The International Railways of Central America was a U.S. based company founded by Minor C. Keith and incorporated in New Jersey in 1904 which operated a large network of 3 ft narrow gauge railways in
Ferrocarril del norte 2
The Northern Railroad of Guatemala was a railway system that ran from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios, the main port of Guatemala, between 1896 and 1968. The American United Fruit Company had the mon
International Railways of Central America
…Ferrocarriles Nacionales de El Salvador (FENADESAL). By 1912 the network went north from Guatemala City to the port of Puerto Barrios, known as the Northern Railroad of Guatemala which originally opened in 1896; with another later built line looping round to Corozo. Going south from Guatemala City the line stretched to the port…
Bridge over Motagua River, c. 1940.
Jungle section in 1896. La Ilustración Guatemalteca photograph.
Bridge of Las Vacas construction in Guatemala City in 1907.
Maya monument in Quiriguá; note how everybody is dress in formal attire and women are wearing skirts and heels.