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After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading
After Promontory: One Hundred Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading, edited by the Center and published by Indiana University Press in 2019, is part of a major project examining the histories…
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Winter 2019: John Gruber, the First Transcon, Carlos Kirovsky
$7.95 We mark the passing of CRPA founder and photographer John Gruber with a sampling of his rail images and tributes from friends and colleagues. John A. Kirchner showcases the…
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John E. Gruber, 1936-2018
John Edward Gruber, founder of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, died on October 9, 2018, after struggling briefly with esophageal cancer. His influence on the field of railroad…
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Beebe & Clegg second printing
Our most recent book, Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy by John Gruber and John Ryan assisted by Mel Patrick, sold out its initial printing in just four months.…
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Fall 2018: After Promontory, Esther Bubley, Conversations West
$7.95 Curator Alexander Benjamin Craghead gives a preview of our new project, After Promontory: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading, which we are preparing for next year’s sesquicentennial…
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Summer 2018: Katherine Botkin, Catherine Gibbs
$7.95 Katherine Botkin “married into” railroad photography and came to make the pursuit her own, having visited more than twenty countries in search of steam. She shares her story and…
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Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy
Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy, a new book from the Center for Railroad Photography and Art, tells about how partners Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg introduced railroad photography…
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Spring 2018: McNair Evans, Stewart Buck, Award Winners
$7.95 David Lester provides a stimulating commentary on McNair Evans’s thought-provoking photographs as they reflect shared experiences within the American cultural landscape. Evans is a Guggenheim fellow and a featured…
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Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography
Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography, published by Indiana University Press in 2018 and written and edited by the Center’s Kevin P. Keefe and Scott Lothes, presents a…
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Winter 2018: Evanston Roundhouse, William G. Gordon
$7.95 For the first issue of 2018, photographer and writer Joel Jensen provides an in-depth look at the restoration and repurposing of the former Union Pacific roundhouse in Evanston, Wyoming,…
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Fall 2017: Richard Koenig, Political Cartoons
$7.95 Photographer Richard Koenig reflects on “Growing up in Railroad Vacuum” and the value of mentorships with his story and photographs from Indiana and Illinois in the late 1970s. Koenig…
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Summer 2017: J. Craig Thorpe, Conversations, Digitizing
$7.95 Artist J. Craig Thorpe presents his work and art’s role in portraying the future of railroading in his cover story, “Painting the Possible.” Thorpe was a featured presenter at…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Railroaders wins R&LHS Book Award
The Center’s Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography has received the George W. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award for 2015 from the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The award recognizes…
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Winter 2016: Pennell, Awards, Patterson
$9.95 The Winter 2016 issue of Railroad Heritage boasts sixty pages of content, including five feature articles. Professor Betsy Fahlman examines the remarkable 1919 series of railroad etchings by artist…
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Fall 2015: New York, Midwest, Rail Art
$7.95 The Fall 2015 issue of Railroad Heritage includes three main features, plus a new column. Photographer Victor Hand shares a gallery of his work from around New York City.…
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Significant Images of Railroading
Significant Images of Railroading, edited by Center president Scott Lothes, is a 78-page, softcover book that, for the first time, presents an overview of the Center’s photography collections. Of the…
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Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography
200-page, hardbound, 11- by 11.5-inch book published by the Center in 2015. Printed in the United States, it features 108 photographs, including seventy-three of Jack Delano’s 1942–1943 views of Chicagoland…
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Summer 2015: Kahler’s Norfolk Southern in Appalachia, Barry’s Mexico, Mailly’s art
$7.95 The Summer 2015 issue of Railroad Heritage recaps Conversations 2015 and includes three feature articles. Inspired by O. Winston Link and others, Architect David Kahler looks for art in…
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Conversations 2015: Our best yet?
Conversations 2015 is a wrap, and the foremost question on everyone’s mind at the Center is, simply, “What can we ever do to top this?” German guest Axel Zwingenberger played…
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Spring 2015: Parker Lamb, Mary Colter, La Posada, Awards
$7.95 The Spring 2015 issue of Railroad Heritage features a two-part look at Fred Harvey architecture along the Santa Fe Railway. John Kelly explores the life of architect and designer…
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Winter 2015: Western Pacific and Flanagan’s Stations
$7.95 Railroad Heritage is growing! The winter 2015 issue is forty-eight-pages, and we intend this to be the norm. Dick Dorn’s chilling image from the Western Pacific is a fitting…