The museum will be open to the public and is FREE of charge! Tour the museums, enjoy model trains, enjoy our food trucks, listen to speakers sharing railroad stories and enjoy a day under the giant oak trees at one of Shreveport’s most historic sites.

1 Warren Caileff* 10:30 a.m. “Fifty Years in a Darkroom” 15-25 min.

2. Steve Crise 11:00 a.m. “Rod Stewarts Grand St. & Three Rivers Railroad” 1 hr.

3. Charles Goodrich 1:00 p.m. “Fifty Years of Railroad Photography” 1 hr.

4. Steve Sandifer 2:00 p.m. “T&P in North Louisiana: A Tribute to Billy Sandifer” 1 hr.

5. Steve Crise 3:00 p.m. “Dark Territory – Photographing Trains at Night” 1 hr.

* If unavailable, Charles Goodrich will give this presentation on Warren’s behalf

“Fifty Years of Railroad Photography”

Charles Goodrich started seriously photographing trains in the late 1960s to have a record of what railroading was all about so his model railroad would accurately reflect the prototype. A trip to the Reader Railroad in south Arkansas introduced him to steam railroading which became a lifelongpassion. He has traveled coast to coast photographing trains. Charles is an active and long-time member of the National Model Railroad Association and has achieved the prestigious award of Master Model Railroader which requires a candidate to demonstrate proficiency in various aspects of model railroading.

His presentation has a heavy content of steam railroading, but there is a lot of diesel action, too. Many of his diesel photographs are from around his hometown, Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photos are of railroads across the country.

“48 Years of Railroad Night Photography”

“Rod Stewart’s Grand St. & Three Rivers Railroad”

Steve Crise is a commercial photographer now based in Grand Prairie, Texas. Steve began his photography careeras a production assistant in Hollywood in 1979 and started his own photography company in Los Angeles in 1987. His photography assignments have provided extensive travel and production experience throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Today, Steve’s primary location assignments are in the western United States. His current client list includes two Class 1 Railroads, the BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad and the Nevada Northern Railway, a tourist and museum railroad. Since 2006, he has been active in teaching classes in the art of night photography of steam locomotives of the Nevada Northern Railway to many attendees.

Steve has worked with Sir Rod Stewart featuring his amazing HO Scale model railway layout in Beverly Hills California and in the United Kingdom. Previously, Steve produced five different articles for Rod Stewart on his fantastic layout for the Kalmbach Media publication and Firecrown Media’s Model Railroader Magazine.

“T&P in North Louisiana: A Tribute to Billy Sandifer”

Steve Sandifer is an avid model railroader who lives in Houston, TX. He often consults with major model train manufacturers, such as Rapido and Broadway Limited,on transition era products soon to be produced. He enjoys model train operations and operates on three different layouts in the Houston area. Steve is a long-time member of the National Model Railroad Association and attends annual events nationwide.

Steve and Billy Sandifer were second cousins. Billy was a CPA who lived in Shreveport. He was a well-known local railroad photographer especially of the steam era during the 1940s. Like most rail photographers, Billy photographed many different railroads, but his primary interest was the Texas & Pacific Railroad in and around the Shreveport area. He used his Brownie fold up camera to capture these images. When Billy passed away, his wife, Evelyn,donated all of Billy’s negatives to Steve. Steve scanned them all to preserve and digitize and then donated them to the Springer Railroad Archives in Temple, TX. These are the images you will see in Steve’s presentation.

“50 Years in a Darkroom”

Warren D. Caileff, Jr. has had a life-long association with Kansas City Southern Railroad. His father worked for KCS 41 years; this gave Warren an opportunity to become acquainted with the railroad on an intimate basis. From the steam era to the first diesel-powered Southern Belle, he has been close to the action of the railroad. He has researched the railroad’s history and taken thousands of photographs of KCS railroad operations throughout the U.S.

He was co-founder of the KCS Historical Society in 1981, president of the KCSHS from 1981-1985 and served on the Board of Directors until his retirement in June of 2025. In 1987, he co-authored Kansas City Southern Route of the Southern Belle. In 2004 Mike Haverty, then CEO of KCS, requested Warren and his wife, Tillie, to work with KCS to establish the annual Christmas train which ran the system for 21 years, delivering joy to thousands.

Mr. Caileff’s presentation for the October 11th Train Day event is entitled “50 Years in a Darkroom.” He will show some of the images he has photographed over the years and printed in his darkroom.