10–18 January 2010
  • Is this the Rio Fuerte?
  • Rio Chinipas, seen from Chepe.
  • One of the 37 railroad bridges between Los Mochis and Chihuahua. This one crosses the reservoir above the Huites dam.
  • View from the bridge.
  • Pink blossoms were everywhere.
  • El Chepe enters one of the 86 tunnels between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
  • After the railroad was completed, the workers' houses were stripped of everything useful elsewhere, including their windows.
  • El Chepe was put into service in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.
  • Yet another of the CHP's 37 bridges.
  • The track clings to the canyon wall.
  • Time for some maintenance.
  • One of many switchbacks. Note the track entering the tunnel at upper left.
  • The switchback again, looking downriver.
  • A narrow cut through solid rock.
  • As we climb, we begin to see pines...
  • ... and open meadows.