More old trains arrive for the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railway
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From Venezuela, a cargo ship with old trains docked at the Port of Coatzacoalcos to expand the fleet of trains of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railway that provide rail transportation between Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz.
Using the cargo ship Louise Auerbach - coming from the Guanta Port of the Venezuelan country governed by the dictator Nicolás Maduro - 3 sets of British fast trains called Intercity 125 were unloaded, which are already considered obsolete since they were built in the late 1970s
In the last 10 years, most railway companies and industries have already scrapped the Intercity 125 fast trains and replaced them with more modern units.
In the port area of Coatzacoalcos, these 3 sets of Intercity 125 were unloaded for the Interoceanic Train, which includes the delivery of 20 wagons, 6 machines and 3 restaurant cars, which will now be managed by the Secretary of the Navy of the Government of the Mexican Republic.
The British InterCity 125 express trains, also known as high-speed trains or HSTs, are part of a line of passenger diesel-powered high-speed trains built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982.
Each set consists of two Class 43 motor cars, one at each end, and a row of Mark 3 cars. Their name is due to their maximum operational speed capacity of 125 miles per hour, that is, they reach up to 201 kilometers per hour and will now provide service to the Coatzacoalcos-#SalinaCruz route.
In total, more than 1,178 tons of steel were unloaded from these Intercity 125 trains and wagons, which are already considered obsolete by the railway industry.
The shipment came from Venezuela, aboard the Liberian-flagged Louise Auerbach, a ship built in 2007. The express trains were unloaded last Saturday, March 30 of this year and will be assigned to SEMAR for repair and beautification.
With information from JORGE CÁCERES