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Zoom program: Stories of the Kalmbach Art Collection with Kevin Keefe
For over 90 years, Kalmbach Publishing Co.—and its successor Kalmbach Media—presided over a remarkable collection of original railroad art, featuring some of the most famous artists in the field, such…
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Summer 2025: Canadian streamliners, Chicago Union Station at 100, and more
$7.95 Canadian streamliners, Chicago Union Station’s 100th anniversary, and Amtrak trains skirting Long Island Sound headline the latest issue of Railroad Heritage, the Center’s quarterly member magazine. Inside you’ll find:…
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Zoom program: Railroad promotional filmmaking with Nick Ozorak
Nick Ozorak’s presentation, “The Art of Railroad Promotional Filmmaking,” a free public Zoom program, is available at the Center’s YouTube page. As with other forms of railroad advertising media, filmmaking…
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Spring 2025: Photographers to Watch, Chicago & Iowa, Michigan Central Station and more
The Spring 2025 issue of Railroad Heritage is bursting with spectacular images! In the cover story, Elrond Lawrence introduces ten emerging talents in the railroad photography world — Nat Blair,…
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Zoom program: Tracking the Long Island Rail Road with Joe Stroppel
Long Island photographer Joe Stroppel will share spectacular scenes from his adventures growing up along the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road, the busiest commuter railroad in North America.…
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Zoom member-exclusive program: John Gruber’s rolling studios collection
Join us for our next members-only webinar, focused on the latest addition to the John Gruber Collection: portraits and stereographs produced in specially equipped rail photo cars that traveled the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Zoom member-exclusive: Inside the Fred Springer Collection
Join us for a previously unseen tour of Fred M. Springer’s early black-and-white railroad photography across the United States in the Center’s first member-exclusive program of 2024, hosted by executive…
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Winter 2024: Fred Frailey interview, Maine steam, rail photography star, & more
$7.95 Our newest issue of Railroad Heritage magazine features news and photography of the Center’s collections, upcoming events, interviews, and more. Inside you’ll find these highlights: Become a Center member…
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Fall 2023: Iconic railroad portraits, Gruber gallery, San Joaquin Valley, and more
$7.95 The Fall issue of Railroad Heritage, our quarterly magazine for members, is highlighted by great feature articles, news, exhibition and collection updates, and more. Our top stories include: Become…
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Zoom program: Coloring the New York City Subway Map
Peter Lloyd explores the coloring of subway lines within New York City’s subway system, reaching as far back as 1904. His exploration will uncover the historical color choices made by…
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Zoom member-exclusive: Inside the Jim Shaughnessy Collection
The Center capped 2023 with a long-awaited dive into the Jim Shaughnessy collection. Acquired in late 2019, the Center, led by processing archivist Natalie Krecek, has been diligently digitizing the…
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Zoom program: “Parallel Tracks: Steinheimer, Silicon Valley, and Steel Rails”
Join Ken Rehor and Elrond Lawrence for a special program that examines the untold story of Richard Steinheimer and his professional photography. While his groundbreaking approach to railroad photography influenced generations of railfans and…