I took that train some years ago, and I can say with confidence that it is the most underrated thing to do in Mexico. I've traveled throughout the country and it is by far the most beautiful journey you can make. It will take you from up in the mountains, through the desert and the canyons, all the way to the beach. Just breathtaking.
I agree with you as I have traveled el chepe… the landscape is spectacular and so is the train ride… Personally I preferred the journey from Los Mochis to Divisidero (Halt at the copper canyon) and then take the train to creel or chihuahua
El Chepe is perhaps one of the most scenic train journeys I have witnessed. It is an engineering marvel of the Great Mexican people. I am astounded by the beauty of this landscape has. It is undoubtedly worth travelling experience which is not forgotten in a lifetime. Thanks and best Regards Sir for showing us this great adventure... 43:05
Trainfan87 : I'm an Indian housewife. I never visited abroad and perhaps cannot be able to visit abroad in the rest of my life. But it seems that I, myself, am travelling and enjoying through this video captured by you. It's an amazing as well as dream-travelling. How spectacular, incredible and gorgeous travelling side by side of this scenic copper canyon railway from mountain to Pacific Ocean. Thank you for shooting this video. I also would like to thank, salute and pay my sincere gratitude to all engineers and workmen who crafted and fabricated this so long railway track. Thank you once again for uploading as well as sharing this enchanting video with us.
What a kind comment of yours. Don`t be sad - for private reasons I have been travelling a lot during the last ten years and it is not very entertaining, compared to the times 30, 40 years before: everywhere people look alike, dress alike, behave alike and everywhere they yell into their smartphones. I have often thought that the nicest way to journey is nowadays by watching beautifully filmed videos like this one. You have no nasty neighbours that talk loudly all the time about things that are absolutey uninteresting to you, no smell of ugly food, you get it pure and easy. I always wanted at least to visit the Taj Mahal, but I am afraid that I will not be happy with thousands of people around (see above).
@@user-yp2mw2ko9k I can understand and feel your thoughts. The reasons of which as you have told are nothing but poverty, population and illiteracy. I would like to request you to come to our country, in India, for atleast once to visit only 3 places viz. 1. The Taj Mahal, 2. The Ajanta Caves and 3. The Ellora Caves. (There are so many Temples, Mosques, Churches, Museums hither and thither in India as well as also in Europe, in America and in Africa.) With love from India.....
@@user-yp2mw2ko9k I can feel your thoughts. But this gathering of crowd is due to poverty, population and illiteracy. This is our main problem. I would like to invite you to come once into our country to witness only 3 places viz. 1) The Tajmahal, 2) The Ajanta caves and 3) The Ellora caves otherwise there are so many Temples, Mosques, Churches and Museums hither and thither in India as well as in Europe, in America and in Africa. With love from India.....
A few years ago, having heard a bit about the ride, I bought a ticket on a whim. Oh my goodness!!! What a ride!! One of the most memorable trips of my life. Worth every peso. I want to do it again.
I took El chepe with one night in creel one night with a local family near Urique canyon and it's my favourite place in Mexico and I've been all over the country. I'm now married to a mexican and living in Mexico which is for me one of the most amazing places on earth. This journey is worth every penny.
Dear Trainfan87, no visas, no tickets, no hassles...A Big Thank You for taking us on this very exceptional train journey in Mexico...Bill, your narration was peppered with peace and subtle enjoyable humour...much enjoyed...Hoping to step on this beauty of a train sometime soon...Keep travelling folks...& Stay blessed as you travel...
😀 As I watch this video again I return back to the first time into the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. It was 40 years ago I crossed the mountains from the east to the west following the rail line when possible or just 2 track roads. Our group of 8 vehicles and with only topo maps without any roads marked, on it we achieved the crossing in 12 days. It was on another trip a few years later I took the first train adventure across the mountains and canyons by rail. In my 100+ adventures into the Majestic Barrancas del Cobre(on 80 trips I added the El CHEPE). I have been working for over a year training my replacements they will graduate in the spring of 2024. This will be my last and at 75 years young it is just time! This is a experience some of us can not get enough of! There is also so much more to see then just the train. Plan on extra weeks to explore, you will not be sorry you experienced this amazing place.
Frenchi , me alegra mucho que te hayas enamorado de éste extraordinario lugar y te felicito por que el próximo año 2024 tengas un extraordinario cumpleaños , "In Situ", saludos desde Xalisco, México.
@javiermoreno4681 Es la maravillosa gente de México la que agrega el cálido encanto a México. Crecí cerca de la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos. Crucé la frontera con menos de 3 meses, en brazos de mi madre. Cuando crecí y tenía una escuela de manejo 4X4, mis clientes querían saber adónde ir, así que construí un negocio de guías. No podría recomendar una mejor ubicación que México para explorar. Desarrollé 17 aventuras diferentes en Baja California y el Noroeste de México continental, con 7 aventuras diferentes. Gracias por sus amables palabras. Que cuando mires las nubes en el cielo solo veas caras sonrientes. Rio Rancho, New Mexico Frenchie
The most beautifully brought out video of the splendid locations across Mexico and it was like actually travelling along experience. Thank you for taking us all with a wonderful explanation on the route.
Wow que maravilla de lugar Yo e estado allí me da tanto orgullo por mexico que iso un proyecto tan maravilloso Viva la visión de mexico. Cada ves mexico Reconose lo que es una tierra muy bendecida Con Amor viva Mexico
our family took the train from El Fuerte to Creel and back again in 1997. From lowland jungle to the oak and pine-forested mountains and canyons at the top and back down again. An amazing ride. Just don't pay any attention to the demolished railcars, which littered the ground below many of the trestles. the present-day train cars appear MUCH more modern than the ones we rode. And the gondola is a new attraction. And the story about the corn beer are true!. I look forward to returning again.
I although I have not traveled on this train,l appreciate the magnificent beautiful work of God's creation.This is really awesome.This train is important and impressive for scenic views.Keep up the good work ✅💯👏!!!
Wow,✨💐 Wonderful, Amazing,… Muchas gracias por el conocer una maravillosa panorámica. Así que tengo un sueño por visitar allí y que me gusta hacer lo más antes posible. De verdad,🌻 cuando era joven fui a México. Me encantaba conocer sus culturas. Hasta entonces👍💫🙋♀️
Good morning to All 🌹💚😊 This is the one of the best mountain railway of the World 🌎🌍 23/08/2023. Kishore. RAMRAJATALA Station. HOWRAH. KOLKATA. INDIA. 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Si están maravillados con el CHEPE, ya verán la sorpresa que se llevarán cuando viajen en el tren Maya... 1500 k de selva, ruinas, haciendas, playas, y pueblos mágicos de 5 Estados del sureste mexicano,... Una maravilla que nos regaló nuestro querido presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador ❤
I can hardly imagine how difficult and time consuming it was to build track across the many, many gorges. Banana trees, exotic birds in the mountains.. what a memorable train ride. Up and over.. all the way to the Pacific Ocean in Los Mochis!
I took this copper canyon chepe train ride yrs ago and let me tell you it was an exciting and interesting trip that was worth taking and I plan to take it again if you have never taken it I recommend it’s worth taking it 🚂 👍🏽
My wife and I took the trip to Toplabanbo 20 years ago ,when it was CHP . Great ride. oh! the locomotives on this train were a GP40 and a GP38 EMD products
Reforestation programs were put in place and new growing trees will absorb way more carbon dioxide as they grow kind of how young human beings have a fast metabolism compare to adults in their 30s. There’s a great deal of care and consideration for the natural habitat of wildlife. It’s a historical project and books will be written and shared through the engineering society worldwide. Es un honor estar con Obrador!
@@jackprier7727 more wood on a tree is only relevant to the lumber industry and although ancient trees are of great value this is not a considerable amount of deforestation taking in account the life changing structural developments. We’re talking about efficiency in transportation of the public and trade goods an important requirement in any modern society. Moving forward is the only option and it takes a brave man like Andres Manuel Lopes Obrador whose been fighting against all odds. Remember “Somos los mejores hijos de Mexico”
I took this trip 40 years ago and one of our party met a vacationing RR employee and he invited us to the engine and the engineer let us pull the whistle/horn. A couple of our group even stepped out to be outside the engine in the front. I feel ok saying this after 40 years because no one's job would be imperiled. It was a blast. Creel was a cool overnight stay, we met some locals and they took us for a drive. We went in October, still quite hot at the coast, so we did not bring adequate warm clothes for when we were in the mountains. Brrr at night.
I took the train trip back in 1980.. Chihuahua a Los Mochis.. very scenic. Bus from El Paso to Chihuahua.. boarded train. A very different train nowadays (much more modern train). Personally, I loved the older train.. a person could have run behind the train and kept up.. vendors sold blankets and such from the Tarahumara Indians.
Yeas ago, I took a train from Nuevo Laredo to Mexico City. It was in the 100s when we started, and then we traveled some thousands of miles south. When we got out of the train, I was shocked that it was cold there. Mexico City is so high that it has a very cool climate. And out of the train station window, we could see their signature snowcapped volcano, rising much higher.
El recorrido completo es desde Chihuahua, capital del Estado de Chihuahua hasta Topolobampo, puerto del Pacífico, en el Estado de Sinaloa, es decir faltó más de un tercio del viaje.
Still maintaining their traditional way of life but all have spanish names .. The spanish conquest of America is truly amazing . What manpower he must have taken to conquer all that land with so many societies, tribes and civilizations...fascinating
when I rode it, I was a bit boggled by the guys with machine guns that rode outside the engine and between the cars - but I guess people who take it can be pretty rich compared to the surrounding countryside, so it's bit of a magnet for robberies maybe? it was super beautiful country.
Some years ago some bandits robbed the train and shot a tourist who thought it was actors. The drug cartel hunted them down never to be seen again. They didn't want all the attention it would bring. So actually it's the most protected train ride in the world protected by the drug cartel not those guards on the train
Sadly the tarahumara women they portrayed were wearing tennis shoes, which are not the typical tarahumara sandals, they sported nicely washed hair. Those are signs of staged items for this film. Only a few of the tarahumaras living closer to the touristic spots are here. Not the real deal. P.S. I am from the state of Chihuahua.
MY FATHER WAS A MACHINIST AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD IN THE 40'S & 50'S/KAREN *& I TOOK THE TRAIN TO HOUSTON WHEN WE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL in 1959/.I REALLY LIKE RIDING THE TRAIN!.'/9:36 AMen/10/20/2023/WELCOME WORLD!
Took this in the 80's was supposed to be 11 hours actually took 17 They only had food enough for 2 meals. One of the sights was seeing people living in abandoned wooden box cars that looked like they dated back to the turn of 19th-20th century
I took "La Mula", the standard, not-tourist train. Stopped a lot. I remember the sign in Spanish in each car reminding us to "Be considerate of the other passengers and throw trash out the window". This was in 1990-
Mexico has so much to offer. Beautiful country. So sad it has so much crime. People would own vacation places, the economy would improve. Life would be wonderful✨
El tren no es conocido afectuosamente como el Chepe. Es conocido como el Chepe, porque se llama así, Chihuahua al Pacífico. Ch. (Se pronuncia Che) y P. (Se pronuncia Pe). Entonces el acrónimo de Chihuahua - Pacífico, es Chepe.
This is after the rainy season I would expect September or October. The green foliage and the way people are dressed this is the most likely time of the year.
North America's deepest gorge is not in Mexico, as claimed in this video. It's actually Hells Canyon, that forms the border between Idaho and Oregon in the United States. At 8000 feet deep, it's two thousand feet deeper than the one in this video. This one in Mexico is spectacular as well.
The everyday Mexican people are friendly and down to earth. If you break down when traveling through Texas, you are MUCH more likely to have Spanish speaking folks stop to help you than any Anglo.. they’re just good people.
We stayed overnight in Creel, a week in Chihuahua, toured Pancho Villa's mansion, and I remember a long stop in Cuatemoc where we went to the local open market on the return.
You can get off of the train and spend the night along the route. You can go one way or round trip on the train. We drive into Creel or El Furete to pick up the train. Then ride one way then return another time. We then cross into the canyons with vehicles and cross the Sierra Madre by our vehicles. With 100+ adventures into the area safety is not a concern.
Q. Buen reportaje de este Sr. Tubo q. Ser un extranjero. Puesto q. En el pobre México no ay periodismo de esta clase , puros chayoteros . Entretenidos en lo q. Hase o no Hase. Lopez Obrador.
Lindo Passeio Amem E Deus e Nois Dois sim Fala seu Meu Deus Como Foi voce Ai com Os Rivais Sim Ganhamos Acausa do Prosseso do Meu Prosseso Sim Todos Sairam de vez Da Nossas Vidas dos Nossos Caminhos para Nois Dois Olhos do e volto com voce