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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…
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Fall 2014: Young Photographers, St. Louis
$7.95 Examining the future of railroad photography, writer David Lester answers the question of whether the younger generation is losing interest in railroad photography with, “Not a chance.” Lester interviews…
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Railroaders visited by famed actor Gary Sinise
Academy Award nominee Gary Sinise, former star of television’s CSI, visited Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography, the Center’s collaborative exhibition with the Chicago History Museum, earlier this spring. Sinise is…
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Summer 2014: Feininger in Utah, Grohmann’s railroad art, Chicago exhibition
$7.95 The Summer 2014 issue’s cover feature by BYU professor James Swensen profiles photographer Andreas Feininger’s work at the Utah Copper Company’s railroads in November 1942 for the Office of…
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Like a Mushroom, Conversations Can’t Stop Growing
In the twelve years the Center has offered Conversations about Photography, it has grown from one day to three. And now, in 2014, it has posted attendance records for the…
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Railroaders: a Hit
Smashing. That one word sums up the Chicago opening of the Center’s and the Chicago History Museum’s Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography exhibition on April 3, 4 and 5. Well…
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Railroaders Exhibition Opens
On April 5, the Center’s largest project to date, Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography, opens at the Chicago History Museum, the Center’s partner on the exhibition. The project reveals the…
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Spring 2014: Kooistra’s photography, Gloff’s art, railroads in musical theater
$7.95 The Spring 2014 issue begins with a cover feature on Blair Kooistra, a railroad photographer who is currently a BNSF Railway dispatcher and previously worked for twenty years in…
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Issue No. 35: Victor Hand’s photography, Awards, Chicago train crews
$7.95 Profile of world-traveling steam photographer Victor Hand, a presenter at the 2014 Conversations about Photography conference. Hand pioneered international travel and steam photography among American rail enthusiasts. Stunning imagery…
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Railroad Art Today
Photography is not the only form of contemporary art depicting rail transportation. In spring 2013, the Center embarked on a survey of non-photographic art. Our survey resulted in responses from…
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Issue No. 34: Railroad Art Today
$9.95 Expanded, 36-page issue featuring an in-depth look at current trends among railroad artists by Alexander Craghead. The article includes interviews with and sample work from twenty-three artists as well…
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Issue No. 33: The Steam Locomotive in American Culture
$7.95 In-depth look at the steam locomotive in American culture, from the country’s first railroads to the present day, with a focus on nineteenth and early twentieth century paintings. The…
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Remembering Jim Koglin
Memorial Day weekend 2013 brought sadness to the Center, with the loss of long-time member and friend James R. “Jim” Koglin of Harrison Township, Michigan. He passed away at his…
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Celebrating 150 Years of Railroad Labor
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) was founded as the Brotherhood of the Footboard in Detroit, Michigan, on May 8, 1863. The union—the nation’s earliest—has represented the interests…
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Raves Resound for 2013 Conference
Record attendance of 170, exceptionally well-received presentations, and a flurry of congratulatory emails marked the Center’s 2013 Conversations about Photography conference at Lake Forest College, April 12-14. Sponsors included host…
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Center’s Board Elects New Leadership
The Center for Railroad Photography & Art’s twelve-member board of directors has decided, with unanimous votes, who will guide the organization following the end of founder John Gruber’s presidency on…
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Issue No. 32: Steve VanDenburgh, Fred Eidenbenz, Conversations
$7.95 Preview of Conversations about Photography 2013, including a profile of presenter Steve VanDenburgh, written by David C. Lester. Lorenz Degen of Switzerland provides a biographical sketch and selected photographs…
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John Gruber, Center’s Founder, Resigns Presidency
John Gruber, the principal founder of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art in 1997, has announced his resignation as president, effective March 1. He will remain on the Center’s…
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Center Receives R&LHS Article Award
The Center’s editorial consultant, John O. “Jack” Holzhueter, received the 2011 David P. Morgan article award from the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. Holzhueter received the award for his story…
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Issue No. 31: Norfolk Southern’s photographer
$7.95 Profile of Norfolk Southern’s recently appointed company photographer, Casey Thomason, a presenter at Conversations about Photography 2013. (A full-time photography position at a railroad? Shades of the past! And…
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Issue No. 30: Pennsylvania Railroad
$9.95 Extensive survey of Pennsylvania Railroad company photography and the importance of the railroad’s images. Update on the Chicago Project and Pablo Delano’s July 2012 Chicago visit to photograph descendants…
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North American Railway Foundation Supports Chicago Project
The Center’s forthcoming exhibition, “Faces of Chicago’s Railroad Community: Photographs by Jack Delano,” will receive $25,000 in major support from the North American Railway Foundation (NARF). The exhibition opens April…
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Issue No. 29: Barriger, Russell, McMillan
$7.95 In-depth look at the life and photography of John W. Barriger III, a noteworthy railroad executive who documented in the nation’s railroads in the 1930s. Gallery of Andrew J.…
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Issue No. 28: Conference, Springer, Madrigal
$7.95 Preview of 2012 conference with profile of presenter Drake Hokanson. Gallery of Fred Springer photos and announcement of the Center receiving his collection. Complete coverage of 2011 awards program.…
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Issue No. 27: Frank Lloyd Wright, Awards, Delano
$7.95 In-depth look at renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s railroad stations, including photos and drawings. Winners of 2011 photography awards program. Obituaries of noted railroad photographers and collectors Arthur D.…
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Issue No. 26: Railroad Preservation in a Nutshell
$19.95 Quick-and-easy illustrated guide to the history of railroad preservation in North America. Entries summarize the movement from 1828 to 2011, with examples ranging from the obvious to myriad intangibles.…
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Issue No. 25: Axel Zwingenberger, James Valle and Jack Delano, Conference
$7.95 Profile of Axel Zwingenberger, world-renouned boogie-woogie and German steam photographer; overview of presenters at 2011 “Conversations” conference; author James Valle’s collaboration with photographer Jack Delano; rail worker sculpture by…
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Issue No. 24: Olive Dennis, Awards, Exhibitions
$7.95 In-depth look at Olive Dennis, civil engineer and designer for the Baltimore & Ohio from 1920 to 1954; winners of 2010 awards program; interview with John H. White, Jr.,…