I'm writing an all-color book titled "Railroad Museums of North America". It will feature a history of railway preservation, along with a photo or two of about 150 North American museums. But first I need photos. Please send me a few of your best. They need to be jpeg or tiff files, at least 2000 pixels wide at 300 dpi. Captions would be helpful along with a photo credit and permission to reproduce. Because I can only use one or two, try to capture the essence of your museum. Send them to aaronmona@aol.com.

Aaron Isaacs

What are the 150 North American museums you plan on featuring?

Aerial shots from drones would definitely help sell your book, Aaron. (wink, wink)

I'll picture the museums for which I get photos.
Aaron Isaacs

Deadline?

How about March 1 for a deadline?
Aaron

A few people have asked if they can submit photos even if they're not affiliated with a museum. The answer is YES.

Aaron Isaacs
[url]aaronmona@aol.com[/url]

Here are the museums for which I'm hoping to get photos for the book. They're listed by state or province. If you have any that are high resolution, please send them to me at aaronmona@aol.com.

Museum List for Book

State/Province Museum
AB Alberta Railway Museum
AB Calgary Heritage Park
AB Edmonton Radial Railway
AB Fort Edmonton Park
AL Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
AL North Alabama Railroad Museum
AR Arkansas Railroad Museum
AR Fort Smith Trolley Museum
AZ Arizona Railway Museum
BC British Columbia Forest Discovery Center
BC Cranbrook History Centre
BC Fraser Valley Heritage Railway
BC Kamloops Heritage Ry.
BC Nelson Tramway
BC Revelstoke Railway Museum
BC West Coast Railway Heritage Park
CA Cable Car Museum
CA California State Railroad Museum
CA California Trolley & Railroad Corporation
CA Niles Canyon Railway
CA Orange Empire Railway Museum
CA Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
CA Railtown 1897
CA Roots of Motive Power Museum
CA Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
CA Timber Heritage Association
CA Travel Town
CA Western Pacific Railroad Museum
CA Western Railway Museum
CO Colorado Railroad Museum
CO Durango Railroad Historical Society
CO Forney Museum of Transportation
CO Fort Collins Municipal Railway
CO Georgetown Loop Railroad
CT Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum
CT Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum
CT Connecticut Trolley Museum
CT Danbury Railway Museum
CT Railroad Museum of New England
CT Shore Line Trolley Museum
DC Smithsonian
FL Gold Coast Railroad Museum
GA Georgia State Railroad Museum
GA Southeastern Railway Museum
GA Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History
HI Hawaiian Railway Museum
IA Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad
IA Midwest Central Railroad/Midwest Electric Ry
IA Rails West Railroad Museum
IA Sioux City Railroad Museum
IL Fox River Trolley Museum
IL Galesburg Railroad Museum
IL Illinois Railway Museum
IL Monticello Railway Museum
IN Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society
IN Hesston Steam Museum
IN Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
IN Indiana Railway Museum
IN indiana Transportation Museum
IN National New York Central Railroad Museum
KS Great Overland Station
KS Great Plains Transportation Museum
KY Bluegrass Railroad Museum
KY Historic Railpark & Train Museum (Bowling Green)
KY Kentucky Railway Museum
KY Kentucky Steam Heritage Association
LA Louisiana Steam Train Association
LA Southern Forest Heritage Museum
MB Prairie Dog Central
MD B&O Railroad Museum
MD Baltimore Streetcar Museum
MD National Capital Trolley Museum
ME Maine Narrow Gauge Museum
ME Seashore Trolley Museum
ME Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railroad Museum
MI Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village
MI Steam Railroading Institute
MN Lake Superior Railroad Museum
MN Minnesota Streetcar Museum
MN Minnesota Transportation Museum
MO Kansas City Rail Experience
MO Kansas City Railroad Museum
MO Museum of Transportation (St. Louis)
NB New Brunswick Railway Museum
NC New Hope Valley Railroad
NC North Carolina Transportation Museum
NC Southeastern Narrow Gauge Museum
NE Durham Museum
NF Railway Coastal Museum (Newfoundland)
NJ United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
NJ Whippany Railroad Museum
NM Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway
NV Nevada Northern Railway
NV Nevada State Railroad Museum
NY New York Museum of Transportation
NY New York Transit Museum
NY Rail City
NY Railroad Museum of Long Island
NY Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
OH Age of Steam Roundhouse
OH Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
OH Northern Ohio Railway Museum
OH Ohio Railway Museum
OH Trolleyville
OK Oklahoma Railway Museum
OK Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
ON Canada Science & Technology Museum
ON Elgin County Railway Museum
ON Halton County Radial Railway
ON Huntsville & Lake of Bays Railway
ON South Simcoe Railway
ON Toronto Railway Museum
OR Oregon Electric Railway Museum
OR Oregon Rail Heritage Center
OR Sumpter Valley Railroad
PA Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum
PA East Broad Top Railroad
PA Electric City Trolley Museum
PA Lake Shore Railway Museum
PA Magee Transportation Museum
PA Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society
PA Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
PA Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
PA Rockhill Trolley Museum
PA Steamtown
PA Strasburg Rail Road
QU Exporail
SC Museum & Railroad Historical Center (Greenwood, SC)
SC South Carolina Railroad Museum
SK Saskatchewan Railway Museum
TN Tennessee Central Railroad Museum
TN Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
TX Galveston Railroad Museum
TX Museum of the American Railroad
TX Plano Interurban Museum
TX Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso
TX Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum
TX Texas & Pacific Railway Museum (Marshall, TX)
UT Golden Spike National Historic Site
UT Ogden Union Station
VA Virginia Museum of Transportation
WA Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum
WA Inland Northwest Rail Museum
WA Mount Ranier Scenic Railroad
WA Northern Pacific Railway Museum
WA Northwest Railway Museum
WA Yakima Valley Trolley
WI East Troy Electric Railroad
WI Mid-Continent Railway Museum
WI National Railroad Museum
WV Cass Scenic Railroad
WV Collis P. Huntington Chapter NRHS

Are you offering to pay for images?

Further questions:

Is this a project of HeritageRail Alliance or of your own doing? To where do the proceeds go?
Is it going through a known publisher, railroad or otherwise, or another entity? Who is doing the page layout?
Will it be available for the pictured railroads to offer in their gift shops or online? What is the target price? Hardcover or softcover?
Will it be geared toward railroad enthusiasts or a general audience?

This is my own project.
Aaron

Please be aware that the museum near St Louis has changed its name to National Museum of Transportation a couple of years ago.

So, you're wanting photos for your own eventual profit and offering nothing for the use of other's photos.
Got it.

You could look at it as free advertising. It’s not likely to be on the New York Times best seller list so I wouldn’t think Aaron would be getting rich off of it. I know a couple authors of railroad related books. They’re happy to do a little better than break even. It’s a lot of work and not inexpensive, more like a labor of love.

Small run, labor of love books (which pretty much 100% covers anything railroad/railfan related) usually dont make money for the author. Its pretty well common to let photos be used in exchange for a copy of the work when it is done.

I will have more money sunk into reproduction's rights (from museums mind you) then I will ever regain with my book.

Something else to keep in mind - several of the museums listed are "corporate" museums, and they do NOT like when people write about them or publish photos without them being involved. A friend got a cease & desist letter over this from a FREE calendar he made..