Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab
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Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab (reporting mark
FCCM) was a railroad in southeastern Mexico
. It was a subsidiary of the Genesee and Wyoming company of railways.
The railroad was damaged by Hurricane Stan
in October 2005, and on 25 June 2007 Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced it was to hand back the 30-year concession and liquidate FCCM SA by the end of 2007. Some of the property of FCCM was taken over by Ferrocarril Transistmico.
Reporting mark
A reporting mark is a two-, three-, or four-letter alphabetic code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on the North American railroad network. The marks are stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one-to-six-digit number, which together uniquely...
FCCM) was a railroad in southeastern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It was a subsidiary of the Genesee and Wyoming company of railways.
The railroad was damaged by Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan
Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico. Stan was a relatively weak storm that only briefly reached hurricane status...
in October 2005, and on 25 June 2007 Genesee & Wyoming Inc announced it was to hand back the 30-year concession and liquidate FCCM SA by the end of 2007. Some of the property of FCCM was taken over by Ferrocarril Transistmico.
See also
- Ferrocarriles Unidos del SuresteFerrocarriles Unidos del SuresteFerrocarriles Unidos del Sureste was a company that operated a railroad in southeastern Mexico. In the 1930s the Mexican government decided to build a railroad into the Yucatán, connecting the national system with the isolated Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán. The project was completed in 1950 and...
, predecessor - Ferrosur, operational successor
- List of Mexican railroads