David Stanley

North of the Puente Chinipas the Chepe Railway leaves Sinaloa and heads into Chihuahua State of northwestern Mexico. At Divisadero Station it reaches 2,400 meters elevation. #PuenteChinipas #ChepeRailway #Sinaloa #Chihuahua #Mexico #DivisaderoStation

The Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua and Sinaloa states of northwestern Mexico presented a challenge to the early 20th century builders of the Chepe Railway from the Pacific to the US border. #SierraMadreOccidental #Chihuahua #Sinaloa #Mexico #Chepe

The Puente Chinipas on the Chepe Railway in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, provides views of the Fuerte River as it flows through the Sierra Madre Occidental. #PuenteChinipas #Chepe #Sinaloa #Mexico #FuerteRiver #SierraMadreOccidental

Glimpses of the Presa Huites reservoir on the Fuerte River in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, are obtained from the Chepe Railroad to Chihuahua. #PresaHuites #FuerteRiver #Sinaloa #Mexico #Chepe #Chihuahua

Above the Luis Donaldo Colosio Hydroelectric Power Plant the water of the Fuerte River in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, is clearer. #FuerteRiver #Sinaloa #Mexico

The Fuerte River drains the Copper Canyon of northwestern Mexico. Northbound travellers on the Chepe Railway get their first glimpses of the Sierra Madre Occidental as the train crosses the Puente Agua Caliente at Aguacaliente de Baca, Sinaloa. #FuerteRiver #Mexico #ChepeRailway

At nearly half a kilometer in length, the Puente Agua Caliente over the Río Fuerte in Aguacaliente de Baca, Sinaloa, is the longest of the 39 bridges on the Chepe railway line between the Pacific and Chihuahua. #PuenteAguaCaliente #RioFuerte #AguacalientedeBaca #Sinaloa #Chepe

North of El Fuerte, Mexico, the El Chepe railway route passes through areas of semi-arid vegetation where hardy desert plants predominate. #ElFuerte #Mexico #ElChepe #semiarid #vegetation #desertplants

In 1897 Enrique Creel and Alfredo Spendlove obtained the concession to build the Chihuahua Railroad to the Pacific (Chepe). This major engineering work only completed in 1961 is recognized today as one of the world's great train itineraries. #EnriqueCreel #AlfredoSpendlove #Chepe

Though most of their diet is vegetable and grain based, the indigenous people of Los Capomos village in Sinaloa, Mexico, raise pigs to eat on festive occasions. #LosCapomos #Sinaloa #Mexico #pigs

Raramuri Criollo cattle such as this example at Los Capomos village in Sinaloa are descended from animals brought to Mexico by the Spaniards after 1493. They are used for meat, milk, leather, and draught. #Raramuri #LosCapomos #Sinaloa #Mexico

La Danza del Venado or Deer Dance is a centuries-old tradition of the Yaqui and Mayo peoples of northwestern Mexico, witnessed here at Los Capomos village near El Fuerte, Sinaloa. #DanzadelVenado #DeerDance #Yaqui #Mexico #LosCapomos #ElFuerte #Sinaloa

Rattles made from strings of dried giant silk moth cocoons filled with pebbles or seeds are attached to the legs of this indigenous dancer at Los Capomos village in Sinaloa, Mexico. They mimic the sound of a deer's hooves or a rattlesnake's rattle. #LosCapomos #Sinaloa #Mexico

This young man at Los Capomos village in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, is holding a leaf and fruit of the calabash tree (Crescentia alata). #LosCapomos #Sinaloa #Mexico #calabash #Crescentiaalata

Sunsets over the Fuerte River at El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico, are best viewed from the roof of the Museo El Fuerte. #FuerteRiver #ElFuerte #Sinaloa #Mexico

The Fuerte River passes beside El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico, on its way from the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains in Chihuahua state to the Gulf of California. Water released from the Presa Miguel Hidalgo upstream is used for irrigation downstream. #FuerteRiver #ElFuerte #Sinaloa

The Museo El Fuerte showcases the human and natural history of El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico. The museum documents the town's importance as a staging point for Spanish expansion into Arizona and California. #MuseoElFuerte #ElFuerte #Sinaloa #Mexico #Arizona #California

In 1610 the Spanish built a fort on a northern Mexican hilltop to protect settlers in what was then the capital of the territory of Arizona and would later become the city of El Fuerte, Sinaloa. Today the reconstructed fort is the Museo El Fuerte. #Mexico #Arizona #ElFuerte

El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico, claims to be the birthplace of the fictional character Zorro whose bronze statue stands on a patio of the Posada del Hidalgo. Zorro reenactments are performed at the hotel. #ElFuerte #Sinaloa #Mexico #Zorro #PosadadelHidalgo

A statue of a deer head dancer is on Avenida De La Juventud in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico. La Danza del Venado is a sacred ritual still performed by the indigenous peoples of Sinaloa and Sonora to connect humanity with nature. #deerheaddancer #ElFuerte #Mexico #LaDanzadelVenado