Month: March 2022

  • Zoom program: Chip and Leslie Savoye’s 50-year love for trains

    “I Love Trains: Our Journey Over 50 Years” is an evening with Chip and Leslie Savoye, accomplished railroaders and photographers, as they share their lifelong love of trains and their great photography. Chip and Leslie are also breeders of dual champion wirehair Dachshunds (both in the field and ring). They love travel, sports, tennis, biking,…

  • Zoom program: The Creation of Railfan Atlas

    Join us Tuesday evening, January 14, for an engaging webinar with Nick Benson, railroad photographer, web developer, and aircraft enthusiast, who delves into the history and development of Railfan Atlas — the popular website that has become a resource for all railroad fans. Learn about the inspiration behind its creation and its evolution over time.…

  • Winter 2025: Western Maryland, Chicago’s Field Museum, John Signor, and more

    $7.95 The Winter 2025 issue of Railroad Heritage, our quarterly magazine, is filled with plenty of gifts just in time for the holidays. Inside you’ll find inspiring photography, art, and stories: Become a Center member today to get four issues a year!

  • Zoom member-exclusive: CRP&A Collections Policy Update

    In this members-only presentation, executive director Scott Lothes will provide an update on the changes being made to the Center’s photography collections policy, which will shape future accessions (visit the Collections page for details). He’ll share results and takeaways from the recent members survey about our collections work, as well as next steps for 2025.…

  • Zoom program: Catching up with emerging railroad photographers

    This program was recorded and posted to our YouTube channel — view below. Join us for “Rails of Inspiration: Past Scholarship Winners and their Railroad Photographer Heroes.” In this Zoom program, you’ll meet three talented young photographers – Eric Hudson, Samuel Phillips, and John Riley – who offer fresh perspectives on railroad photography. All received…

  • Burlington’s Spectacular Steam Program

    In the 1950s and 1960s, no railroad could top the steam program of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. The “Q”—as its many admirers affectionately knew it—operated more than 260 steam trips that carried more than 100,000 riders and left impressions on countless more trackside admirers. With well-honed photojournalistic sensibilities, John E. Gruber covered at least…

  • Zoom program: Burlington’s Spectacular Steam Program

    Join Norman Carlson, railroad historian and CRP&A board member, and Scott Lothes, CRP&A executive director, for a look at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy’s mid-century steam excursions and the Center’s upcoming book, Burlington’s Spectacular Steam Program, featuring the photography of John Gruber. The softcover book, released in November of 2024, is authored by Carlson and…

  • Fall 2024: Railroads & Public Art, Portland’s Switchers, Big Boy, and more

    $7.95 The Fall 2024 issue of Railroad Heritage, our quarterly journal, focuses on the “Art” in the Center’s name. But that’s not all … highlights of this beautiful magazine include: Become a Center member today to get four issues a year! 

  • Zoom member-exclusive program: Steinheimer’s Sierra Crossing

    Join us for an inside look at the Richard Steinheimer & Shirley Burman Steinheimer Collection! In a rush of locomotives climbing through smoky snow sheds, plowing “Sierra cement,” and carrying passengers over “the Hill,” Associate Archivist Heather Sonntag has viewed volumes of Richard Steinheimer’s visual storytelling across Donner Pass. She’s digitized frame after frame of…