Rails || Trails
Rails || Trails is a photography exhibition that explores the lasting ways railroads connect people and places through the rails-to-trails movement in the United States. The mission of the exhibition is to educate the general public about the prolific influence that railroads have left on the United States’ history, geography, economy, and community structures through the lens of the rail-trail movement and its presence in both rural and urban life.
The railroad industry employed 1.8 million people at its height in 1916. Today, the industry employs roughly 150,000 in both freight and passenger rail. Most people who interact with the railroad landscape do so through the use of recreational trails that have been developed in revitalized former railroad corridors. This exhibition explores the history of how those transitions came to be and the impacts of both railroads and rail-trails on communities. We invite rail-trail users to explore their connections to both their national and local railroad history.
The exhibition spotlights 24 rail-to-trail transitions across 19 states. The photography features collections from the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, the Denver Public Library, the Museum of History & Industry, the Historical Society of Western Virginia, and many more. We are also proud to feature the photography of members of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art who assisted in the creation of this exhibition.
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Booking information for the traveling exhibit
Get in touch with the Center at:
info@railphoto-art.org
608-251-5785
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Original music by Jonathan Price℗
The railroad industry employed 1.8 million people at its height in 1916. Today, the industry employs roughly 150,000 in both freight and passenger rail. Most people who interact with the railroad landscape do so through the use of recreational trails that have been developed in revitalized former railroad corridors. This exhibition explores the history of how those transitions came to be and the impacts of both railroads and rail-trails on communities. We invite rail-trail users to explore their connections to both their national and local railroad history.
The exhibition spotlights 24 rail-to-trail transitions across 19 states. The photography features collections from the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, the Denver Public Library, the Museum of History & Industry, the Historical Society of Western Virginia, and many more. We are also proud to feature the photography of members of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art who assisted in the creation of this exhibition.
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Booking information for the traveling exhibit
Get in touch with the Center at:
info@railphoto-art.org
608-251-5785
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Original music by Jonathan Price℗
