Robert Grier Lewis (born December 5, 1916, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died January 6, 2011, in Ormond-by-the-Sea, Florida) was an American photographer, editor and author in the field of railways.
[2] From April 15, 1940, to January 15, 1941, he worked for the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad.
From 1941 to 1942 he returned to work in the freight transport division of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Cleveland and Akron.
After retiring in 1995, Lewis continued to work as a consultant to the railway industry, as well as acting as Simmons-Boardman's director of special projects.
[3] Lewis started taking pictures of trains at the age of 13, accumulating a large collection over the course of his life.