Narrow Gauge Railroads of Guatamala
Common Carrier Railroads.
Champerico and Northern Transportation Company of Guatemala.
36in Gauge. Financed by California investors in 1882 to serve the coffee plantations around Retalhulen, the route stretched from Champerico, on the Pacific Coast, to Retalhulen 28 miles inland. In 1889 the line reorganized with new capital as the Ferrocarril Occidente De Guatemala (Guatemala Western).
Champerico to Retalhulen, Retalhulen Department, 1882 - 1889
Ferrocarril Occidente de Guatemala. (Guatemala Western)
36in Gauge. In 1889, financed by German capital, the Champerico and Northern Transportation Company of Guatemala was purchased and reorganized as the Ferrocarril Occidente De Guatemala (Guatemala Western). The line was extended from Retalhulen to San Felipe and Mazatenango where it connected with the Guatemala Central. The railroad was purchased by the Guatemala Central in February 1910.
Champerico, Retalhulen Department to Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez Department, 1889-1910
Guatemala Central Railroad Company.
39.5in Gauge.
Puerto San Jose to Escuintla, Escuintla Department,
Central American Pacific Railway & Transportation Company.
36in Gauge.
Escuintla, Escuintla Department to Guatemala City Guatemala Department,
Guatemala Central Railroad. (Ferrocarril Central de Guatemala)
36in Gauge.
Puerto San Jose, Escuintla Department to Guatemala City, Guatemala Department,
Ferrocarril de Ocos.
36in Gauge.
Ocos to Vado Ancho, Quetzaltenango Department
Ferrocarril Del Norte de Guatemala. (Guatemala Northern)
36in Gauge.
Santo Thomas (Puerto Barrios), Izabal Department to Guatemala City, Guatemala Department,
Ferrocarril Verapaz.
36in Gauge.
Panzos to Pancajche, Alta Verapaz Department
Ferrocarriles Internacionales de Centro America (IRCA).
36in Gauge.
Guatemala and El Salvador, 1912 - 1968
Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (FEGUA).
36in Gauge.
Throughout Guatemala, 1968 - 1996