I've gone down some pretty deep YouTube holes on the freight #railroads of #MexicoCity, as pictured in the toot above this one.

Sometimes the #railfan slang cracks me up. A locomotive might be called the obvious: locomotra or maquina.

But the switchers used by #FTVM are also called patieras: yarders, or yard switchers.

The best term, though, is cotorra. That's the word for parrot -- a nod to the engines' green and yellow paint scheme.

#spanish