A new album from our Donald W. Furler Collection is available online. This selection features a small but mighty anthracite hauler, the Lehigh and New England Railroad, and includes this view of 2-10-0 steam locomotive no. 403 leading a seventy-car freight train east through Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Gap in 1946. View the gallery here:
https://railphoto-art.org/collections/furler/lne/

Donald W. Furler Collection Overview

• Gift of Alan G. Furler
• Approximately 7,000 images, mostly 5×7 black-and-white negatives
• Digitization complete
• Portraits and action views of steam locomotives from the 1930s to 1950s
• Extensive coverage of steam operations in the northeastern United States

A new album from our Victor Hand Collection is available online. This selection features the Milwaukee Road and includes this image of Milwaukee Road diesel locomotive no. 24 hauls eastbound freight train no. 200 across the Columbia River near Beverly, Washington, on September 12, 1979. View the gallery here:
https://railphoto-art.org/collections/victor-hand-collection/milwaukee-road/

Victor Hand Collection Overview

• Planned Gift of Victor Hand
• Approximately 46,000 images, mostly black-and-white and color negatives, many of the 4×5 and medium format size
• Digitization in progress; approximately 25% complete
• Portraits and action views of diesel and steam locomotives from the 1950s to 2000s
• Extensive coverage of diesel in the United States, extensive coverage of international steam operations in approximately 36 countries, including France, Mexico, Spain, Germany, South Africa, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and others

A new album from our Victor Hand Collection is available online. This selection features the New York Central and includes this image of New York Central Railroad diesel locomotive no. 1047 hauling southbound freight toward Newberry Junction in Painted Foot, New York, on November 15, 1966. View the gallery here: https://railphoto-art.org/collections/victor-hand-collection/

Victor Hand Collection Overview

• Planned Gift of Victor Hand
• Approximately 46,000 images, mostly black-and-white and color negatives, many of the 4×5 and medium format size
• Digitization in progress; approximately 25% complete
• Portraits and action views of diesel and steam locomotives from the 1950s to 2000s
• Extensive coverage of diesel in the United States, extensive coverage of international steam operations in approximately 36 countries, including France, Mexico, Spain, Germany, South Africa, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and others

A new album from our Fred M. Springer Collection  is available online. Featuring images from Springer’s travels to Ecuador, the album includes this image of Guayaquil-Quito Railway steam locomotive no. 44 ascending with passenger train on La Nariz del Diablo (the Devil’s Nose) near Alausi, Chimborazo, Ecuador. Springer shot this image on July 23, 1988. View the whole album here: https://railphoto-art.org/collections/springer/ecuadorian-railways/

Springer Collection Overview

• Gift of Fred and Dale Springer
• 8,000 B&W negatives
• 50,000 color slides
• 1940s to 2000s
• Coverage includes six inhabited continents, and especially the southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America