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The Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico (Chihuahua-Pacific Railway), also known as El Chepe from its reporting mark CHP, is a major rail line in northwest Mexico, linking the city of Chihuahua to Los Mochis and its port, Topolobampo. [3] It crosses the Sierra Madre Occidental, part of the range that in the United States is called the Rocky ...
The Mexico North-Western Railway or Compañía del Ferrocarril Nor-Oeste de México was a railroad that operated in Mexico between Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, via Nuevo Casas Grandes in the western portion of the state of Chihuahua. [1] Prior to 1909, it was known as the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway.
Bosques de Chihuahua, full name Bosques de Chihuahua Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable was a small logging railroad located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The approximately 32 km line ran from a lumber mill at Mesa Del Huracán in Madera Municipality to a connection with the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico .
Panuco Mountain and Monclova Railroad [33] Ferrocarril Parral y Durango [33] Ferrocarril Peninsular de Merida-Yucatan [27] Potosi Central Railroad [33] Ferrocarril Potosi y Rio Verde (FPyRv) Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway (see Mexico North Western Railway) Ferrocarril San Gregorio [34] Ferrocarril San Marcos a Huajapan de Leon [35]
Ferromex hosts the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico "ChePe" railroad, a tourist line that runs through the Copper Canyon. Ferromex also operates the Tequila Express , which runs from Guadalajara to a tequila distillery in Amatitán .
In 1955, the federal government merged the two lines to form the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico. When this was completed in 1961, they connected Ciudad Juárez , Ojinaga and the city of Chihuahua with Topolobampo on the Pacific coast by rail.
The Northwest Railroad concession, connecting Mexico City and Guadalajara with the Pacific port of Manzanillo and various crossings along the United States border was sold to a joint venture between Grupo México and Union Pacific Railroad in 1998 during the presidency of Dr. Ernesto Zedillo (which later occupied the position of Director of the ...
The railroad line runs through Tunnel 4 across the border and the former Tunnel 3 to the south. [10] Rail service over the border including Pacific Southwest Railway Museum 's Ticket to Tecate passenger train was suspended in 2009 due to a fire in Tunnel 3.