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Category Archives: Books
The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler
Scott Lothes, the Center’s president and executive director, wrote the text and selected the photographs. His lead essay examines Furler’s life and photography, his relationship with the first editors of Trains magazine, and the changing railroad landscape of the Northeast. Maps by David Styffe present those railroads as they appeared in 1946 at the height of Furler’s activity and as they are today. Alan G. Furler, the photographer’s son, provides a poignant and personal Afterword.
$60 plus $5 for domestic shipping, hardcover, 10×11 inches, 216 pages, 200 duotone photographs
International shipping is available; please inquire by email at info [at] railphoto-art.org

The Railroad Photography of J. Parker Lamb
The text comes from Kevin P. Keefe and Fred W. Frailey. Frailey wrote a foreword that presents Lamb’s life story while contextualizing his work within the pantheon of railroad photography. Keefe served as editor, writing captions as well as an afterword focused on the singularity of Lamb’s photography in the South. Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton did the design work, while Scott Lothes assisted with photo editing and digital prepress production.
$60 plus $5 for domestic shipping, hardcover, 10×11 inches, 208 pages, 160 duotone photographs
International shipping is available; please inquire by email at info [at] railphoto-art.org

After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading
Expanding on the visual themes in the companion exhibit, the book offers a deeper look at the circumstances, histories, and impacts of the railroads that came to connect the Midwest with the Pacific Coast. Essays by railroad historians Keith L. Bryant, H. Roger Grant, Don Hofsommer, and Maury Klein add context and depth to the book’s 240 photographs. Robert D. Krebs, who served in the executive offices of railroads in all three regions, including as chairman and CEO of the BNSF Railway, wrote the foreword. Photographer Drake Hokanson, in the book’s concluding essay, reflects on photographing the transcontinental railroads then and now, and what these images can teach us.
$60 plus $5 for domestic shipping, hardcover, 10×10 inches, 320 pages, color and b/w

International shipping is available; please inquire by email at info [at] railphoto-art.org
Beebe and Clegg: Their Enduring Photographic Legacy
Over the course of eight chapters, the book traces Beebe and Clegg’s life and times together, their visual influences, short lines, narrow gauge lines, Nevada and the Virginia & Truckee, and their photography. The book includes 222 images from the California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives, all scanned from negatives and carefully cleaned and checked, revealing surprises. Many are previously unpublished. Thirty-six additional images come from other sources. “Their legacy is larger than the publications they produced, for they demonstrated that railroads serve America as an icon of its experience,” authors John Gruber and John Ryan conclude.
$65, plus $5 for domestic shipping, hardcover, 8.5×11 inches, 224 pages, duotone
International shipping is available; please inquire by email at info [at] railphoto-art.org
