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Books

Books complement the Center’s traveling exhibition program and showcase images from the Center’s archival collections. To accompany the Railroaders exhibition, the Center published a 200-page, hardbound catalogue that won national awards. In 2019, the Center produced After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading in partnership with Indiana University Press. Other books focus on photographers whose work is in the archive, including monographs about Wallace W. Abbey, Donald W. Furler, David Kahler, and J. Parker Lamb. More recently, the Center has published about topics including the Burlington steam program and Rio Grande’s narrow gauge lines.

Proposals and submissions

The Center currently does not accept outside book proposals but welcomes article ideas for Railroad Heritage, particularly for the series “Railroads and the Art of Place,” as well as presentation ideas for our conferences and webinars. Please get in touch with us by sending an email to info [at] railphot0-art.org.

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  • The Kalmbach Art Collection

    The Kalmbach Art Collection

  • Burlington’s Spectacular Steam Program

    Burlington’s Spectacular Steam Program

  • Rio Grande Steam Finale: Narrow gauge railroad photography in Colorado and New Mexico

    Rio Grande Steam Finale: Narrow gauge railroad photography in Colorado and New Mexico

  • Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads

    Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads

  • The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology

    The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology

  • The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

    The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

  • The Railroad Photography of J. Parker Lamb

    The Railroad Photography of J. Parker Lamb

  • After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading

    After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading

  • Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy

    Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy

  • Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography

    Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography

  • The Railroad and The Art of Place

    The Railroad and The Art of Place

  • Significant Images of Railroading

    Significant Images of Railroading

  • Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography

    Railroaders: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography

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