Road Trip

I am on my way to Chicago to attend Conversations 2022, the annual conference of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art on April 8-10. The event is being held live again after a couple of years of virtual conferences made necessary by the pandemic. I look forward to seeing some old friends, meeting some new ones, and attending the many presentations that make up the conference schedule.

In the past, I have flown to Chicago for the conference, but this year I am driving there. After the conference ends, I will be traveling west to Colorado, then through New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where I will visit for a few days and then travel back home to Virginia. I am planning to take my time along the way, take lots of photographs, and see a lot of the country that I have never been to before.

I will be following the tracks for much of the trip. The railroad always leads to the most interesting places and I am particularly interested to see the small, off-the-beaten-path towns that the railroad passes through.

I will be away for the entire month of April, but The Trackside Photographer will continue to publish as usual. We have a great photo-essay by Samuel Howard on The Rio Grande Southern, and an in-depth look at the former New York Central’s Dickinson Yard by Doug Bess coming up in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!

Edd Fuller, Editor