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Zoom program: Chip and Leslie Savoye’s 50-year love for trains

“I Love Trains: Our Journey Over 50 Years” is an evening with Chip and Leslie Savoye, accomplished railroaders and photographers, as they share their lifelong love of trains and their great photography.

Chip and Leslie are also breeders of dual champion wirehair Dachshunds (both in the field and ring). They love travel, sports, tennis, biking, and of course railroad photography. Viewers will be given a front row seat to Chip & Leslie’s favorite images from their adventures together, and from before they met … with plenty of engaging stories. You don’t want to miss this presentation!

Leslie holds groundbreaking achievements in the railroad industry: she was the first female locomotive engineer for the Chicago and North Western (C&NW) and later became the first female road foreman for Amtrak. Over her distinguished career, Leslie worked for nine different railroads. Chip began as a locomotive engineer for Penn Central and Conrail, and advanced through various leadership roles including road foreman, trainmaster, superintendent, director, and vice president of operations. Today they are principles at Iron Horse Consulting, LLC, where they provide professional transportation services to the railroad industry.

View the program at the Center’s YouTube page at @railphotoart).

This program originally aired on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 7:00 pm Central Time (8 pm Eastern, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific).

Western Pacific 3556 leads a freight through the Feather River Canyon, from Chip and Leslie’s presentation.
Burlington Northern commuter trains in Chicago, from Chip and Leslie’s presentation.
Chip and Leslie Savoye with one of their favorite photographic subjects, the former Santa Fe semaphore signals in northern New Mexico.
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