Tucked away behind the trees lining Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas, between avenidas Colon and Gobernador Curiel, sits the Parque de la Liberacion (El Dean)—an urban green space known for its small artificial lake.
For decades, the park has also been home to a Niagara-class steam locomotive and an accompanying carriage, relics of a bygone era and a witness to the city’s industrial past. In recent years, the display has fallen into decay, vandalized with graffiti and slowly gathering rust.
Now, thanks to the Metropolitan Agency of Urban Forests (AMBU), the locomotive is finally getting the makeover it desperately needs.
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