RGS 20 navigates the narrow shelf track of the Durango & Silverton's famed Highline while pulling the Presidential Special to Cascade Canyon and back.

RGS 20 takes to the Durango & Silverton Highline during an early morning snow storm.

An old telegraph pole stands sentry over the Durango & Silverton's highline as 480 leads the daily Cascade Canyon train back home.

Fresh snow coats every branch of the San Juan National Forest as the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express departs Rockwood and approaches the world famous highline.

The last coal burner, #481, pushes north of Cascade Canyon across Tefft Bridge on a D&S winter photography excursion.

After a full day of photo opps in the beautiful Animas Canyon, 481 offers up a gorgeous rainbow blowdown as a grand finale for the Durango & Silverton's winter photo special (481's last as a coal ... (more)

The morning after a heavy snow storm coated the San Juans in a fresh coat of white, Durango & Silverton coal burner #481 pushes for Cascade Canyon with a sold-out train full of dazzled passengers.

D&SNGRR's #480 charges home through the Animas Valley after late November storm has blanketed the region in snow and ice.

A daring buck leaps across the tracks in Hermosa just seconds ahead of a D&SNGRR train bound for Cascade Canyon.

D&SNGRR #480 works its away along the narrow shelf track of the highline on a return trip from Cascade Canyon.

Few things are more serene and beautiful than the morning after a heavy snowstorm in the Animas Canyon. Here #480 crawls along the horseshoe curve of the highline as it heads for Cascade Canyon.

Rio Grande Southern 41 crosses the high bridge on its final Durango & Silverton test run before returning to California.

Rio Grande Southern 41 takes its final test run on the Durango & Silverton highline before returning to California.

Peak autumn colors have hit the San Juans as Durango & Silverton #476 steams through Elk Park in Rio Grande lettering for the K-28s' 100th anniversary.

Just a few days after its 100th birthday, Durango & Silverton #473 heads for Silverton along the world famous Highline painted up in its original Rio Grande lettering.