tank cars to transport oil and molasses, 59 ballasts and 45 railcars. By 1930, more than thirteen steam locomotives, 16 wagons, 3 first-class cars, 2 second-class cars, 3 baggage cars, 2 cabooses, 2 tank cars, 61 banana transport cars, 12 platforms, 1 tram were acquired. urban, 2 carts to transport ice, 39 carts to transport cane and 2 camps. In the early 1960s all steam locomotives were replaced by diesel electric machines.6 Since 1952 there has been no real significant increase in rolling equipment endowments in any of the railway companies by the Honduran government. This entailed that all the acquired locomotives were donated and bought from foreign countries. Although, thanks to the support of the private sector, they were able to acquire several diesel locomotives and rail buses.The national railway started from Puerto Cortés, crossed the Sula Valley and ended in Potrerillos, being an approximate distance of 95 kilometers and 10 stations. With branches to the town of El Progreso, La Lima and the port of Tela. In 2004 passenger trains were canceled, leaving only to transport cargo.In 1952, the significant increase in the provision of rolling stock in any of the railway companies by the Honduran government began to gradually stop, plus there was aid for the maintenance of the machines, which is why the national railway ended up being financed almost entirely by the Honduran government. private sector, which managed to keep it in good shape by providing an efficient public transport service until the 1990s, buying new machines such as changing steam locomotives to diesel and acquiring more rail buses that made trips from Puerto Cortes, passing through San Pedro Sula and Tela, one being of the Japanese brand Nippon Sharyo model 1967 which operated until the 2000s. Transoceanic project In 2013 it was announced that the Honduran Government and the China Harbour Engineering Company (CCEC) were interested in building a transoceanic railroad. The governments of Honduras and the People's Republic of China plan to build a naval port on the island of Tigre in the Municipality of Amapala that would be the main one in unloading and loading of goods, which will be conducted by a new railway line, which would cross the departments of Valle, El Paraíso, Olancho and Colón, to the north coast, thus avoiding ships crossing the Panama Canal. See also Honduras Rail transport by country References External links Unofficial timetables of