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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 […]

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 […]