Month: March 2022

  • Kalmbach Media donates historic art collection to Center

    [tabby title=”Introduction”] The Center for Railroad Photography & Art has been named the recipient of Kalmbach Media’s historic art collection, totaling fifty-eight original paintings spanning the hallowed rail publishing company’s history since its founding by A.C. Kalmbach in 1934. The announcement was made in August 2024 by Scott Lothes, executive director of CRP&A, who worked…

  • Zoom program: An evening with the winners of the 2024 Creative Photography Awards

    The 2024 Creative Photography Awards brought 383 submissions from 143 photographers representing 32 states and 9 countries in response to the theme, “Conveyance.” In this evening with the winners, hosted by photographer-writer and Center staffer Elrond Lawrence, you’ll hear their stories and insights behind the winning pictures, as well as their approaches to rail photography.…

  • Zoom program: Behind the scenes with O. Winston Link’s famous photographs

    Take an in-depth and behind-the-scenes look into technical aspects of several photographs of O. Winston Link, the famed 1950s railroad photographer who captured some of the last steam trains in America, set against the picturesque backdrop of rural Appalachia. Ashley Webb, curator of collections and exhibitions for the O. Winston Link Museum, presents and examines…

  • Summer 2024: Burlington steam, Amtrak’s color evolution, Cimarron gold & more

    $7.95 The Summer 2024 issue of Railroad Heritage–the Center’s quarterly magazine–began mailing to members’ mailboxes in early June. Inside you’ll enjoy: Become a Center member today to get four issues a year! 

  • Plowden exhibition to appear at Illinois Railway Museum

    Beginning mid-June, the Illinois Railway Museum will present Requiem for Steam: Railroad Photographs of David Plowden, produced in cooperation with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. “Conversations” attendees who join our planned museum events on Friday, June 14, will enjoy a special reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm celebrating the exhibition. David Plowden and…

  • Zoom member-exclusive program: Inside the Henry Posner III Collection

    Join us for an evening of globe-trotting railroad photography and great stories in this member-exclusive Zoom program, “Photographer of Last Resort: Inside the Henry Posner III Collection.” Gil Taylor, reference and processing archivist, presents images from Henry Posner III, whose collection Gil has been processing since 2022. Henry is chairman of RDC, a global railway…

  • Spring 2024: Women railroaders, Benson in New Mexico, Boyd tribute & more

    $7.95 The Spring 2024 issue features an all-star lineup of feature articles and photography, just in time to get you fired up for a summer road trip. Highlights include: Become a Center member today to get four issues a year!

  • Zoom program: Classic Trains in the Land of Lincoln: Dick Neumiller’s Central Illinois Photography

    Join us for an online program featuring the color photography of Dick Neumiller in central Illinois. Bon French, chairman of the Center’s board of directors, will present some of the finest railroad images from Neumiller’s collection—beginning with Peoria railroading during the 1950s and 1960s, followed by Chicago, Burlington & Quincy trains during the same era.…

  • Zoom program: “A Spike in Time” with Andrea Capiola

    Andrea Capiola, a Washington state photographer who created A Spike in Time – a project that documents, educates, and promotes the preservation of railway history – shares her photography in this program from March 2024. For more than a decade, Andrea has traveled the roads of the Pacific Northwest capturing images of everyday railroad operations:…