Month: March 2022

  • David Kahler’s book lecture and reception

    Railroad photography came to Milwaukee as Center board member David Kahler presented his book, “The Railroad and The Art of Place,” published by the Center earlier this year. Graciously hosted by the Milwaukee Art Museum, the lecture, reception, and book signing brought in people from all over interested in Kahler’s landscape photography. Be sure to…

  • Spring 2017: Normandin, Heckman, Award Winners

    $7.95 Artist Adam Normandin, a featured presenter at Conversations 2017, is the subject of a profile by David C. Lester. We offer a glimpse of the work of Canadian Pacific photographer Joseph William Heckman, who worked for the railway’s engineering department from 1898 to 1915. A new book by Ralph Beaumont covers Heckman’s photography extensively,…

  • The Railroad and The Art of Place

    The Railroad and the Art of Place is a 152-page, 11 x 11-inch hardbound book printed in lush duotone that features photographs made by David Kahler, FAIA, with design and editing by Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton. In the late 1980s, Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He…

  • Winter 2017: J.B. Jackson, Fogg on the P&LE, Gotthard Posters

    $7.95 You may not have heard of J.B. Jackson, but his impact on railroad photography has been profound. In the Winter 2017 issue of Railroad Heritage®, Alexander Benjamin Craghead takes an in-depth look at Jackson, his path-breaking work in geography and landscape studies, and his influence on how we view railroads. That includes the work…

  • Conversations Northeast

    The Center’s first regionally-themed conference about railroad photography and art, Conversations Northeast, was a great success. Attendance was 115 for the one-day event, held on October 29, 2016, at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. Attendees came from fifteen different states. The conference, co-hosted by Archives & Special Collections of the UConn Library, featured seven…

  • Fall 2016: Connecticut Archive, Missabe Yellowstones, St. Maries River

    $7.95 The Fall 2016 issue of Railroad Heritage® debuts a new look to the magazine—the first extensive redesign in its sixteen-year history. On the cover is Robert LaMay’s night view of Shore Line East F7A no. 6690 in the shops at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1992. LaMay’s photography resides at Archives & Special Collections of…

  • Summer 2016: Glacier Park, Boxcars, Conference, Endowment

    $7.95 Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service with an in-depth look at the relationship between the Great Northern Railway and Glacier Park in Montana. Author Justin Franz shares an engaging story, lavishly illustrated with his own contemporary photographs and historic images from the unparalleled collection of GN historian Scott Tanner. Artist Charlie…

  • Conversations 2016 reaches new heights

    The Center’s annual Conversations conference sold out for the third consecutive year, with 180 attendees coming to Lake Forest College, thirty miles north of Chicago, from thirty-seven different states and four foreign countries. The weekend included lively social hours, stimulating discussions, and a diverse lineup of informative, engaging, and entertaining presentations. Friday featured an opening…

  • Spring 2016: Ron Hill, European Posters, Colorization

    $7.95 Get ready for our annual Conversations conference with the Spring 2016 issue of Railroad Heritage. Author, photographer, and board member Jeff Brouws provides a preview of one of the conference presentations with his in-depth look at the photography of Ronald C. Hill. We then travel across the pond to Europe where Arjen den Boers…