Train switchback at Suffragio, Mexico

Train switchback at Suffragio, Mexico

A single train track skirts a steep, tree-covered hill. A cargo train snakes along the track between the hillside and marshy lowlands.Copper Canyon is a large system of canyons in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. While the Copper Canyon system is larger than the Grand Canyon in the United States, the Mexican canyon consists of a series of small canyons instead of one large canyon. Numerous small Indian communities live on the boundaries of the canyon and continue practicing traditional ways of life.