Webinars

Our monthly online webinars showcase a range of voices from across our community, featuring engaging presentations by artists, photographers, archivists, and historians. Each event offers a unique opportunity to explore creative practices, uncover historical insights, and gain new perspectives on railroad imagery and archival practice.

Zoom program: Charting the Wolverine with artist Elaine S. Wilson

In the Center’s March 2026 Zoom presentation, artist Elaine S. Wilson describes her ongoing project, Charting the Wolverine, a series of digital prints about the views from Amtrak’s Wolverine train from Michigan to Chicago. She examines the process from its inception in 2008 to its current state that features thirty-one “map-prints” and more than 200…
Zoom member-exclusive program: “Dining in Motion – Railroad Cuisine History”

The Center’s Zoom presentation “Dining in Motion” is a members-exclusive feast for the eyes! Staff members Adrienne Evans and Lisa Hardy, along with CRP&A board member Justin Franz, combine to celebrate the culinary side of American railroading, from luxury dining cars to the sometimes quick-and-dirty foodways of railroaders on the go. George M. Pullman built the first…
Zoom program: “Focus on Texas” spotlights Springer and Lamb railroad photography

This program is available at the Center’s YouTube page, below. See railroading in the Lone Star State through the eyes of J. Parker Lamb and Fred Springer, two photographers who spent much of their lives in Texas, and who both donated their work to the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. Executive Director Scott Lothes…
Zoom program: “Railroad Photography – The Old Way” with Jim Ehernberger

The Center’s December Zoom program is an evening with the legendary James Ehernberger. During the past 65 years, Jim has authored (or co-authored) about 50 books and numerous magazine articles, especially for the Union Pacific Historical Society. Jim began working for Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne, Wyoming, shortly after his sixteenth birthday. The following 35…
Zoom program: Curating All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art

Julie Novarese Pierotti will share her insights as curator of the exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955, which explores the depictions of trains and train infrastructure in American painting during the 19th and 20th centuries. Join us for her Zoom presentation on Tuesday, November 18, at 7:00 pm Central Time. From its…
Zoom program: Northern Light—Creating a Portrait of BC Rail

Attendees of CRP&A’s annual conference, Conversations 2025, selected their favorite presentation from a stellar lineup of presenters—a very difficult choice for everyone. In a very close decision, Dale Sanders’ presentation, “Northern Light—Creating a Portrait of BC Rail,” claimed the top spot. Dale has graciously agreed to reprise this presentation for our online program in October…
Zoom program: 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951, Dutch’s interest in railroads was ignited after a family trip on the New York Central when he was three years old. Prior to his sophomore year of high school, Dutch’s family moved to the Chicago area, making it possible for him to enjoy pre-Amtrak passenger trains there. After earning…
Zoom program: Stories of the Kalmbach Art Collection with Kevin Keefe

For over 90 years, Kalmbach Publishing Co.—and its successor Kalmbach Media—presided over a remarkable collection of original railroad art, featuring some of the most famous artists in the field, such as Gil Reid, Ted Rose, and Howard Fogg. Now this priceless collection has found its permanent home with the Center for Railroad Photography & Art.…
Zoom program: Railroad promotional filmmaking with Nick Ozorak

Nick Ozorak’s presentation, “The Art of Railroad Promotional Filmmaking,” a free public Zoom program, is available at the Center’s YouTube page. As with other forms of railroad advertising media, filmmaking is its own art. Nick Ozorak has been creating videos for nearly 20 years. His projects include creating the relaunch trailer for the East Broad…
Zoom program: Tracking the Long Island Rail Road with Joe Stroppel

Long Island photographer Joe Stroppel will share spectacular scenes from his adventures growing up along the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road, the busiest commuter railroad in North America. Joe’s photography will include captures of a variety of equipment — from fast, new M7 & M9 electric trains to 1970s-delivered MP15AC-hauled work trains…