Month: June 2024

  • 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

    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…