An evening with the winners of the 2024 John Gruber Creative Photography Awards

This presentation was recorded and will be made available soon on our YouTube page, www.youtube.com/railphotoart

Tuesday, August 20, 2024
7:00 PM (U.S. Central Time), on Zoom
8 pm ET, 6 pm MT, 5 pm PT

The 2024 Creative Photography Awards brought 383 submissions from 143 photographers representing 32 states and 9 countries in response to the theme, “Conveyance.” In this evening with the winners, hosted by photographer-writer and Center staffer Elrond Lawrence, you’ll hear their stories and insights behind the winning pictures, as well as their approaches to rail photography.

Scheduled to appear live:
Ewan McLean – First prize winner, color
James Duval – Second prize winner, black-and-white
Ryan Gaynor – Second prize winner, color
Darryl Bond – Third prize winner, color
We’ll also hear from Dafydd Whyles, first prize winner, black & white

Learn more about this year’s winning photos and see the “Judges Also Liked” pictures at the Center’s Flickr page.

This event is free. Join us for a great evening with people who love rail photography!

Ewan McLean, 1st prize winner, color
The Victorian Goldfields Railway (VGR) is a preservation group that operates trains in the northwestern part of Victoria, Australia. Ewan and his wife were riding on the observation deck of the ‘Tambo’ through the gum tree forest on the outskirts of Castlemaine; Ewan captured this shot of steam locomotive J541’s smoke illuminated by the sun’s rays, on April 18, 2011.

Dafydd Whyles, 1st prize winner, black & white
With a palpable sense of anticipation, a single-car passenger unit arrives at Worksop station in Nottinghamshire, UK, with a lone passenger waiting. The train is passing the 1880-built signal box (cabin).

Spring 2023: Ronald C. Hill, finishing paintings, stations & stamps, steam and more

A heartfelt tribute to Ronald C. Hill by Jeff Brouws headlines the spring issue of Railroad Heritage, our magazine for Center members, complete with a classic Hill cover of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Highlights include:

Our cover story tribute to Ronald C. Hill, who passed away in January 2023, written by Jeff Brouws and illustrated with Ron’s great photography.
Artist Gil Bennett’s story about his work completing Howard Fogg’s last painting and others.
An interview with Adrienne Evans, director of archives and collections, with updates on the processing of various collections such as Richard Steinheimer’s.
Exploring the development of the Post Office’s new line of railroad depot stamps, by Justin Franz.
“Writes of Passage,” an outstanding photo essay by photographer and writer Rick Malo.
The esthetics of steam locomotive design: drawings, photographs, and a 1948 term paper by Robert A. Witbeck.
The railroad family of Tom Hoback, 2022 donors, and more!

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

Railroad Heritage, Summer 2022: Signal box life, BN photography & more

The Summer 2022 issue of Railroad Heritage, our beautiful quarterly magazine, is filled with great photography and stories, plus news about the Center and our collections … and no ads!

Highlights include:

“Life Inside a British Signal Box,” a stunning installment of Railroad and the Art of Place;
“From the Cab,” photography from a Burlington Northern engineer;
“Re-Photography” — before & after views of Southern railroading by Ron Flanary;
“The Great American Circus Train” photo feature with images by John Gruber, Thomas McIlwraith, and others;
Collection news about Henry Posner III, Stan Kistler’s color photography, Margaret Mailly’s paintings, and more;
Interviews with acquisitions & marketing coordinator Elrond Lawrence and author/volunteer John Kelly, a Conversations 2022 recap, and more!

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

$7.95, 68 pages, color and b/w; purchase individual copies: