In 1909 the company was incorporated in Canada under the direction of Fred Stark Pearson. The Northwestern Railway suffered great damage during the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920. Communication and transportation of products and supplies became very difficult and, at times, impossible. Company officials negotiated with both government and revolutionary forces in an attempt to protect company property, employees, and their families, and successfully steered the company through the revolution. In 1945 the Mexico Northwestern Railway Company' s properties in Mexico were sold to a Chihuahua banker.
Maps are of railroad routes in Mexico.
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