Trackside with Erik and Mike, Vol. 53: June 19, 2006

[Bergie]

The latest installment of Trackside with Erik and Mike is now live within the Railroading section on the Trains.com home page. Please read this week's column first then vote for your favorite photo below.

Read Trackside with Erik and Mike Vol. 53 here.

[Anonymous]

I voted for Erik's shot. It was just ummm....well.... flawless!

[Anonymous]

Mike: I had a question and posted it earlier but I didn't direct it to you so here goes again - your photo in Vol 53, the rails seem to be rather "rough", are they really that worn?

[Anonymous]

Sorry, Mike, but Erik's got you beat again. Beside being a BNSF & UP fan, I also am a sunset fan, too. You had the right idea, Mike, but just the wrong railroad. Oh well, better luck next time.

Rob Knight-I sure do love the smell of diesel fuel and sound of locomotive horns in the morning!:)

[Anonymous]

That was one of the best pictures i have seen yet. IT is just majectic. Awsome job.

[Anonymous]

That was one of the best pictures i have seen yet. IT is just majectic. Awsome job.

[dreams]

Eric - FANTASTIC :: MIKE - GREAT

[wccobb]

Congratulations to both !!!!! You're FINALLY beginning to demonstrate how much MORE those Canon Digital Cameras are than your grandmother's Kodak Box Brownie.
Who did I vote for? Two most excellent photos & I'll never tell !!!

[gannbb1]

OK this is tough. That spectacular sky! But as you look at this photo you begin to wonder what is the subject. The signal? Headlights/ditchlights? The shadowed train? Or the sky. The sky dominates the photo and belittles the train stuff. Mike's is a good photo, a good train photo showing a railroad at work. Got my railfan vote!

[Anonymous]

Mike gets the nod this time. SD40-2 dragging rocks and sand.!! Brute force, I wish I could have heard it. There really is something magic about trains at dusk and at night, both gentlemen captured it for all of us to enjoy. Nice work again.

[mandelswamp]

Mike, you had a nice photo but it was not in the same league as Erik's picuture. Erik should have held his photo for a contest where you had a similarly spectacular pic. Erik. I thought your shot was wonderful because of the sunset colored sky, the glint off the rails and railcars and the dust cloud behind the overtaking train. Very well done!

[Anonymous]

So Mike why not use a old photo did you not take it? That would have made a close vote. Erik that shot with the setting sun was great[^][tup] an got my vote.
Yes that is some beautiful country the wife an I just return round trip via amtrak from Va Beach Va to Sacdramento Ca after 3 weeks. We took some 700-800 shots thank God for digital cameras will try and post some shots in next couple of weeks.

[kolechovski]

Seeing the pics, the winner was clear-Erik got my vote instantly, well, within 1 minute. It is difficult to have nature working for you, and to have a sunset like that, with the trains darkened the right amount, and get all that good stuff from the headlights and the signals, was just fantastic.

Sorry Mike, yours wasn't at the best angle, IMHO, and although the curve/leading loco was nice, it was still trumped by the competition.

[Davidson Ward]

Loved both photos guys!

[jroebuck]

Like sunset shots - this one v good