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26-484: The neighborhood is bordered by: The boundaries of the colonia are marked by the following streets: Avenida Puente del Alvarado to the south, Calzada de Nonoalco or Flores Magón to the north, Eje Guerrero to the east and Avenida Insurgentes North to the west. The colonia is best known as a hub of transportation, with the offices of the Cuauhtémoc borough and Telecommunications Commission also located here. Metro Buenavista

52-583: A cab unit design; both cab-equipped lead ( A unit ) FA and cabless booster ( B unit ) FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight version, the FPA/FPB , was also offered. It was equipped with a steam generator for heating passenger cars . ALCO's designation of F marks these locomotives as being geared primarily for freight use, whereas the P designation of the PA sets indicates that they were geared for higher speeds and passenger use. However, beyond this their design

78-610: A month and a half on the Delaware and Hudson Railway . A strike at ALCO delayed production beyond the first four units and the three demonstrator units began working on the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad in mid February 1946. The demonstrators were returned to Schenectady when the remainder of the order began delivery in May 1946. The GM&O order was completed in April 1947 for a total of 80 units. Before

104-655: Is a station on the Mexico City Metro , in the Colonia Buenavista neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough. It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B (the green-on-silver line, Buenavista-Ciudad Azteca). It also offers connections to the Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 66,804 passengers per day, making it the tenth busiest station in

130-687: Is located here, near the Mexico City terminal of the Tren Suburbano commuter railway. This train brings workers into the downtown area from as far as the northern city of Cuautitlán in Mexico State . Another landmark is the Biblioteca Vasconcelos (Vasconcelos Library), which is a tall glass building which contrasts noticeably with the surrounding area. It was inaugurated in 2006 with a collection of over 575,000 books, multimedia, and music. It

156-408: Is open to the public with 640 computers, multimedia room, music room, children’s section, Braille material section and film library. The library attracts an average of 3,000 visitors daily. Forum Buenavista is one of the large shopping malls of the city, in the same complex as the train station. The name of the colonia is from a former owner of the lands here, Miguel Pérez de Santa Cruz Andoboya,

182-773: The Ferrocarril Suburbano , a commuter rail that has Cuautitlán in the State of Mexico as final destination. Also, users can connect with Lines 1, 3 and 4 of the Metrobús , a bus rapid transit network. ALCO FA The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains . The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York , between January 1946 and May 1959. Designed by General Electric's Ray Patten (along with their ALCO PA cousins), they were of

208-540: The Napa Valley Wine Train . Three different models were offered. The FA-1/FB-1 , which featured a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) rating, was built from January 1946 to October 1950, with a 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) version produced between March and August 1950 (many early models were subsequently upgraded to 1,600 hp). The 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) FA-2/FB-2 (along with the FPA-2/FPB-2 variants)

234-716: The South Australian Railways (SAR) in 1955 as the 930 class . In 1957, the SAR received the first of an eventual 31 built to a two-cab design, the end with the second cab being flat-fronted. A few months later, the first of an up-rated version of the two-cab design arrived on the Department of Railways New South Wales as the 44 class , of which 100 were in service by 1968. Number Numbers Similar DL500 locomotives were also used in Greece, Pakistan, Peru, and Spain. In India

260-572: The Americas where ALCO-built cab units, such as All America Latina Logistica (ALL), still see daily usage in freight duty is Argentina. A total of 369 DL500 locomotives were built by ALCO, AE Goodwin , and MLW between May 1953 and December 1967. Variants of the ALCO "World Locomotive" saw service in Australia, where it was built under license by AE Goodwin , Sydney . Six single-cab locomotives were delivered to

286-536: The Buenavista station. This terminal reached its height at the very beginning of the 20th century. The station and the rail system in general waned as a nationwide highway system developed in the 20th century. The station was closed in 1958, in order to build a newer station nearby. The old station was demolished and the lands it was on began to be urbanized, extending Buenavista Street north to Avenida Central and adding new streets such as Aldama and Violeta. The offices of

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312-607: The Cuauhtemoc borough were constructed here in the 1970s. In the 1990s, the Ferrocarriles Nacionales was sold into private hands and operations in Buenavista ceased in September 1999. The Buenavista train station closed and only some cargo freight currently passes through the area. It was replaced by the Buenavista station of the Tren Suburbano which became operational in 2008. It and the library have spurred much change in

338-599: The FA line ended in 1956, with Canadian production ending in 1959. From the 1970s until 1999, the Long Island Rail Road used 20 FA units converted into "power packs". The traction motors were removed, and original prime movers replaced with 600 horsepower (450 kW) engines/generators solely for supplying Head-end power (HEP). The engineer's control stand was left intact, allowing the engines to be used in push-pull service with other locomotives, which usually lacked HEP. By

364-667: The Marquis of Buenavista, who was the mayor of Mexico City three times during the 1710s and 1720s. The mansion of the marquis was located in front of the small plaza which is on Avenida Puente de Alvarado, near the current offices of the Institutional Revolutionary Party . This building is now the Museo Nacional de San Carlos . This plaza maintains a number of arches from the Santa Fe Aqueduct, which brought water into

390-614: The carbody was lengthened, making possible the addition of a steam generator in the A unit to allow for use in passenger service. Models equipped as such were designated the FPA-2/FPB-2. The first FA-2s were delivered in October 1950 to the Baltimore and Ohio and the Erie. By this time, however, the cab unit had fallen out of favor due to the greater versatility of road switchers, and US production of

416-557: The city. During the 18th century, the area was filed with large orchards and gardens that stretched to what is now the Calzada de San Cosme. By 1871, the aqueduct was no longer used and crumbling and the city decided to sell the lands. Part of it was purchased by the Ferrocarril Mexicano , which opened Buenavista Street to provide better access to the nearby train terminal. This terminal began operations in 1873, and son became known as

442-488: The colonia. While some of it has been positive, such as investment in new and existing businesses, some negative such as walled off areas that have attracted crime. The goal of the development projects have been to revitalize the area which had deteriorated badly since the closing of the rail yards in the 20th century. 19°26′52.72″N 99°9′7.35″W  /  19.4479778°N 99.1520417°W  / 19.4479778; -99.1520417 Metro Buenavista Buenavista

468-678: The end of this production run, ALCO upgraded the generators and traction motors in the locomotives, with the first of these models entering service in February 1947 for the New York Central . In 1950, the Montreal Locomotive Works , an affiliate of ALCO, began production of FAs as well. In the fall of 1950, an upgraded model, the FA-2, was launched. This model featured an uprated Model 244 engine, with an output of 1,600 horsepower. Additionally,

494-630: The equivalent of an FPA-2 riding on A1A trucks. ALCO's "World Locomotive", the DL500 (introduced in 1953), originated as a newly designed demonstrator based on the FA-2. The first 25 DL500s used the model 244 engine rated at 1,600 horsepower (1,200 kW). Later DL500s were like the FPA-4 and utilize the ALCO model 251B diesel engine as the prime mover and are rated at 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW). All DL500s were built with C-C trucks, but B-B or paired A-1-A trucks were offered as an option. The only locale within

520-515: The late 1990s and early 2000s, the railroad began retiring the ALCOs in favor of new bi-level cab cars and locomotives with HEP installed. Almost 800 FA units were built by ALCO and MLW, with just over 15% of them sold to New York Central Railroad , and another 5% each to Union Pacific Railroad , Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad . About half as many FB units were produced and sold in similar ratios. ALCO and MLW built 152 of

546-416: The network. The station logo represents the front of an ALCO type diesel locomotive. Its name comes from the nearby Estación Buenavista ( Buenavista railway station ) main line railway station, which closed its doors to passenger traffic in 1999, but then reopened for the new Tren Suburbano in 2008. The metro station was opened on 15 December 1999. In December 1999, the Buenavista metro station

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572-577: The new design, and by November 1945, the first engines were beginning to undergo tests. This unusually short testing sequence was brought about by the decision of ALCO's senior management that the engine and an associated line of road locomotives had to be introduced no later than the end of 1946. In preparation for this deadline, by January 1946, the first four locomotives with the 244 engines had been built. Two FA-1s and an FB-1 were painted in ALCO Demonstrator colors and were released for road tests for

598-504: The various FP models with the largest quantity, 38% of the total production, sold to Canadian National Railway . Some 20 units of various designations exist today in a preserved state. Several excursion railways own operating examples which are in regular service, including MLW units received from Via Rail Canada . Locomotives not sold to tourist railroads have been sold to museums and other owners. Alco built 23 A1A-A1A trucked FCA-3s for Pakistan Railways in 1951 and 1953. These were

624-530: Was built between October 1950 and June 1956. Finally, the 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) FPA-4/FPB-4 , powered by the 251 V-12 engine, was built between October 1958 and May 1959 by ALCO's Canadian subsidiary, Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). The FAs, as well as their cousins, the ALCO PAs , were born as a result of ALCO's development of a new diesel engine design, the Model 244. In early 1944, development started on

650-542: Was largely similar - aside from the PA/PB's both being larger A1A-A1A types with an even more striking nose - and many railroads used FA and PA locomotives for both freight and passenger service. Several examples of FAs and FBs have been preserved. While most are now in the care of railroad museums, a few remain in operational status on such lines as the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad , Grand Canyon Railway and

676-511: Was opened as part of the first stretch of Line B , going from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón . Near Buenavista is the central administrative building of the Cuauhtémoc borough local government, the library Biblioteca Vasconcelos , and on Saturday mornings only the Tianguis Cultural del Chopo , a flea market dedicated to youth culture (mostly music), and Forum Buenavista shopping mall. As of 2020, Buenavista offers connections with

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