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Summer 2023: The railroad vanishing point, Alaska RR art, Acela life, collection news, and more

$7.95

A landmark feature story on the vanishing point of railroad photography headlines the summer issue of Railroad Heritage, our quarterly magazine for Center members. Highlights include:

  • In his cover story about the foundational element of railroad imagery, Gregory P. Ames gives the “railroad vanishing point” a major spotlight with engaging and insightful research and writing.
  • Justin Franz writes about Lesley Lynch, Amtrak’s first Acela conductor, with photos by Leo King and other Acela images from our collections.
  • Our regular “Out of the Archives” column by Adrienne Evans, with collection updates and an interview with Gil Taylor, processing archivist, about the lessons we’ve learned while processing moving-image films.
  • As the Alaska Railroad celebrates its centennial year, we look back on the art print program it began in 1979, with an article by Justin Franz.
  • Coverage of the exciting announcement that Peter and Christine Mosse have pledged their world-class railroad art collection to the Center.
  • “Fellowship and Awe,” an essay about Conversations 2023 by Rick Malo with photography by Elrond Lawrence
  • The IMAX film Train Time, a new documentary about James J. Hill, and more!

If you don’t receive it already, join the Center and have four issues delivered to your mailbox each year.

68 pages, color and b/w

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