Conversations about Ted Rose

Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:30-8:30 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Events Now Available on YouTube Join the Center for Railroad Photography & Art and the Colorado Railroad Museum as we immerse ourselves in a discussion focusing on the photography and art of Ted Rose.  This virtual program is presented in conjunction with the Museum’s […]

The Railroad and the Art of Place, David Kahler

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virginia and eastern Kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic […]

Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Kevin Keefe and Scott Lothes, co-writers and editors of the publication Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography (Indiana University Press, 2018) come together to celebrate the life and work of a man who devoted a fifty-year career to […]

The Iron Road to the Deep North: Japanese Railways of Hokkaido, Then and Now

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Victor Hand traveled to Hokkaido, Japan's northern island, in 1966 and 1971 in search of steam locomotives.   Scott Lothes lived in Hokkaido from 2005 to 2007 where he taught English and rode trains all over the island. His presentation uses […]

The Art of Dining on Rails: Presented by Jay W. Christopher & Anne Lapinski

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube The Christopher Transportation Museum is home to Jay Christopher’s personal collection of airline, shipline, railroad, and airship artifacts that preserve the history of transportation dining starting in the late 1800s. The dining artifacts along with the accompanying collections tell a […]