Sandy Campbell (ERA 5228)
Raymond R. Berger (ERA 2298)
Frank S. Miklos (ERA 2752)
John Pappas (ERA 6777)
Edward Ridolph
Trevor Logan
Alan Weeks
Jeff Erlitz, Michael Glikin, James N. J. Henwood, John Linden, Jimmy Mattina, Tom McAnaney, Raymond J. Mercado, Bob Penisi (Railroad Avenue Enterprises), Steve Siegerist and William Vigras
Fulton Press of Lititz, Pa. has been printing Headlights for over 15 years. They are full-service printers with state-of-the-art press equipment, including direct-to-plate technology that eliminates the need for film negatives.
Mr. Parascandolo was the webmaster of Croydon Tramlink, The Unofficial Site, which he started as a schoolboy. A signalling engineer by profession, his text and photos made the July-December 2002 Croydon Tramlink issue of Headlights possible. He was tragically killed in a head-on collision on February 7, 2007 at he age of 26. In recognition of his contributions to the Croydon Tramlink, tram 2535 was officially named “Stephen Parascandolo” by Roger Harding, general manager of Tramlink. [More]
Mr. Morrison is an expert in South American traction and has consulted on numerous articles in Headlights. His book, Latin America by Streetcar, was featured in the January-March 1997 issue (pages 6-7). His website, Electric Transport in Latin America, Past & Present, features several articles including The Tramways of Cuba, a web sequel to one of his books, The Tramways of Brazil (Bonde Press, 1989).
Mr. Slaight’s exciting photos of the Las Vegas Monorail on Transitpics helped round out “Viva Las Vegas” in the January-June 2003 issue of Headlights. Chris says he’s tired of transit photography; let’s hope he changes his mind!
Ms. Weber is an artist who paints NYC subway station tile mosaics. Paintings from her website were featured in “Rochelle Weber’s New York,” in the January-June 1999 issue of Headlights, pages 36-37.
Mr. Smatlak, an historic trolley preservation consultant, is publisher of the website Railway Preservation Resources. He provided up-to-date news and photos for “San Pedro Gets the Red Out,” Headlights, January-June 2001 (pages 4-5).
John Stern’s transit images form the backbone of the Sprague Library photography collection. They span a unique period in American transit history from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. We try to find an excuse to include a historic John Stern image in every issue of Headlights, digitally remastered from his original large-format black and white negatives.
John Stern is a consultant on the faculty of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation and his work is featured on the website, Aesthetic Realism Looks at New York City. An illustrated transcript of John Stern’s 2004 talk, “The New York Subway: A Century,” is available below (updated Ocotber 2008).