Rail Scenics

Meet the Crew & Contact Us

Gustav W. Verderber

Gustav W. Verderber is a professional nature photographer whose credits include The National Geographic Society, Sierra, Natural History, among others. He is the author of “Photographing Yellowstone National Park” (Countryman Press) as well as several coffee table portfolios, and numerous articles.

Gustav lives in the Green Mountains of northern Vermont with his wife, Cheryl, and their English setter, Aldo. When he’s not leading photo tours to national and international destinations, he enjoys working on his two layouts, an HO ceiling layout that runs through nearly every room in his house and the B&O Erie Dock & Terminal, a prototype N-scale layout of the Lorain, OH coal docks.

Contact Gustav: Gustav@SojournsInNature.com or (413) 455-7286

Robert Servranckx

Robert Servranckx, the Web Master of this site, is a programmer analyst working as a Development Team Leader for Cactus Commerce. Having had a life-long passion for nature and wildlife, and being the Web Master of noted nature photographers Gustav W. Verderber and Roy Toft, Robert developed a true passion for nature and wildlife photography.

Robert’s photographic journey started in September 2004, with the acquisition of a Canon EOS 20D digital SLR camera and a number of Canon lenses. Despite being a late bloomer, Robert has won numerous photography contests and prizes in a very short time behind the lens, and he has been published in magazines such as Nature's Best, National Wildlife and Yankee.

Robert lives in a quiet suburb of Montreal with his wife, Johanne, and their Labrador Retriever, Gryphon.

If you are interested in Robert's Web design or photo retouching services, he can be via email: or by phone: (514) 620-6167.

Web Design by Robert Servranckx