NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Transit Museum’s newest exhibition, Railroad Landscapes: Photographs by John Sanderson, traces the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad through the natural and built environments of New York State, capturing beauty and desolation in the landscape. The exhibition features 18 to 19 large format contemporary images by John Sanderson. Opened on September 13, the exhibition will run through February 1, 2015 at the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn.

Originally focused on railroad rolling stock and operations, Sanderson’s recent work highlights the ever-changing physical surroundings of rail lines, using the tracks as a means to explore American landscapes. This exhibition features large, rich-color prints alternating between two formats – the 4:3 aspect ratio and the panoramic format – including two images stretching to nearly 10 feet along the walls of the Transit Museum screening room.

The photos capture expansive skies, changing seasons and early morning light along the tracks while telling stories of railroading past in New York. One photograph shows the abandoned Yonkers Power Station, designed in the early 1900s by Grand Central Terminal architectural firm Reed & Stem for the newly-electrified New York Central Railroad. Closed for 50 years, its smokestacks still loom over the nearby Glenwood Metro-North station. Another photograph shows the Buffalo Central Terminal, an expansive ruin opened in 1929 during New York Central’s heyday as a vital link between the Northeast and Midwest, built to accommodate thousands of passengers per hour. Although the terminal has long been shuttered, its tracks still remain.

Railroad Landscapes: Photographs by John Sanderson brings visitors on a breathtaking visual journey along the tracks, providing a fresh perspective on the American landscape.

John Sanderson lives and works in New York City, where he has exhibited at several galleries. He was awarded a scholarship and travel grant through the Center for Railroad Photography and Art in 2013 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Hunter College.