Our group had a private car with its own staff. An interesting fact we learned about the conductors is that they carry all their own supplies right down to mops and toilet paper!

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We boarded the train at Km. 839 in El Fuerte and settled in for our 128-mile ride. It took 89 years to complete the 420-mile run of the train which goes through 86 tunnels and over 32 trestles.

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We saw many isolated little villages along the way.

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We passed several caravans traveling on flatbed trains. It made us long to be in our motorhome instead of a bus!

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The longest bridge on the line is 1636 feet in length across the El Fuerte River and...

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...the highest bridge at 335 feet crosses the Chinipas River.

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We went by crystal clear lakes...

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...through tunnels...

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...past majestic mountains and silk trees with their pretty yellow flowers.

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We said goodbye to the state of Sinaloa and hello to the state of Chihuahua, the largest state in Mexico.

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We were lucky to see the amapa trees in full purple bloom...

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...as our train chugged along passing...

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...clear streams and...

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...villages where the children came out to wave.

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The train seemed to hang on the wall of the canyon at times.

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When we arrived at this station the crew took all their supplies and left the train and a new crew boarded. The train was also inspected and maintenance was performed which gave us plenty of time to buy baskets made by the Tarahumara Indians who still remain primitive and many live as their ancestors did. We thought it interesting that some of the baskets were made more colorful using magic markers - perhaps this Indian group is not as primitive as we thought!

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