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Issue 21: Railroad History in a Nutshell
Quick-and-easy illustrated guide to the history of railroading in North America. Abundant examples of the railroads’ role in the growth and economic life of the nation, plus how railroads have…
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Issue 20: Walker Evans, American Communities, and the Railroad
Author Tony Reevy writes that “Evans (1903-75) was one of the most noted and original American photographers of the twentieth century, but has not yet received sufficient recognition for his…
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Issue 19: Ted Rose’s photography
Photographic accomplishments of Rose (1940-2002), known mostly for his stunning watercolors but also an excellent photographer as a youth and young man. Essays by Robert Ewing, director emeritus of the…
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In memoriam
Chard Walker, 1922-2007 Chard L. Walker, 85, who worked for 16 years at the Santa Fe train order station at Summit, California, in Cajon Pass, died September 28, 2007, at…
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Issue 18: Beebe & Clegg’s railroading journeys
Special retrospective issue devoted to the life and times of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, whose books changed the way Americans think about—and look at—railroads and railroading. If you’re not…
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Issue 17: Women in Railroading
To uncover the story of women in railroading was a methodical and slow undertaking spanning more than 20 years, guest editor Shirley Burman writes in “Where Were the Women?” The…
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100 Years: The Diesel Locomotive
The Center for Railroad Photography & Art, in cooperation with Kalmbach Publishing Co., presented “One Hundred Years: The Diesel Locomotive in American Railroading” on Saturday, September 30, at the Milwaukee…
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Railroad work bibliography
This bibliography about railroad work is a collaborative effort. Please feel free to suggest additional sources. We thank Jim Porterfield and John H. White Jr. for their knowledge and assistance…
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Resources about railroad photography
Magazine Articles The Chicago electric interurban railroads produced an outstanding series of posters in the 1920s. Ervin Metzl’s “By the North Shore Line” (1923) is an example. J. J. Sedelmaier…
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Issue 14: Iron Icon – The Railroad in American Art
Special issue in cooperation with the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, St. Louis, featuring the papers given by the nine speakers, accompanied by many striking color and black-and-white…
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Memorable Photographers: Creative, Almost Forgotten
For the 2003 Conversations about Photography conference, John Gruber and David Plowden are planning a presentation to recognize some of the creative, almost forgotten photographers from the 1940s and 1950s…
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20 Memorable Railroad Photographs of the 20th Century
The selection comes from photographers with a distinctive style and a body of work in railroading. We did not include well-known photographs such as Alfred Stieglitz’s “In the New York…