The Trains judges enjoyed sifting through the detail photographs you submitted for the 2015 Trains Photo Contest. We received more than 700 images. Here are our top choices. Check out the winners below, and please let us know what you think in the comments section below.
Runners-up
ANDY INSERRA
On Oct. 6, 2014, the morning sun glistens on the lap switches at Canadian Pacific’s Rice’s Point Yard in Duluth, Minn.
BARRY GASTON
The flashing crossing-gate signal light at Dozier Crossing, near Pacific, Mo. Note the Union Pacific lettering that puts the LEDs in a railroad context.
ALEC FRASIER
The caboose sits rusting away next to the Norfolk Southern Buffalo Line in Millersburg, Pa.
EDWARD MELLO
This photo shows the “teeth” of Northern Pacific rotary snowplow No. 10.
CHRISTOPHE GROELL
Inside a French BB 26000 locomotive, the focus is on the brake gauges, by vanishing the control stand and making the marks and reflections on them sharper.
Second Prize
THOMAS NANOS
Fireman Mike Ozaruk launches a shovelful of coal into the firebox of Valley Railroad 2-8-2 No. 3025. Ozaruk keeps the Mikado’s fire burning as it pulls a North Pole Express train on Dec. 17, 2014.
First Prize
BRANDON TOWNLEY
This abstract view of the abandoned Baltimore & Ohio drawbridge in Cleveland highlights its geometry and rivet detail. The bridge once connected to New York Central’s yard at Whiskey Island and now stands in a permanent upright position as no trains have crossed this span for decades.
Grand Prize
CHARLES DISCHINGER
BNSF Railway Engineer Donnie Arnold checks his list on Jan. 27, 2009, during a heavy snowstorm in Springfield, Mo.
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