW / Alco) -- 3200 84837 12/64 Built by Alco; ex-CN 3200
-- 3203-3205 M3443-02 to 04 3/66 Ex-CN 3203-3205
-- 3207, 3215 & 3219 M3444-02, 10 & 14 5-8/66 Ex-CN 3207, 3215 & 3219
-- 3222 & 3226 M3477-01 & 05 1-2/67 Ex-CN 3222 & 3226
-- 3234 M3478-06 5/67 Ex-CN 3234
S1 (Alco) 5000-5004 -- 71664-71668 9/44 --
GE-7on (GE) 5100-5102 -- 30010-30012 5/48 #5102 is ex-Compania Terminal de Vera Cruz 52; repowered w/ Alco 251
S6 (Alco) 5300 -- 81716 1/56 --
GA8 (EMD) 5400-5409 5401, 03, 05, 09 29080-29089 9-11<64/TH> Narrow gauge (3-ft)
5410-5416 5410, 12, 16 32278-32284 6/67 Narrow gauge (3-ft)
5417 & 5418 5417 & 5418 32298, 32570 6/55, 5/ 56 Narrow gauge (3-ft); ex-Coahuila & Zacatecas 801 & 802
S2 (Alco) 5500-5509 -- 72739-72748 8/44 --
5510-5519 -- 77450-77459 4/50 --
5520-5522 5522 78017-78019 6/50 --
S4 (Alco) 5523-5530 -- 78616-78623 7-8/51 --
RS1 (Alco) 5600 (2nd) -- 78042 5/50 --
5601 (2nd) & 5602 (2nd) 5602 (2nd) 78088, 78089 5/50 --
5603 (2nd)-5605 (2nd) -- 78092-78094 5/50 --
5606 & 5607 -- 77847, 77073 2, 3/50 Bought by ASARCo, but lettered NdeM
5608 & 5609 -- 77989, 77990 4/50 --
5610-5618 -- 78033-78041 4-5/50 --
5619 (2nd)-5621(2nd) -- 76430-76432 4/54 ?? --
(5620 & 5621) -- 78088, 78089 5/50 Re-#d 5601 (2nd) & 5602 (2nd)
5622-5624 -- 78092-78094 5/50 --
5622 (2nd)-5624(2nd) 5623 (2nd) 81347-81349 10/56 --
5625-5631 5628-5630 82011-82017 10-11/56 --
5632-5638 5634 & 5638 82019-82025 12/56-1/57 --
5639-5643 5639, 5640, 5642 82343-82347 1-2/57 --
5644-5650 5647 82348-82354 7-8/57 --
5651 -- 82357 3/58 --
5652-5656 5654 & 5656 82923-82927 12/58 12/58 --
5657-5662 5661 83619-83624 12/59-1/60 --
5663 5663 83680 3/60 --
RSD1 (Alco) 5700-5705 -- 74671-74676 1, 4, 5/46 Ex-NdeM 5600 (1st)-5605 (1st)
G12 (EMD) 5801-5805 5800, 5802-05 21159-21164 12/55-1/56 --
5806-5825 5806, 08-14, 16-18, 21 & 23 22605-22624 10-11/56 --
5826-5832 5826-28, 30, 32 22884-22890 10-12/56 --
5833-5840 5833, 34 & 37 24722-24729 8/58 --
5841-5854 5842-44, 46-48, 51-54 25918-25931 6/60 --
5855-5864 5855-58, 61, 63, 64 26716-26725 9/61 --
5865-5878 5866-5878 27842-27855 9/61 --
5879 5879 28343 3/63 --
5880-5889 5880-5889 29070-29079 6-9/64 --
The 5800s were originally A-1-A trucked, center axle later removed.
RSD35 (Alco) 5900-5904 5902 84489-84493 5-6/63 A DL535
DR64-2000 (BLW) 6000 & 6001 -- 70320, 70321 12/44, 3/45 Scrapped; ex-Baldwin Demonstrators 2000 & 2001; both had two VO-1000 engines
6100 -- 72671 8/46 B-unit
F2A (EMD) 6200A-6206A -- 3528-3534 6/60 --
6207A-6213A 6208A 3690-3696 8-10/46 --
F2B (EMD) 6200B-6206B -- 3535-3541 8-10/46 --
6207B-6213B -- 3697-3703 10/46 --
All F2As&Bs rebuilt by EMD as 1350-hp F7A & F7B
FP7 (EMD) 6300-6308 -- 10888-10896 12/49 --
6309 -- 11011 1/50 Built as NdeM 6319, re-#d to 6309
F7A (EMD) 6310-6318 -- 10879-10887 11/49-0/50 --
6319A-6327A -- 10879-10887 11/49-1/50 --
6328A-6334A -- 15140-15148 12/51 --
6335-6338 -- 15158-15164 11/51 --
F7B (EMD) 6319B-6327B -- 15149-15157 12/51 --
6328B-6333B -- 15165-15171 11/51 --
DR 12-8-1500/2 (BLW) 6400 -- 72672 4/47 --
6401-6407 -- 72673-72679 1-5/48 --
6408-6413 -- 72680-72685 6-7/48 --
These NdeM locos were originally delivered with a steam generator, but they wew later converted to freight haulers; all were scrapped.
FPA2 (Alco) 6500 & 6501 -- 78724, 78275 11/50 --
6502A-6506A -- 78996-79000 8/51 #6503A rebuilt with a French engine, not successful
FA2 (Alco) 6507A-6516A -- 78986-78995 7-8/51 --
6517A-6520A -- 79283-79286 9/51 --
6519A (2nd) -- 80824 12/53 --
6521A & 6522A -- 79742, 79743 3/52 --
FPA2 (Alco) 6523A-6527A -- 80009, 80020-80023 9-10/53 --
6528A-6532A -- 79175-79179 12/53-2/54 --
6533A -- 79196 2/54 --
FA2 (Alco) 6534A -- 80897 4/54 --
FB2 (Alco) 6507B-6516B -- 79023-79032 7-8/51 --
6517B-6520B -- 79327-79330 9/51 --
6519B (2nd) -- 80910 12/53 --
6521B & 6522B -- 79766, 80009 3/52 --
6523B-6527B -- 80905-80909 9-12/53 --
6528B-6533B -- 79206-79211 12/53-2/54 --
6534B -- 81166 4/53 --
GP7 (EMD) 6600 6600 16114 3/52 --
6601 6601 16115 3/52 --
RS3 (Alco) 6700-6703 -- 80124-80127 7/52 --
6704-6706 -- 81894-81896 4/56 --
C30-7 (GE) 6700 (2nd) 6700 (2nd) 42208 12/78 --
6701 to 03(2nd), 05 (2nd), 06(2nd) 6701(2nd)-6706(2nd) 42651-42656 11/79 --
6707-6729 6707-6729 42657-42679 11/79 --
6730-6759 6730-36, 38, 39 40-59 42740-42769 12/79 --
6760-6784 6760-62, 64-78, 80-84 42814-42838 1/80 --
6785-6799 6785-6799 43038-43052 7/80 --
AS616 (BLW) 6800-6809 6809 75981-75990 3-4/54 6809 re-powered w/ EMD engine
6810-6819 6814 75991-76000 4-5/54 6814 re-powered w/ EMD engine
RSD5 (Alco) 6900 -- 80884 11/55 --
6901 -- 80885 11/55 --
FP9 (EMD) 7010-7019 7010-7019 22530-22539 8-10/56 --
7020-7034 7020-7034 2651-22665 10-11/56 --
GP9 7100 7100 22906 10/56 Delivered as 6602,then re-#d to 7100
7101 (2nd) & 7102 (2nd) 7101 (2nd) & 7102 (2nd) 25444, 25445 6/59 --
7103-7107 7103-7107 24702-24708 8/58 #7101 & 7102 were wrecked and reblt as 7101 (2nd) & 7102 (2nd)
SLP-6 (NdeM) 7108 7108 -- X/65 Built by NdeM with parts from F-units and a GP7
RS11 (Alco / MLW) 7200-7204 7200-7204 82052-82056 12/56 Alco-built w/hi-nose
7205-7217 7205, 07, 09-17 82868-82880 4-5/58 Alco-built w/hi-nose
7218 -- 83684 4/51 Alco-built w/low-nose
7219-7253 7219, 20, 22-24, 26-51, 53 84414-84448 6-12/63 MLW-built w/low-nose
7254-7294 7254-61, 63-67, 68-90, 92, 93 84449-84488 1-4/64 MLW-built w/low-nose
G16 (EMD) 7300-7312 7300, 03, 04, 06, 08-12 24709-24721 8-9/58 --
7313-7322 7313-18, 20-22 25932-25941 7/60 --
7323 -- 26017 8/60 --
RSD12 (Alco) 7400 & 7401 7401 82919, 82920 8/58 hi-nose w/steam generator
7402-7408 7402-7407 83548-83554 12/59-3/60 --
7409-7418 7410-12, 14, 16-18 83626-83635 3-6/60 --
7419-7423 7420-7423 83851-83855 3/61 --
7424-7428 7424, 7425, 7427 83806-83810 4/61 --
7429-7440 7429, 30, 32, 33, 35-40 83956-83967 4/61 --
7441-7457 7441-7455, 7457 84083-84099 8/62 --
7458-7472 7459, 60, 62-72 84278-84292 8-9/62 --
GP18 (EMD) 7501-7517 7504, 07, 11, 17 26726-26743 6-8/61 --
7518 & 7519 7518 26670, 26671 8/61 --
7520-7529 7521, 31, 34 27831-27840 12/62 hi-nose w/steam generator
7530-7536 7531, 7334 27824-27830 11/62 --
UD18B 8000 & 8001 -- 32474, 32475 6/56 Hi-nose; ex-GE Demonstrators 1800 & 1801
8002-8009 -- 32477, 32485 11/56 Hi-nose
C424 (Alco) 8100-8106 -- 3372-01 to 07 3/64 Diverted to Wabash (as B901-B907) instead of delivery to NdeM
8100(2nd)-8106(2nd) 8100, 8104, 8106 3380-01 to 07 6/64 --
8107-8129 8107-11, 13, 14, 16-22, 26-28 3372-08 to 30 6/64 --
8130-8133 8130-8132 3382-09 to 12 10/65 --
8134-8144 8135-40, 43, 44 3428-01 to 11 10-11/65 --
GP35 (EMD) 8200-8214 8200-04, 06-13 29040-29054 8-12/64 --
8215-8229 8215-8229 29055-29069 8-12/64 hi-nose w/steam generator
8230-8254 8230-44, 46, 48, 50-54 30713-30737 10/65 Some GP35s converted by FNM to GP38Ms
C628 (Alco) 8300-8309 8300-8309 3475-01 to 10 12/66-1/67 --
8310-8321 8310-8321 3496-01 to 12 2/68 --
8322-8331 8322-8331 3495-01 to 10 2-3/68 --
Several units upgraded to 3000-hp, (see chart for C628 details)
GP40 (EMD) 8400-8409 8400-05, 8407-09 32253-32262 6/67 --
SD40 (EMD) 8500-8502 8500-8502 33895-33897 6/68 --
8503, 05, 08-11, 13-21 8503-8521 33385-33403 5-6/68 --
SDP40 (EMD) 8522-8531 8522-8531 33371-33380 5/68 --
8532-8535 8532-8535 36156-36159 5/70 --
SD40 (EMD) 8536-8575 8536-44, 46-75 38893-38932 11-12/71 --
8576-8585 8576-8585 A2603-A2612 2/72 Built in Canada by GMDD
M630 (MLW) 8600-8809 8600, 8601, 8605-09 M6064-01 to 10 6-8/72 --
8610-8619 8610-12, 13, 17-19 M6064-11 to 20 6-8/72 --
SD40-2 8700-8703 8700-8703 712426-712429 9/72 --
8704-8709 8704-8709 712430-712435 9/72 --
8710-8715 8710-8715 712607-712612 12/72 --
8716-8755 8716-22, 24-42, 44-55 712852-712891 11-12/73 --
8756-8767 8756-61, 63-67 756108-1 to 12 12/75 --
8768-8777 8768-8777 798047-1 to 10 2/80 --
8778-8796, 8798 8778-8798 798077-1 to 21 8-9/80 Built in Canada
SW1504 8800-8829 8800-8829 712667-71296 5/73 --
8830-8859 8830-8859 712697-712726 5/73 --
U36C/U36CG (GE) 8900-8937 8900-05, 07-17, 19, 20, 22-29, 31-34, 37 39350-39387 7-11/73 U36Cs
8938-8957 8938-43, 45, 46, 48, 51, 52, 54-57 39797-39416 4-5/74 U36CGs
8958-8996 8958-70, 72-78, 80-92, 95, 97 39768-39796 1-3/74 U36Cs
U18B (GE) 9000-9019 9000-05, 07-12,14-17, 19 39641-39660 7-10/74 --
9020-9044 9020-05, 59044 39661-39685 7-10/74 --
U23B (GE) 9100-9121 9100-02, 14-17, 19-21 40326-40347 3-5/75 --
9122-9129 9122-9129 40348-40355 5-6/75 --
B23-7 (GE) 9130-9139 9130-33, 9135-39 42626-42635 12/79-1/80 --
9140-9145 9140-9145 43328-43359 8-9/80 --
9146-9177 9146-60, 61, 62, 64, 67-69 43328-43359 11/80-1/81 --
9178-9180 9178-9180 43291-43293 6/81 --
GP38-2 9200-9219 9200, 9202-9219 75633-1 to 20 6/75 --
9220-9299 9220-25, 27-41, 43-82, 84-99 756076-1 to 80 10-12/75 --
U36C (GE) 9300-9318 9300-9318 40240-40256 1-2/75
C36-7 (GE) 9317-9326 9317-9326 42269-42278 3/79 --
9327-9341 9327-9341 42636-42650 3-5/80 --
GP38-2 9400 9400 756076-81 12/75 --
9401-9404 9401-9405 756056-1 to 4 10/75 --
9405-9414 9405-10, 9412-14 788030-1 to 10 3/79 --
M424W (MLW) 9501-9555 9501-9555 6114-10 to 65 7/80-5/81 Built with North American cab
C30-7 (GE) 9600-9605 9600-9605 43053-43058 7-8/80 --
9606-9646 9607-18, 9620-46 43201-43241 8/80-1/81 --
9647-9652 9647-9652 43626-43631 4-5/81 --
9801-9825 9801-9825 24 MP15AC -- --
GP38-2 9901-9909 9901-9909 818041-1 to 10 6-7/83 --
B23-7 (GE) 10001-10013 10001-10013 43382-43394 10/80-2/81 --
10014-10046 10014-32, 34-44, 46 43500-43532 2-12/81 --
10047-10052 10047-10052 43580-43585 12/81-1/82 --
C30-7 (GE) 11001-11004 11001-11004 43622-43625 1/82 --
11005-11028 11005-11028 43650-43673 1-2/82 --
11029-11039 11029-11039 43820-43830 2-3/82 --
11030-11068 11030-11068 43894-43922 8-10/82 --
11069-11090 11069-11090 44179-44200 6-10/84 Assembled by NdeM from kits
11091-11098 11091-11098 44231-44238 11/84-1/85 Assembled by NdeM from kits
11099-11128 11099-11128 44201-44230 4-6/83 Assembled by NdeM from kits
11129-11148 11129-11148 44201-44230 3/83, 3-7/86 Assembled by NdeM from kits
B23-7 (GE) 12000-12006 12000-003, 005, 006 43294-43299 2-3/82 --
12007-12011 12007-12011 43395-43399 4-5/82 --
SD40-2 13001-13004 13001-13004 858098-01 to 04 2/86 --
(See chart for expanded coverage of 13000 Series SD40-2)
B23-7 (GE) 1-01 to 1-08 1-01 to 1-08 43360-43367 1-1/81 --

* * San Luis Potosi Shop-Built * *
AS616 (hybrid) SLP-1 -- -- 1961 Re-#d 6821; 1000-hp, with A-1-A trucks
RS11 (hybrid) SLP-2 -- -- 1963 Re-#d 7294
RS11 (hybrid) SLP-3 -- -- 1963 Ex-Unidos Sureste 521
AS616 (hybrid) SLP-4 -- -- 1963 Re-#d 6820; 1750-hp EMD engine
RSD12 (hybrid) SLP-5 -- -- 1963 Re-#d 7473; 1800-hp EMD engine
GP9 (hybrid) SLP-6 / 7108 -- -- 1964 Slightly modified

* * Electrics * *
Box Cab (Alco-GE) 1001-1010 -- 64193-64202 6-11/23 GE s/n 8999-9008 (5/24)
Box Cab (Alco-GE) 1011 & 1012 -- 67699, 67000 11/28, 10/29 GE s/n 10722 & 10723 (10/28)
E60C-2 (GE) EA001-EA0039 -- 44028-44066 9/82-12/83 --
E60C Dispositions (per Lowell G. McManus, owner of MexList):
  • EA004, 022, 023, 032, 034, 035, 036, 038 & 039 sold to Black Mesa & Lake Powell in Arizona
  • EA005 to 008, 024 & 025 wrecked
  • EA015 sold to Metro Transit in Quebec (?)
  • EA031, 033 & 037 sold to Texas Utilities
  • Several E60s never turned a wheel on NdeM: EA011 to 019, 028 and 029

Roster Sources
  • Extra 2200 South (issues 45 and 89)
  • TrainWeb (order numbers)
  • TrainOrders
  • NdeM C628 chart by Eduardo Reyes
  • Contributors: Larry Russell, Keith Ardinger, Peter Arnold, John C. Benson, P. Allen Copeland, Doug Cummins, Dan Dover, Jim Herold, Mat Herson, Paul Hunnell, Gordon Lloyd, jr., Alan Miller, Mack Owen and Dick Will

Original upload 22 February 2003

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