"El Chepe" ndi dzina lakutchedwa Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway yomwe imadutsa ku Copper Canyon ku Mexico, pakati pa Los Mochis, Sinaloa, ndi Chihuahua, likulu la chigawo cha Chihuahua. Sitimayi imayenda tsiku lililonse kudutsa lalitali kwambiri la La Barranca del Cobre . Iyi ndiyo sitima yotsala yapamtunda yopita ku Mexique ndipo imapanga ulendo wosaiwalika.
Mbiri ya El Chepe
Ntchito yomanga njanji ya Copper Canyon inayamba mu 1898.
Zida zamakono zomwe zinkafunika kuti zisawononge malowa zinali zopitirira teknoloji ya nthawiyo ndipo ntchitoyi inasiyidwa kwa zaka zingapo. Ntchito yomanga inasintha mu 1953 ndipo inatha zaka zisanu ndi zitatu. Mzere wa sitima ya El Chepe unasindikizidwa mu 1998, ndipo unagonjetsedwa ndi Ferromex, kampani ya sitima yapadera.
Ulendo
Ulendo wonse wochokera ku Los Mochis kupita ku Chihuahua mzinda umatenga maola pafupifupi 16. Sitimayi imanyamula mtunda wa makilomita oposa 400, imakwera mamita 8,000 ku Sierra Tarahumara, imadutsa milatho 36 ndi matanthwe 87. Paulendowu, sitimayo imadutsa m'malo osiyanasiyana, kuchokera ku chipululu kupita ku nkhalango. Sitimayo imayima anthu okwera ndi kupita kumalo awa: Cuauhtémoc, Creel, Divisadero, Posada Barrancas, Bahuichivo / Cerocahui, Témoris, El Fuerte ndi Los Mochis. Pali miniti 15 mpaka 20 yopita ku Divisadero kuti mukondwere ndi canyon ndi kugula ntchito zamanja kuchokera kwa anthu a Tarahumara.
Ambiri amapita kukwera sitimayi ku Divisadero kapena Creel kukafufuza canyon ndi kusangalala ndi ntchito zopititsa patsogolo zomwe amapereka komanso kubwerera tsiku lotsatira kapena masiku angapo kuti apitirize ulendo.
The Train
Pali magulu awiri a utumiki, Primera Express (Kalasi Yoyamba) ndi Clase Económica (Economy Class).
Kalasi Yoyamba Sitima imachoka Los Mochis tsiku lililonse pa 6 koloko m'mawa ndipo sitimayi ya Economy Class imachoka patatha ola limodzi. Kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa magulu awiriwa ndi chitonthozo ndi mipando ya mipando, ndipo sitimayi ya Economy Class imapangitsa kuimitsa pa malo ena alionse makumi asanu pamsewu wopempha.
Kalasi Yoyamba Yoyambira ili ndi magalimoto awiri kapena atatu ogwira anthu okhala ndi mipando 64 aliyense, ndi galimoto yodyera ndi chakudya ndi bar. The Economy Class ili ndi magalimoto 3 kapena 4 oyendetsa galimoto okhala ndi mipando 68 m'galimoto iliyonse, ndi "galimoto yamoto" ndi chakudya chokhazikika. Magalimoto onse m'zigawo zonsezi amakhala ndi mpweya wabwino komanso malo otentha, malo ogona komanso zipinda zam'madzi. Galimoto iliyonse ili ndi porter kuti ikafike kwa okwera. Kusuta sikuletsedwa ku El Chepe .
Kugula Tiketi kwa Copper Canyon Railway
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