She was an illustrator for the California State Parks in 1974, and a documentary photographer for the U.S. federal government in 1976.
Together with her late husband, the railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer, she produced a book, Whistles Across the Land, in 1994.
Burman established a non-profit corporation called The Women's Railroad History Project.
It is a repository for oral histories, photographic and artifact collections, and other historical research.
Selections from Burman's international traveling exhibitions Women and the American Railroad TM were compiled into a 1995 wall calendar "Women and the American Railroad.