Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, Buster Keaton, Shirley MacLaine, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Frank Sinatra, and Red Skelton 1957, Night Passage starring James Stewart. Especially interesting is the train traversing the "High Line" above the Animas River Gorge. 1965, The Sons of Katie Elder starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. Opening scenes of the film show D&RGW traveling along the Animas River. 1966, Gunpoint starring Audie Murphy, Denver Pyle, and Joan Staley. Scenes shot on Highline, upper Animas River canyon, and just south of Rockwood near Shalona Lake. 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross. Famous "cliff jump" scene shot near Baker's Bridge on Animas River in upper Hermosa Valley. 1971, Support Your Local Gunfighter starring James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, and Harry Morgan D&SNG 1988, The Tracker a made-for-television film starring Kris Kristofferson and distributed by HBO Films 1991, the railroad's own track was featured in a Lexus LS400 commercial. 2006, The Prestige starring Christian Bale. The train shown in the beginning of the film is the D&SNG. See also List of Colorado historic railroads List of heritage railroads in the United States Colorado Railroad Museum Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad White Pass and Yukon Route Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Texas State Railroad References Notes Bibliography Royem, Robert T. (2002). America's Railroad: The Official Guidebook of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Published by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, First Edition 2002. Royem, Robert T. (2007). America's Railroad: The Official Guidebook of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Published by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Second Edition 2007. Osterwald, Doris B. (2001). Cinders & Smoke: A mile by mile guide for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press, Eighth Edition, Thirty-fourth printing, Western Guideways, Ltd., 2001. Danneman, Herbert (2000). Colorado Rail Annual No. 24: A ticket to Ride the Narrow Gauge. Golden, Colorado: Published and distributed by the Colorado Railroad Museum. Brown, Michael (2011). The Silverton Branch of the D&RGW and The Mears Short Lines. Published and distributed by lulu press. First edition 2011. Further reading External links Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad D&RGW-related Steam Locomotive Rosters 3 ft gauge railways in the United States Durango, Colorado Heritage railroads in Colorado Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Museums in La Plata County, Colorado Museums in San Juan County, Colorado Narrow gauge railroads in