Month: March 2022
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Celestials, film premiere and discussion, hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America
Saturday, May 8, 20213:00 – 6:00 PM US Central Time [1:00 – 4:00 PM Pacific] The Center for Railroad Photography & Art invites our members to participate in a special premiere of the film Celestials, hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America on Saturday, May 8th, 2021 via Zoom. During the late 19th century, the term ‘celestial’ was a…
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The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology
The imprint of the railroad on the North American landscape remains indelible across space and time. A handsome hardcover book from the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology, examines the industry’s history and physical presence to match its status as an economic or cultural force. Noted editors and authors Jeff…
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Spring 2021: Masters, Sullivan, Jordan
$7.95 Savor of the work of two supremely talented graphite artists whose work falls a century apart. Frank Bird Masters illustrated railroad fiction stories in the early twentieth century with dramatic drawings that appeared regularly in national magazines. Gregory P. Ames brings Masters’ work back into print with an in-depth look into his life and…
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Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, with Mel Patrick and John Ryan
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Mel Patrick and John Ryan, authors of Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, have teamed up to present on one of the most legendary pairings in American railroad photography. Patrick and Ryan will present a more in depth view…
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Call for Submissions: Continuity & Change – Photographs of Railroads in the 21st Century
We’re looking for images that capture the essence of rail transportation in the 21st century. What does contemporary railroading look like? What aspects of rail transportation remain evergreen, recognizably connecting our world with the world of the past? What is new, exciting, different, hopeful, or full of promise? What has been irrevocably altered, or what…
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The Art of Dining on Rails: Presented by Jay W. Christopher & Anne Lapinski
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube The Christopher Transportation Museum is home to Jay Christopher’s personal collection of airline, shipline, railroad, and airship artifacts that preserve the history of transportation dining starting in the late 1800s. The dining artifacts along with the accompanying collections tell a…
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Winter 2021: Postcards, Hallock, Stanley
$7.95 Steam into a new year with the spectacular winter photography of Ralph Hallock, featuring the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s Tennessee Pass with commentary by Mark W. Hemphill, in this issue’s cover story. Get inspired to keep in touch with “The Rise and Fall of the Railroad Postcard,” an in-depth history of railroad postcards…
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The Iron Road to the Deep North: Japanese Railways of Hokkaido, Then and Now
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Victor Hand traveled to Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, in 1966 and 1971 in search of steam locomotives. Scott Lothes lived in Hokkaido from 2005 to 2007 where he taught English and rode trains all over the island. His presentation uses…
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Keep in touch with CRP&A postcards
In conjunction with an article in Railroad Heritage 2021:1 by Den Adler, “The Rise and Fall of the Railroad Postcard,” the Center has published a set of six postcards with images from our collections. In this time of limited contact and so much electronic communication, we want to encourage physical, tangible correspondence. Our postcards are…