To travel through the Mexican state of Chihuahua is to experience grandeur. Crossing the San Luis Pass, just east of Agua Prieta, one crosses a threshold to plains, rich with the produce of Mexico’s Mennonite population; valleys grazed by sturdy corriente/Hereford crosses and magnificent horses; and mountains and canyons, inhabited by several indigenous peoples, all this passes before one’s eyes in a single day. If the traveler arrives in Creel by way of the famous Chihuahua al Pacifico (Chepe) train, which leaves Los Mochis to the west every day at 6:00 a.m., he will experience scenery like no other. For eight hours, he will ride in luxurious first-class coaches, roam about in the lounge or dining car, and witness spectacular terrain changing minute by minute from deep and fathomless gorges and tunnels, to the lovely villages of the sierras, and to mountainous passes that will astound even the veteran traveler.