by Keith MacCauley
The Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México railway, better known as N de M, was among the last recipients of Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) domestic freight locomotive production. M-424 N de M 9530 was built in March of 1981. By this time, the Montreal based manufacturer had been acquired by Bombardier (BBD). The handsome unit is shown in transit at Canadian National’s MacMillan Yard in Toronto. The BBD M-424, a higher HP (2,400) version of Canadian National’s more common M-420, would only be sold to Mexican based railways; Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (16), Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste (3) and N de M (53). I wonder if any of the seventy-two units are still extant?
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