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Richard Virgil Dean Steinheimer (August 23, 1929 – May 4, 2011) [ 1] was an American railroad photographer, often called the " Ansel Adams of railroad photography." His work has been published in Trains Magazine, Railfan, Locomotive and Railway Preservation and Vintage Rail, and more than seventy books. He lived in Sacramento, California.
Ivo Peters BEM (29 July 1915 – 7 June 1989) was an English railway photographer and filmmaker.Peters spent his life in Bath, Somerset and is best known for his amateur photographs and cine films of steam railways in the British Isles, particularly of the Somerset and Dorset Railway.
H. C. Casserley. Henry Cyril Casserley[1] (12 June 1903 – 16 December 1991) [2] was a British railway photographer. His prolific work in the 1920s and 1930s, the result of travelling to remote corners of the railway network in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has provided subsequent generations with a comprehensive source of illustrations for ...
Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. [1][2] These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. She is widely recognized in the "We ...
The Industrial Railway Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1949 as the "Birmingham Locomotive Club – Industrial Locomotive Information Section". [1] It is devoted to the study of all aspects, and all gauges, of privately owned industrial railways and locomotives, both in the UK and overseas. Examples include railways at collieries ...
Society and culture of the Victorian era refers to society and culture in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era --that is the 1837-1901 reign of Queen Victoria. The idea of "reform" was a motivating force, as seen in the political activity of religious groups and the newly formed labour unions. Reform efforts included the expansion of ...
Some railway enthusiast societies in the United Kingdom have been in existence for many years. One such long established society is Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. It was formed in 1928. [1] The Industrial Railway Society was founded in 1949. [2] It publishes books for the hobby. The Inter City Railway Society was formed in 1973. [3]
MSc, FRIC, Dip Maths. Children. 2. Eric Tonks (17 July 1914 [1] – 26 December 1994 [2]) was an English writer and historian of British industrial railways. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of the industrial archaeology of railways and quarrying. [2] He was also a noted Jazz discographer.