I think it snowed! The Durango & Silverton's annual winter photo charter battles a record snow pack of over 72 inches as former D&RGW 478 makes her way northward through the San Juan Nati... (more)

Steamscape - Winter in the San Juans. A fresh dusting of snow covers the San Juan Foothills as a D&RGW mixed train eases through the High Line, some 400 feet above the icy Animas River.

Shadows and highlights. Late afternoon sun filters through the leafless brush and highlights the chocolate plume from D&RGW 478, as she drifts toward the Colorado Highway 250 crossing above... (more)

Durango & Silverton 482 is on approach to Rockwood on a bright sunny day in early September. The train is loaded heavily with tourists enjoying the spectacular scenery between from Durango and Si... (more)

Up on the Roof. That's a bit how I felt the first time I looked through my lens from this position. From a vantage point roughly 100 feet above the old D&RG High Line, and nearly 500 feet ... (more)

400 feet above the Rio de las Animas Perdidas, a Denver & Rio Grande Western mixed train crawls along the man-made cliff that has become known simply as: "The High Line." Led by one of th... (more)

Having just made a brief station stop at Rockwood depot to unload a few passengers, Durango & Silverton 480 South is back on the move heading south and rounds a curve disappearing into the Colorad... (more)

Eureka on the shelf. With former D&S Engineer Monty Caudle on the throttle, Eureka & Palisade #4 hauls her passenger extra across the rock shelf above Elbert Creek toward nearby Rockwood St... (more)

Northbound Goose. Rio Grande Southern Motor Number 5, one of the famous Galloping Geese, cruises through the Rockwood Cut on a northbound run toward Cascade Canyon during Railfest 2011. G... (more)

K-36 #481 leads the first afternoon train throught the Rockwood Cut at about 4:45pm heading south to Durango, Colorado.

Eastbound for Durango. A 1930s-era D&RGW Passenger Train eases her way through a rather snug rock cut as she runs the last few tenths of a mile toward Rockwood Station. Although this trai... (more)

At a stately 5 mph, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's Winter Train crawls along the rock ledge east of Rockwood, Colorado on its return from Cascade Canyon. If this rocky stretch of ... (more)

Horseshoe Curve

The Shelf Sporting a period correct D&RGW logo and Pullman Green passenger consist, #478 pulls the Willow Creek Productions charter through the High Line toward Rockwood.

Well done, gentlemen! No series of photos covering the 2011 Willow Creek Production Charter at the DSNG would be complete without a shot of the folks who made it all happen. When the fina... (more)