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Railroadheritage.org is an online archive and community dedicated to preserving and presenting images of railroading. It is brought to you by the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Madison, Wisconsin. To visit the collection, use the Quick Search window or click on Search Page. You do not need a login ID. Features such as the Forums (login required) will let you join an online community dedicated to our Railroad Heritage.
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This Web portal offers two ways to learn about railroad history and technology, railroad work and workers, and railroads' influence on America's popular culture. You may browse freely, using Quick Search to look at specific pictures and descriptions of interest to you. Or you may choose our summary survey of 32 images, "American Railroad History in a Nutshell," that hits the highlights. "Nutshell" begins with a circa 1849 daguerreotype (an early form of photography) of the "Tioga," a steam locomotive pictured above, and ends with digital images of today's massive freight operations and the widespread efforts to preserve railroad equipment and sites. Enjoy!
An expanded, printed version will be available in late June as Railroad Heritage No. 21. It is available as a membership benefit or you may purchase single copies.
We are pleased to present the early photography of Ted Rose (1940-2002), known mostly for his stunning watercolors but who also was an excellent photographer as a youth and young man. Between 1956 and 1962, Rose followed trains and rode the rails in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala. His superb black-and-white photographs hint at an artistic impulse that was expressed in his painting.
Who better to photograph railroads than railroaders themselves? The Center has started a new project to identify railroaders, past and present, who photograph(ed) everything railroad. In the linked audio file, Tom Farence talks about why he took photographs during his working days. Do you know of similar experiences? Please tell us.
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