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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Latin America (16 galleries) >> Mexico's Copper Canyon | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Deep inside the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Mexico, the Copper Canyons tumble to greater depths than Arizona’s Grand Canyon. This awesome terrain is traversed by one of the world’s most dramatic train rides. The railway crosses 39 bridges and penetrates 86 tunnels as it climbs 2,400 metres from the arid tropical plains beside the Sea of Cortez up to the high, rolling wheatfields of the Altiplano.
Original images were 35mm Fujichrome or Ektachrome transparencies, and are available for licensing.
 Guaymas on the Pacific coast |
 El Fuerte: Plaza |
 El Fuerte: town hall |
 Milliner at El Fuerte |
 Posada Hidalgo, El Fuerte |
 Herbalist store in El Fuerte |
 Boys selling bread along the line |
 The train climbing inland near Temoris |
 El Chepe, the Chihuahua Al Pacifico train |
 Tarahumara vendors in a railway cutting |
 El Divisadero |
 Arareko Lake |
 Barranca de Batopilas, the Batopilas Canyon |
 Mexico: Bus ride to Batopilas in the Sierra Madre |
 Hairpin bends on the road down into Batopilas |
 Canyon floor at Batopilas |
 Church tower, Batopilas |
 Storekeeper in Batopilas |
 Ruins of the Hacienda San Miguel, Batopilas |
 Tarahumara men in Batopilas |
 Riding through Batopilas |
 Protestors blockade the town hall at Batopilas |
 Mule train in Batopilas |
Mission church at Satevo |
 Trackside vendor at Creel |
 Level crossing in Creel |
 School band at Creel |
 Tarahumara family at Cusarare |
 Basaseachic National Park |
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