Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads

Scott Lothes is the president and executive director of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art and editor of its journal, Railroad Heritage. He is also a prolific photographer and author with more than seventy bylined articles in magazines including Classic Trains, NRHS Bulletin, Railfan & Railroad, Railroads Illustrated, and Trains, as well as front-page travel stories in the Sunday Oregonian, Portland, Oregon’s leading newspaper. He is the author and editor of The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler, editor of Significant Images of Railroading, coauthor of Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography, and contributor of forewords or chapters to four other books. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with Maureen Muldoon, his wife, and Maddie, their dog. Alexander Craghead is a curator, photographer, essayist, and historian who writes about the intersection of technology, representation, and landscape. He lives in Oakland, California, holds a Ph.D. degree in architectural history from the University of California, Berkeley, and teaches for its program in American Studies. His work has appeared in numerous regional and national publications, including Boom: A Journal of California, California History, Railfan & Railroad, Railroad Heritage, and The Smart Set. He is the author of The Railway Palaces of Portland, Oregon: The Architectural Legacy of Henry Villard, and he is a co-editor of The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology.