The Railroad Photography of Phil Hastings
Online/Digital Collection
California State Railroad Museum
Sacramento, California
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A psychiatrist and photographer, Phil Hastings developed a love for trains at an early age. Throughout his life, he traveled the United States documenting the end of the “Age of Steam.” Hastings’s many images tell the stories of railroad employees, communities, and landscapes. He also used a variety of photography techniques. His images help us understand American Railroading in a time of change.
This exhibit explores some of Hastings’s images selected by author Tony Reevy: https://www.californiarailroad.museum/…/digital-exhibits
[Image: A St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain train crosses a trestle in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Courtesy of California State Railroad Museum, Philip Ross Hastings, M.D. Collection, Negative 10505.]
