The Nacionales de Mexico No. 903 is a GR-3 class 2-8-0 "Consolidation" steam locomotive that was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1910 as a 3-ft gauge for the Vera Cruz Terminal Co. as their No. 15 and later sold to the Teziutlan Copper Co. as their No. 4.
In 1945 It Was Sold to the National Railways of Mexico Where It Was Used as a Mixed Traffic Locomotive.
The locomotive was re-gauged to standard gauge, and was later renumbered No. 903 in 1950, then 13 years later in 1963, the locomotive was retired from active service.
It is now currently on static display in Acámbaro in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Trivia[]
- It has been plinthed at Acámbaro since 1963.
- This engine was the basis for Carlos from Thomas and Friends with the Headlamp Moved Up, Bell on the Smokebox, Buffers & Screwlink Couplers & Green lining added to the Domes & Tender