High Line Travel Poster

If you've ever taken the Durango-Silverton steam locomotive, then you might recognize my illustration featuring the High Line. The High Line - a section of track between roughly MP 469 and MP 471 on the Silverton Branch of the San Juan Extension - is probably the most famous and spectacular section of the route. This rugged section has the track perched on a ledge carved from solid rock, nearly 400 feet above the Animas River below. The High Line was constructed during the winter of 1881-1882 using workmen lowered over the rim of the canyon on ropes to drill and blast.

Further below is a photograph that I took at this location while attending a Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Fall photography train event.