Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (better known as N de M and after 1987 as Ferronales or FNM) was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Díaz), a major railroad controlled by the government that linked Mexico City to the major cities of Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros on the U.S. border. The first trains to Nuevo Laredo from Mexico City began operating in 1903.
An N de M passenger train at Mexico City in the 1960s, the Torre Insignia in the background | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | NDEM, NDM, NDMZ |
| Locale | Mexico |
| Dates of operation | 1903–2001 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Previous gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) Some lines |
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