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The Railroad to Copper Canyon

Sierra Challenge about Copper Canyon RR
Destination: Mexico’s Barranco del Cobre (Copper Canyon)

Book: Sierra Challenge: The Construction of the Chihuahua Pacifico Railroad, compiled and edited by Don Burgess

I live so near Mexico, and have explored so little of it.  The most spectacular scenery, hands down, is to be found in Copper Canyon/Barranco del Cobre, a maze of canyons that is so much deeper, wider and rougher than the Grand Canyon that it boggles the imagination.  Sierra Challenge documents the building of the Chihuahua al Pacifico (known as El Chepe) railroad that takes tourists through that rough territory to get a view at the spectacular scenery. Continue reading The Railroad to Copper Canyon