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 will share both photographers’ work in this program, which he originally prepared for the Lexington Group in Transportation History. It features main lines and short lines from Houston to El Paso and spans the 1950s through the 1980s.

This program originally aired on Tuesday, January 13, at 7:00 pm Central Time (8pm Eastern, 6pm Mountain, and 5pm Pacific).

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the planned Zoom program, “Two Generations—A Family Connection on the Iowa Interstate” was postponed in January. We plan to host Jeremy and Christian Schrader in a future presentation that will appear on the Center’s YouTube page at @railphotoart.

Fans of Texas railroad photography will want to purchase the Center’s book, The Railroad Photography of J. Parker Lamb.

Fort Worth & Denver Railway train no. 7 stops at Quanah, Texas, on December 27, 1958. Photograph by Fred M. Springer, Springer-TX1-03-27.
A Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad brakeman in a cowboy hat watches as his local freight train switches at Granger, Texas, in July 1971. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, Lamb-02-044-09.
For decades, seven Class I railroads converged on Fort Worth’s busy Tower 55. This long exposure shows headlight streaks from both north- and westward movements in July 1985. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, Lamb-02-065-06.

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