Railroad Photography 13 Dec 2020 Last Revenue Steam Powered Railroad in the World – The Sandaoling Coal Mine Railway In the dead of winter, a friend and I boarded an American Airlines flight to China. It was January of… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 12 Dec 2020 Mikado’s Farewell: China’s Last Steam Railroad, by Travis Dewitz and Todd Halamka In January 2018, Todd Halamka and I traveled to Sandaoling in the Xinjiang region of western China to a remote… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 18 Oct 2016 Only 32 Hours to Document Norfolk Southern’s Famed West Slope It has been 20 years since the last time I was along the Pittsburgh Line in central Pennsylvania. It was still Conrail… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 11 Sep 2016 Project Photography: Telling a Story – Railfan & Railroad Magazine My published Camera Bag article, Project Photography: Telling a Story, for Railfan & Railroad Magazine. A few years ago I was preparing… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 11 Jul 2016 The Couple that Use to Own that Famous Red Barn in Geneva, Illinois There are many well known photo locations in the railfan community and a handful include barns. The red barn is… Travis Dewitz
Guest Post, Railroad Photography 16. SB at Twin Tunnels March 7, 2003 15 Jan 2016 In My Rear-View Mirror: The Clinchfield Route | Guest Post by Eric Miller It still seems unreal, unbelievable, that the Clinchfield Route is no more, at least not as it has been for… Travis Dewitz 3 Comments
Guest Post, Railroad Photography 01 Sep 2015 Where Rail Meets Sail | Guest Post by Dave Schauer The Farthest Inland Port While far lesser known than the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, a pair of… Travis Dewitz 1 Comment
Railroad Photography 15 Aug 2015 A Tour of Trains Magazine and Model Railroader at Kalmbach Publishing I visited Kalmbach Publishing in Waukesha, Wisconsin last year for my second time. I was there just to visit as I… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 28 Jul 2015 The Last Coal Burning Ship in the United States – Ex-Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s Car Ferry, the S.S. Badger The S.S. Badger continues to steam across Lake Michigan carrying travelers and tourist between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. With the… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 26 Jul 2015 Historic Elkhorn Inn & Theatre – A Railfan Retreat in Mountainous Coal Country | Guest Post by Elisse Clark The Elkhorn Inn, Landgraff, WV It was around 2004, I think. I was milling about the Explorer’s Club in NYC,… Travis Dewitz 1 Comment
Guest Post, Railroad Photography Log train heading back down hill from Mill 5 at mile post 8. 20 Jul 2015 The Last Logging Railroad in the United States | Guest Post by Joel Hawthorn The Simpson Railroad I Knew Situated along the southern edge of the Olympic Mountains was found THE last private railroad… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 04 Jul 2015 2 Days on the ‘L’ 2 DAYS ON THE ‘L’ The enduring image of a group of faceless strangers has an everlasting impact from the… Travis Dewitz 1 Comment
Railroad Photography Wisconsin Northern departs Bloomer, Wisconsin towards Norma as a utility company worker stops to watch before contining to set a utility pole. 28 Jun 2015 The Wisconsin Northern Before the Sand Boom | Guest Post by Arlyn Colby The Wisconsin Northern in Twenty Ten Located in beautiful northern Wisconsin is one of the country's newest shortline railroads—the Wisconsin… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Guest Post, Railroad Photography 23 Jun 2015 Learning a New Approach to Railfanning in Alaska | Guest Post by Frank Keller The Move to Alaska As the saying goes the only constant in life is change, so with that thought nestled… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography 19 Jun 2015 The Railfan Research Guide Railfan Research Guide & Tools There are a multitude of reasons why you may need or want to research railroads… Travis Dewitz 2 Comments
Guest Post, Railroad Photography 28 Apr 2015 Railroad Photography with a Cinematography Twist | Guest Post by Dennis A. Livesey Recently, a few friends have stated that my career in cinematography is evident in my railroad shots. I must admit… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography 17 Apr 2015 Photography Guide for Photographing Trains in Inclement Weather Top 10 Photography Tips for Severe Weather I am drawn to extreme weather when capturing train photography. I relish these moments… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Guest Post, Railroad Photography 07 Apr 2015 Mountain Railroading | Guest Post by Samuel Phillips A personal favorite time to shoot in the mountains has been on dreary and dark days that produce cool conditions… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography 04 Apr 2015 Top 10 Tips on Photographing the Chicago ‘L’ Here are some tips to use when photographing the famous elevated rail system in Chicago, Illinois. I hope these guidelines… Travis Dewitz 1 Comment
Guest Post, Railroad Photography © Stuart Klipper 31 Mar 2015 The Center for Railroad Photography and Art | Guest Post by Scott Lothes Who We Are The Center for Railroad Photography & Art has become America’s foremost organization for interpreting the intersection of… Travis Dewitz
Railroad Photography 29 Mar 2015 Sand Train Derailment on the Wisconsin Northern On March 28th, a Wisconsin Northern sand train derailed just a few miles north of Bloomer, Wisconsin along County Road… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Guest Post, Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography 29 Mar 2015 Three Steps to Get the most out of Flickr as a Railroad Photographer | Guest Post by Nick Benson Three Steps to Get the most out of Flickr as a Railroad Photographer Flickr has emerged as the largest community… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 23 Mar 2015 Top 20 US Railfan Locations Road Trip If you were able to pick 20 locations is the United States to railfan on one road trip, where would… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography Upper Mississippi River Railroad Guide 22 Mar 2015 Free Railfan Guide Maps Available For my railfan friends. I started to make two maps back in 2010 and I never ended up finishing them completely. The… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railfan Guide, Railroad Photography 22 Mar 2015 Top 10 Guide to Better Railroad Photography Top 10 Tips to Become a Better Photographer As photographers, we all have our signature style in how we create a… Travis Dewitz 2 Comments
Railroad Photography 21 Mar 2015 Pause in Time – Trains Magazine Frontispiece My published frontispiece Pause in Time for Trains Magazine. Towns along the Norfolk Southern in coal rich McDowell County appear… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 18 Mar 2015 Union Pacific’s Yard Expansion Through the Seasons – Altoona, Wisconsin The Union Pacific Railroad has always been a huge part of the city of Altoona and without the railroad there… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 14 Mar 2015 She Didn’t Love Trains; Reflections of Trains and My Mother She didn't love trains, yet all of our family vacations centered around them; she knew from a young age this… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 13 Mar 2015 Rondout Interlocking Tower Closes Down The lingering of disappointment fills the air when these historic railway structures close and the changes to the railroads pass… Travis Dewitz No Comments
Railroad Photography 13 Mar 2015 Photography Series of Chicago Union Station Chicago Union Station is the transportation of Chicago and possibly of America. Walking into this massive stone structure is breath-taking as you… Travis Dewitz
