Comments on: Trains and The Merida Railway Museum http://gorbman.com/2010/02/24/the-merida-railway-museum/ Seattle resident and Merida expat comments on politics, life, and the advent of December 21, 2012 Sun, 20 May 2012 19:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allen Morrison http://gorbman.com/2010/02/24/the-merida-railway-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Allen Morrison Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:02:04 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=1444#comment-1613 Very nice page. Congratulations. I find a lot of websites and YouTube videos now about the extraordinary horsecar operation at Chunkanán, using 9 km of the old tracks (1907) between Chunkanán and Acanceh. Hurricane Isidore destroyed the Chunkanán hacienda in 2002. Does anyone know when the new tram service began, and who was the enterprising person behind it? Very nice page. Congratulations. I find a lot of websites and YouTube videos now about the extraordinary horsecar operation at Chunkanán, using 9 km of the old tracks (1907) between Chunkanán and Acanceh. Hurricane Isidore destroyed the Chunkanán hacienda in 2002. Does anyone know when the new tram service began, and who was the enterprising person behind it?

]]> By: Louis N. http://gorbman.com/2010/02/24/the-merida-railway-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Louis N. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:08:03 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=1444#comment-1246 I remember that in the 1960s, it was possible, for those who lived in Garcia Gineres, to just catch the train by the Penitentiary (where Calle 59 begins). Maya ladies would be selling jicama, mandarinas, naranjas, and Maya gents would be selling sweets. Then the train would stop, and off you'd go, stopping in every little pueblo, until reaching Campeche. The train would be filled will all kinds of people, from middle class folks in the assigned seat cars, to campesinos with baskets of fruit, henequen fiber, livestock (chickens! pigs! caged birds!). I remember that in the 1960s, it was possible, for those who lived in Garcia Gineres, to just catch the train by the Penitentiary (where Calle 59 begins). Maya ladies would be selling jicama, mandarinas, naranjas, and Maya gents would be selling sweets. Then the train would stop, and off you’d go, stopping in every little pueblo, until reaching Campeche. The train would be filled will all kinds of people, from middle class folks in the assigned seat cars, to campesinos with baskets of fruit, henequen fiber, livestock (chickens! pigs! caged birds!).

]]> By: LAWRENCE BOYD HULSEY http://gorbman.com/2010/02/24/the-merida-railway-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 LAWRENCE BOYD HULSEY Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:16:59 +0000 http://gorbman.com/?p=1444#comment-1222 16 MAR 2010 I ARRIVED BY TRAIN FROM MEXICO IN MERIDA IN 1977, RODE LOCAL TRAIN TO ACANCEH, THEN AGAIN RODE TRAIN MERIDA - MEXICO -GUADALA. IN MID 1980S. TOOK MANY PHOTOS OF BOTH THE STANDARD AND NARROW GAUGE OPERATIONS BOTH EN ROUTE AND IN MERIDA STATION. YOU HAVE A VERY LOVELY STORY TO TELL. 16 MAR 2010

I ARRIVED BY TRAIN FROM MEXICO IN MERIDA IN 1977, RODE LOCAL TRAIN TO ACANCEH, THEN AGAIN RODE TRAIN MERIDA – MEXICO -GUADALA.
IN MID 1980S. TOOK MANY PHOTOS OF BOTH THE STANDARD AND NARROW GAUGE OPERATIONS BOTH EN ROUTE AND IN MERIDA STATION. YOU HAVE A VERY LOVELY STORY TO TELL.

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