Peñoles Rosters
George E. Hoke

MAPIMÍ RAILROAD
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
Mapimí 30" 0-4-2T Baldwin 15047 9/1896 35" 9"x16" 28000 Outside frame; Mexican Narrow Gage by Gerald Best 1968
Peñoles " " " 15048 9/1896 " " "; "
Ojuela " " " 15049 9/1896 " " "; "
San Ygnacio " " " 15172 2/1897 " " "; "
San Judas " " " 15682 1/1898 " " "; "
Bermijillo " 2-6-2 " 18355 1/1900 35" 12"x16" 46000 Outside frame; Data from Best and Baldwin order book
San Pedro " " " 21721 3/1903 ? " "; "
[see note] " " " 36796 3-1911 ? " Names of these two locomotives were San Jorge and San Juan, per George Hoke, Sr.
[see note] " Assumed 2-6-2 " ? ? ? ?
Socavón 30" 0-6-2T Rack Baldwin 15110 12/1896 24¾"
9½ &15"x22"
59000 Outside frame, Abt rack system; Data from Best
Santa Rita " " " 15111 12/1896 " " "; "
San Vincente " 2-6-2 Rack " 15653 1/1898 " 62000 "; Data from Best and Baldwin order book
Chona " " " 17696 4/1900 " " "; "
#1 " 0-4-0 " ? ? 30" 15000 220 V DC Westinghouse Electric; Data from Baldwin order book
#2 " " " ? 5/1902 " " "; "
#3 " " " ? ? " " "; "
#4 " " " ? 1/1903 " " "; "

CIA. MINERA DE PEÑOLES--ÁVALOS, ZAC.
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
#1 24" 0-4-4-0 O-Koppel 2897 3/1908 Mallet-
compound
? Builder Orenstein-Koppel, Now at Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
#2 " " " 6024 12/1912 " ? Builder Orenstein-Koppel, On display at Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
#3 " 0-4-0T Porter ? 7/1927 30" 9"x14" ? Now at Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
#500 " 0-4-0 ? ? ? ? ? Diesel, No data available, Replaced Mallets in 1966.

PEÑOLES--VILLADAMA, N. L. (Originally Guadalupe Mining; Later Cia. Minerales y Metales)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? 30" 0-4-2 Porter 734 11/1886 ? ? Bought by Guadalupe Mining Co.
? " " " 889 11/1887 ? ? "
? " 2-4-0 " 5319 3/1913 ? ? Bought by Cia. Minerales y Metals
? " ? Brookville 2206 2/1927 ? ? Gas engine?; Brookville records
2001 Std. 2-6-0 ? ? ? ? ? Photo taken at Villadama, 1916, by C.C. Hoke

CONCHOS RAILWAY (F.C. Minera de Naica; Later Peñoles after 1920)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
#1 30" 0-4-4T Porter 2895 8/1903 24" 6"x10" 16500 Data from Best
#2 " " " 2896 " " " "
#3 " 2-8-2 Baldwin 24402 5/1904 28" 10"x14" 34500 Outside frame; Data from Best
#4 " " " 24331 6/1904 " " "; "
#5 " " " 28952 9/1906 30" 12"x18" 44500 "; "

PEÑOLES--TORREÓN SMELTER
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? 36" ? Brookville 3218 6/1947 ? ? Gas engine (?); Brookville records

CIA. METALÚRGICIA DE TORREÓN (Later Peñoles)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? 36" 0-4-0 Porter 2362 6/1901 ? ? Porter records
? " " " 2363 " ? ? "
? " " " 2996 2/1904 ? ? "
? " " " 3828 12/1906 ? ? "

AMERICAN METALS ( Owner of Peñoles)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? 36" 0-4-0 Porter 6732 10/1922 ? ? Porter records
? " " " 6741 1/1926 ? ? "
? " " " 6742 " ? ? "

CIA. CARBONÍFERA-- AGUJITA, COAH. (Uncertain whether this was a Peñoles company)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? Std. 0-4-0 Porter 3931 6/1907 ? ? Porter records
? 36" " " 3941 " ? ? "
? Std. " " 4124 3/1908 ? ? "

C. F. CARBONÍFERA (Uncertain whether this was a Peñoles company)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? 30" 0-4-0 Porter 3255 10/1905 ? ? Porter records

PEÑOLES (Location unknown)
Number
or Name
Gauge Wheel
Arrangement
Builder Construc-
tion No.
Date built Drivers &
Cylinders
Weight
lbs.
Notes and Sources
? Assumed Std. ? Whitcomb 60266 4/1943   88000 Whitcomb records show these were built for US Army and came to Peñoles after World War II.
? " ? " 60424 4/1944   "

PEÑOLES
Not included in this list are about 35 obsolescent standard-guage locomotives purchased in the USA about 1915 for service on mainline Mexican railroads. Some of them were still in storage in Monterrey, N. L., in early 1941.

© 2006 George E. Hoke