Events

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Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden

Photo by David Plowden

February 10 through May 6, 2012, including a reception with the photographer on March 2. O. Winston Link Museum, 101 Shenandoah Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia. The exhibition features 30 photographs from Plowden’s new book, Requiem for Steam, all made by the photographer in his digital darkroom and rivaling his gelatin silver prints for visual impact. Railroads, and particularly steam locomotives, were among Plowden’s first subjects, and many of the photographs feature American and Canadian steam operations from 1954 through 1960. Plowden has continued to document the railroad landscape, and the latest photograph is from 2004, although the photographer is quick to note, “There’s nary a diesel in sight!” Contact Scott Lothes (scott [at] railphoto-art.org) for more information about booking the show for your museum or gallery.

All Aboard: An Exhibition of Trains

February 3 through April 1, 2012, with an artist’ roundtable on February 5, 1pm - 4pm. Bryan Memorial Gallery, 180 Maint Street, Jeffersonville, Vermont. Group show of railroad art, including five prints by photographer David Plowden. Hours are Friday through Sunday from 11am to 4pm, and by appointment at just about any time, 802-644-5100.

Railroad Architecture and the Northwest: Economics, Ethos, and Culture

Photo by Joel Jensen

February 18, 2012, 10:00-11:30 am. Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue Portland, Oregon. Members: $10; General public: $18. Railroads station buildings left a profound architectural legacy on the country. From humble wooden depots that pioneered the concept of franchise architecture to grand urban depots displaying the power of the country’s new “millionaire society,” these structures embody the story of America’s Gilded Age. Alexander B. Craghead will share his approach to railroad architecture as cultural history. Culminating the presentation is a unique look at the history of Portland’s landmark Union Station of 1896. The presentation is supported by numerous photographs and illustrations, including the depot photographs of award winning photographer Joel Jensen.

Impossible Railroad: San Diego & Arizona Eastern

Photo by Richard Steinheimer

March 23 through fall 2012. San Diego Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park. Opening reception on March 23 from 6:00-9:30 pm. Featuring Richard Steinheimer’s photographs of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railroad. The exhibit is compiled and curated by Shirley Burman Steinheimer and honors the museum’s John Rotsart, a long-time supporter of the Steinheimers. Along with the exhibit, the reissue of Impossible Railroad to DVD will go on sale. In this updated version, there will be a new segment featuring Steinheimer’s images and interviews with Ted Benson and Shirley. Steinheimer passed away on May 4 of this year. A legend among railroad photographers, he leaves a tremendous legacy. The quality and quantity of his work were immense, befitting his towering height—6 feet 6 inches. You can see a small selection of his work on railroadheritage.org

Railroad and Other Images from Around the Corner and Around the World

Photo by John Fasulo

Opening January 12 with a reception on January 14 from 6-9 pm, Butterfield Library, 10 Morris Avenue, Cold Spring, New York. Offers a fascinating view of railways and beyond through the lens of John Fasulo. Beyond Fasulo&rssquo;s personal fascination with railroads, bridges, lighthouses and river vessels, these photographs capture stories from historic, soon-to-be lost moments in time. Prints will be for sale with 10% going to the library and 10% going to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation in New York City. See more of Fasulo’s work on his website.

Steam Locomotives: The End of an Era

Photo by John Fasulo

January 19 through February 14, 2012, Sparkassa Bank in Hof, Germany. Opening reception, hosted by the Sparkassa Bank and the Mayor’s Office, including remarks by Dr. Rainer Mertens, curator of the DB Museum in Nuremburg. Photographs by John Fasulo from a 1974 trip to Germany that included a visit to the engine terminal in Hof, one of the last strongholds for steam in the country. “Expressive, diverse, unadorned and yet compositionally brilliant,” said Karlheinz Haucke, chief editor of Germany’s Modelleisenbahner magazine. This is the first exhibition of these photographs in the city where they were made, 38 years earlier. Within two years of Fasulo’s 1974 visit, the steam facility in Hof was raised and steam was gone from the region’s main line forever. The exhibition debuted at the DB Museum in Nuremberg in March; a North American tour is in the planning phases.

Union Pacific’s 150th Anniversary

Multiple exhibitions in Omaha, Nebraska, and throughout the country in honor of Union Pacific’s 150th Anniversary. On May 11, a new exhibition opens at the Union Pacific Museum in Omaha. Photographs by A.J. Russell will be on display June 30 through September 16, 2012, at Joslyn Museum of Art, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha.

O. Winston Link Museum

A permanent collection of Link's photographs is in the renovated Norfolk & Western passenger station in downtown Roanoke, Virginia. The 15,000 square-foot museum bearing his name includes 190 signed prints, 85 estate prints, and all 2,400 of Link's negatives. Museum is at 101 Shenandoah Avenue. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday-Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

A Day on the Abingdon Branch: The Photography of O. Winston Link, 1955 -1957

Abingdon Train Station, home of the Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, 306 Depot Square, Abingdon, Virginia. Images never before exhibited as well as a selection of favorites such as "Old Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper" are included. More than three dozen black and white images comprise the William King Regional Arts Center's permanent collection of Link photographs. About one-half of the collection will be on view on a rotating basis. Hours are 10-4 Monday through Friday, and 10-2 the first and third Saturday of each month. Admission is free.

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