Month: March 2022

  • Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography, presented by Kevin Keefe and Scott Lothes

    Wednesday, December 16, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Kevin Keefe and Scott Lothes, co-writers and editors of the publication Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography (Indiana University Press, 2018) come together to celebrate the life and work of a man who devoted a fifty-year career to…

  • The Railroad and the Art of Place, David Kahler

    Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virginia and eastern Kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic…

  • Conversations about Ted Rose, October 29

    [two_third] Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:30-8:30 P.M. (U.S. Central) on Cisco Webex Events Now Available on YouTube Join the Center for Railroad Photography & Art and the Colorado Railroad Museum as we immerse ourselves in a discussion focusing on the photography and art of Ted Rose.    This virtual program is presented in conjunction with…

  • Virtual Oktoberfest: Milwaukee’s Beer Line, October 6

    [two_third] Now Available on YouTube Join author John Kelly on Tuesday, October 6 for a virtual Oktoberfest! Crack open your favorite seasonal Octoberfest and join us for a lecture on the history of the Milwaukee Road’s beer line.    Since statehood, beer has played an integral role in the growth of Wisconsin industry, while bringing…

  • Fall 2020: Awards, Cartoons, Creativity & Covid

    $7.95 While 2020 has brought unimaginable challenges, our members have remained deeply engaged in railroad photography and art. They share samples of their recent work in this issue’s cover story, “Creativity & Covid,” edited by Alexander Benjamin Craghead. From contemporary photography and painting to personal archiving projects and even creative nonfiction, their work is inspirational,…

  • Creativity & Covid

    Toward the end of Spring 2020, we at the Center wondered how our members were faring during the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Stay-at-home orders, remote work, and limited travel all had brought change at different paces to different places on the globe, but everyone had felt the impact of this crisis in some way.…

  • Virtual Conversations: Fall Edition

    As the global health situation continues, we were sadly forced to make the necessary decision to reschedule Conversations Northeast at the University of Connecticut from September 19, 2020 to Fall 2021. Push any sad thoughts about missing out on another CRP&A gathering aside, however, as we are pleased to announce Virtual Conversation: Fall Edition, coming…

  • The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

    Donald W. Furler helped write the rules of railroad action photography. From taking engine pictures as a teenager in the early 1930s, he joined an elite group of railroad photographers who created a new aesthetic to portray the drama of steam railroading in motion. From the late 1930s through the 1950s, he dedicated nearly all…

  • Virtual Launch Party For Our New Book: The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

    Tuesday, August 25, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Join author Scott Lothes for a virtual launch of the Center’s newest publication, The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler. The 216-page hardcover book presents 200 stunning images, printed as rich duotones and showcasing the emergence of railroad action photography…