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Additional text comes from CRP\u0026amp;A staff members Adrienne Evans, Lisa Hardy, and Scott Lothes, as well as James Kieselburg, director of the Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering that served as the lead exhibition venue for the collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoftcover, 8½x11 inches, 80 pages, images of all 53 paintings plus additional photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLead essay by Kevin P. Keefe with additional text by Adrienne Evans, Lisa Hardy, James Kieselburg, and Scott Lothes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover photo:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eSteam and Steel Winterset\u003cem\u003e, by Howard Fogg, shows a Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 steam locomotive departing Bensenville Yard in Chicago. 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Gruber covered at least twenty-seven of these trips, portraying them as the events they were while capturing the power of their locomotives, the pride of their railroaders, and the wonder they inspired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis softcover book presents nearly 100 of Gruber’s best black-and-white Burlington steam photographs, drawing from the 3,000 negatives he exposed while riding and chasing them. The lead essay by Norm Carlson draws on his first-hand experience with Burlington steam trips and his wide network of fellow enthusiasts who shared their memories. Additional text by Justin Franz provides background about the two principal locomotives, 4960 and 5632, and the poignant last run from Chicago to Denrock, Illinois, on July 17, 1966. 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Railroads and photography came of age together in the nineteenth century and share a dynamic relationship in the twenty-first. That relationship flows from the traditions of both photojournalism and commercial photography, and it is defined today by the paradox of continuity and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the Center’s talented community of image-makers and from their own lifelong interests in railroads and the visual arts, editors Alexander Craghead and Scott Lothes present a stunning body of work in a lavish production. 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