Ferrocarril Sonora–Baja California

The Ferrocarril Sonora–Baja California is a former railroad line of Mexico that built the line from Mexicali, Baja California, to Benjamín Hill, Sonora in 1948. It interchanged with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Calexico, California, and with the Ferrocarril del Pacifico in Benjamin Hill, Sonora. Before 1960, The SP-controlled Inter-California railroad provided trackage rights for the SBC from Pascualitos to the International Border. SBC took control of that part after the demise of the Inter-Cal.

SBC provided passenger and freight service throughout its existence. It was headquartered in Mexicali, B.C. and had major repair and overhaul shops for its equipment in the town of Benjamin Hill, Sonora. From 1970 into the FNM merger, the SBC also controlled the 44-mile freight-only "Ferrocarril Tijuana y Tecate" UB line from border to border. SP, Kyle Railways and later the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad operated the line, paying a fee to the SBC, and later to FNM.

It was absorbed into Nacionales de México in 1987, thus becoming a fallen-flag. The last passenger train from Mexicali to Benjamin Hill operated in 1997. Today the line continues to provide daily modern freight service, including intermodal. It is now known as Ferromex's Puerto Penasco Subdivision and designated by the SCT as the "UA" and "U" lines of the Mexican rail system.

S-BC F Unit Roster
Model S-BC # Former # Built Serial #, Order # Notes
FTA2203ANP 6010D,then NP 5410DEMD 01-19452840, E636ANP trade-in to GE for U25C, 9/1/1964; to SBC from GE; to Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos in 1998
FTB2203BNP 6006C, then NP 5406CEMD 10-19442572, E612_bNP trade-in to GE for U25C, 9/1/1964; to SBC from GE; at Benjamin Hill (2009)
F7A2201S.C.O.P. 23037EMD 09-19499886, E1296-Ato Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatan; under restoration
F7A2202S.C.O.P. 23038EMD 09-19499887, E1296-Aat Benjamín Hill rail yard, to be dismantled.
FP7A2101S.C.O.P. 23035EMD 09-19499888, E1313-Aat Benjamín Hill rail yard to be dismantled.
FP7A2102S.C.O.P. 23036EMD 09-19499889, E1313-Aat Benjamín Hill rail yard to be dismantled.
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