Fred Springer’s African Railways

Another album of Fred M. Springer photographs are available. These selections include shots from Zambia and Zimbabwe such as a National Railways of Zimbabwe Garratt steam locomotive passing new concrete ties in the grassy terrain of Livingstone, Zambia on August 8, 1991.

View the entire album: www.railphoto-art.org/collections/springer/african-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

Highlights from the Robert A. Hadley Collection

We have a new album from our Robert A. Hadley Collection available online. Hadley shot images throughout the Upper-Midwest and Canada in these selections. They include the below image of Canadian National Railway (CN) steam locomotives no. 6001 and no. 2721 inside a shop at Stratford, Ontario, circa 1950.

View the entire album: www.railphoto-art.org/collections/hadley

Hadley Collection Overview

  • Gift of Apex Foundation
  • 6,618 black and white negatives
  • 1930s to 2000s
  • Coverage includes the United States, England, and Canada with particular emphasis on Michigan and the Upper-Midwest, as well as Colorado and Wyoming

Fred Springer’s Western European Railways

We have another album from our Fred M. Springer Collection available online. Fred traveled throughout Western Europe in these selections including streetcar no. 27 picking up passengers in A Coruna, Galicia, Spain, on July 7, 2001.

View the entire album: www.railphoto-art.org/collections/springer/western-european-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

Railroad Heritage, Winter 2018: Evanston Roundhouse, William G. Gordon

For the first issue of 2018, photographer and writer Joel Jensen provides an in-depth look at the restoration and repurposing of the former Union Pacific roundhouse in Evanston, Wyoming, a remarkable example of a community embracing its railroad heritage. Photographer Wayne Depperman reflects on his trackside “friends,” the motor car indicators, which also took him to Evanston. We preview our annual Conversations conference with highlights from the Appalachian steam photography of William G. Gordon, which will be featured at the conference. Jordan Radke’s final installment of “Out of the Archives” introduces some of the concerns surrounding born-digital materials. We also introduce our new archives manager, Adrienne Evans, who looks forward to continuing the column as part of her work on our collections, and we introduce two new staff members. Arjan den Boer examines German railway advertising targeting women travelers in his regular column about European poster art. We also review the new book “A Transportation Miracle” while providing an update on our traveling exhibitions’ 2018 tour schedule.

$7.95, 48 pages, color and b/w

Railroad Heritage 51, Winter 2018

Fred Springer’s Alaska and Canadian Railways

The Center has just added Fred M. Springer selections of Alaska and Canadian Railways. The album includes this moving shot of VIA Rail passenger train no. 1, The Canadian, in the area of Moose Lake in Alberta, Canada, on July 17, 2003.

View the entire album: www.railphoto-art.org/collections/springer/alaska-and-canadian-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