El Regio Montano
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México El Regio Montano attacks Deer Valley. The Regio Montano was a very popular and luxurious train that ran from Mexico City to Monterrey, Mexico from 1965 through 1997. This train had a large amount of sleeper cars because it took 15 hours to complete the journey with a stop in San Luis Potosí and another in Saltillo. There were several paint schemes that existed for this train, and this was the final one that was used.
Pablo Marin's models. The lead locomotive is a custom painted Kato SD45 and the following unit is a custom painted Kato SD40-2, both painted by John Beyuzen of Southern Tier Modelworks, North Port, Fla. The five cars in the consist with the air conditioning units on the roof are Kinki Sharyo first class passenger cars custom made and painted by Alán Daza of Alán Daza Models in Mexico. The baggage car, a sleeper, and the diner in the consist are custom painted Walther’s Budd cars, painted by Gabriel Rubio Guadarrama of Gaby's Decals in Mexico. Three more sleepers in the consist are ex California Zephyr cars painted by Broadway Limited Models.
Photo by Mark Mathu.
Visit the HO scale NAPM club on-line at www.napmltd.org.
El Regio Montano
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México El Regio Montano attacks Deer Valley. The Regio Montano was a very popular and luxurious train that ran from Mexico City to Monterrey, Mexico from 1965 through 1997. This train had a large amount of sleeper cars because it took 15 hours to complete the journey with a stop in San Luis Potosí and another in Saltillo. There were several paint schemes that existed for this train, and this was the final one that was used.
Pablo Marin's models. The lead locomotive is a custom painted Kato SD45 and the following unit is a custom painted Kato SD40-2, both painted by John Beyuzen of Southern Tier Modelworks, North Port, Fla. The five cars in the consist with the air conditioning units on the roof are Kinki Sharyo first class passenger cars custom made and painted by Alán Daza of Alán Daza Models in Mexico. The baggage car, a sleeper, and the diner in the consist are custom painted Walther’s Budd cars, painted by Gabriel Rubio Guadarrama of Gaby's Decals in Mexico. Three more sleepers in the consist are ex California Zephyr cars painted by Broadway Limited Models.
Photo by Mark Mathu.
Visit the HO scale NAPM club on-line at www.napmltd.org.