Month: March 2022

  • An Evening with the Winners of the 2022 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards

    The 2022 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards was one of the most competitive contests we’ve had to date. With over 540 submissions for this year’s theme of Weather Effects, our panel of judges had a difficult job ahead of them to narrow down the entries to six placed photographs. In “An Evening with the…

  • Virtual Launch Party: Preview Continuity & Change, our newest book

    Tuesday, August 16, 2022 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, August 15 at 4:30 p.m. (CST) Now Available on YouTube Join editors Alexander Craghead and Scott Lothes for a virtual launch of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s new publication, Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads.…

  • Member Exclusive: Behind-the-Scenes with the Steinheimer Collection

    Tuesday, August 2, 2022 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, August 1 at 4:30 p.m. (CST) Registration Closed CRP&A members can request the recording link at info@railphoto-art.org    Member Exclusive: In appreciation for the generous support of our members, join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Richard Steinheimer Collection and…

  • Summer 2022: Signal box life, BN photography & more

    $7.95 The Summer 2022 issue of Railroad Heritage, our beautiful quarterly magazine, is filled with great photography and stories, plus news about the Center and our collections … and no ads! Highlights include: If you don’t receive it already, join the Center and have four issues delivered to your mailbox each year.

  • Behind the Photographs of O. Winston Link – Thomas Garver

    Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Sunday, July 17 at 4:30 p.m. (CST) Now Available on YouTube Thomas Garver, the former assistant/agent of Link and the founding curator of the O. Winston Link Museum, will present Behind the Photographs of O. Winston Link. Garver will discuss the…

  • Richard Steinheimer Collection acquired by Center

    Iconic photographer’s work joins North America’s largest archive of significant railroad photography and artwork MADISON, WI / June 13, 2022 — The Center for Railroad Photography & Art announced today that it has acquired the majority of the photography collection of Richard Steinheimer, one of the world’s greatest rail photographers, who blazed a trail of…

  • Railroad Landscapes – John Sanderson

    Tuesday, June 28, 2022 7:00 p.m. (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom Registration closes on Monday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m. (CST) Now Available on YouTube John Sanderson will discuss the origins and progress of his on-going photographic series titled Railroad Landscapes. This project explores the territory adjacent to America’s railways using large format film cameras. An ongoing project since…

  • Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads

    Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads is a dazzling publication by the Center for Railroad Photography & Art that explores the photography of contemporary railroading in North America and the passage of time. 230 photographs and thirteen essays delve into a wide range of topics: railroads and nature, pathways of commerce, passenger…

  • Spring 2022: Huddleston, Shicotte, Wellington Avalanche, and Plowden

    $7.95 Join Gene Huddleston for a tour of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in the late steam and early diesel era, in a cover story that previews Karen Parker’s presentation about Huddleston at Conversations 2022. The conference will also feature live music by up-and-coming country singer Erik Shicotte, a died-in-the-wool railfan from Wisconsin who Justin…