Ferrocarril Chihuahua al PacÃfico
The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (abbreviated ChP, therefore, often called Chepe ) is a railway line, and a former railway company in Mexico. She is considered one of the most spectacular railway journeys in the world.
The route is now part of the network of Ferromex.
Starting in Los Mochis ( Sinaloa ) winds the route through the rugged rocks of the Sierra Madre Occidental / Sierra Tarahumara, which can be seen in dizzying canyons and bizarre rock formations. About dozens of bridges and through numerous tunnels, a height difference of 2400 m is managed. During the trip, lasting several hours, the train passes through different landscapes and vegetation types: the Pacific Coast with its subtropical climate, as well as cool mountain regions and cacti steppes.
Technical
Between Bahuichivo and Temoris it's a total of 37 bridges with a total length of 3.6 miles and through 87 tunnels ( > 17 km). Gradients, built into the mountain bends and spiral loops lead higher and higher, until finally at Los Ojitos, between the stations Divisadero and Creel at 2,420 m the highest point of the 653 km long stretch is reached and it goes downhill towards Chihuahua stages again.
Among the attractions of the route include, inter alia El Descanso, the longest with over 1800 m of tunnel route. At kilometer 622 (of Ojinaga, the eastern border point to the United States from measured ) the train reached the station Divisadero, topographic contour point of the route. From here you have a deep look into the Barranca del Cobre ( Copper Canyon ), as well as afterwards Creel.