That's too bad. Maybe there could be a 'special feature' or something similar at some point allowing that? Might be interesting to see what's been laying around.
Dan
CNW 6000Why?
The way it was described to me, Trackside is designed to foster discussion of digital railroad photography.
Best,
Well that's a shame. I abstain.
Andy Cummings Folks — The lower right-hand photo belongs to Mr. Steve Crise; it appeared on the newsletter by mistake. Steve sent it in, forgetting that scanned slides aren't permitted in the competition.
Folks —
The lower right-hand photo belongs to Mr. Steve Crise; it appeared on the newsletter by mistake. Steve sent it in, forgetting that scanned slides aren't permitted in the competition.
Why?
The lower right-hand photo belongs to Mr. Steve Crise; it appeared on the newsletter by mistake. Steve sent it in, forgetting that scanned slides aren't permitted in the competition. Once reminded, he submitted his new photo in its place, but apparently, the old photo ran in the newsletter instead.
As Paul Harvey would say, now you know ... the rest of the story!
Thanks for the note, Carl! Great to be back in. I've been looking for a chance to run that Iowa Northern shot for a while.
Please look at the photo montage from the newsletter here. The photo everyone wants is missing from the voting area and it's the lower right-hand photo:
http://content.mkt932.com/ra/2009/4804/10/4259965/Cont_6.jpe
NODAK There are only 5 photos. Where is the 6th (Santa Fe shot)?
There are only 5 photos. Where is the 6th (Santa Fe shot)?
.....Only 5......? look again. But welcome to forum.
Quentin
Where's the one on the lower right-hand corner? I can't vote for it so I'm not voting.
Had to go to with T. D.'s. Maye's photo was TOOOOOO similar to his Vol 122 entry to be considered in the running. The others are pretty spiffy too, but not as great as T. D.'s.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Tom's pumpkins had the lighting, plus there were more trains than landscape.
(So LU-Trains writes music, cool, I'm a musician (electric cello & bass) and a railfan, must go together. I can't write worth a darn, so that makes me an interpreter of music, so shoot me some of the music so I can interpret it, my wife is a pianist so we'll take some piano-cello duets).
Larry in Blaine
johnsouthShoot guys - come on down to Norfolk Southern land - matched consists all day long and you won't even need to shoot in color!
Shoot guys - come on down to Norfolk Southern land - matched consists all day long and you
won't even need to shoot in color!
Very funny. There will be a sudden upsurge in the sale of old fashioned black and white film however. Good news for Kodak.
A mile from the tracks, but I still hear the whistle! Cleveland, Tennessee
Great submissions, it boiled down to Alex or Tom for me. Alex has wonderful scenery but I feel the train is almost secondary to the hills. Tom is my choice based on the locomotives as the subject and the rule of thirds composition. Easy to be a critic with a glass of Merlot next to the computer!
Well, last week I was shocked to see that somehow I had completely missed a session of train photos. I know I’ve been busy with my head stuck in a computer the past several weeks writing music, but I can’t imagine that I missed one of my favorite pastimes. So this week, everything stops so I can take a look and vote.Being an OLD Santa Fe fan, I not really that hepped up over the new color scheme and tend to dismiss pictures of the pumpkin trains, even if they are some pretty nifty photos this week. I did like Andy’s Iowa repaints and I’ve been on the Swiss train. Nice paint but I “buy” American, so I decided to just enjoy the memory. I was drawn to Drew’s side view picture, but this week I finally relented to the snowy slopes of Utah and voted for Alex. It’s a real working train and just looks mighty fine set against the mountain slopes.That’s right - I’m going for “pretty” this week.
I voted for Tom's photo of the BNSF. With as many paint schemes that they have it is unusual that they would match. The smaller Roads would be more likely to have their fleet all in the same scheme because they are more localized.GO TOM GO !
Walkin' the Rails
Alex Mayes gets my vote this time. Interesting subject in a beautiful landscape, but mainly, my vote goes for its graceful composition. Drew would have come closer to getting my vote if the train had been just a little bit further down the track - that would have created a more balanced composition. I like the "going away" idea a lot. Nice work, all of you. See you next time.
George in Lynden
santafenc Where is the photo of the Santa Fe Red/Silver consist??
Where is the photo of the Santa Fe Red/Silver consist??
I agree, where are the red & silver War Bonnets? Looks like 'bait & switch' to me. I will have to look further to decide which to vote for.
.....This week you photographers really made the choice difficult. Looking down the list I first was taken by Tom's beautiful shot coming down the grade with all the green in the photo....and, then I came to Alex's choice and looking at it, it is really impressive with the theme.....The engines and the consist....
Continued to check all the prints and couldn't believe how well each photographer got so close to the theme this week.....Very competitive. All beautiful photos to my eyes.
In the end, I had to choose and had to use the "theme" to vote for Alex's rendition. Again, all very nice photos. And such variety. Great competition this week.
For my tastes, I really liked the expanse of snowy white bifurcated by the colourful locomotives. Man in nature.
-Crandell
Colorful mountain photography is hard to beat. But I voted for Andy's shot; it is more like something I might run into someday. I am constantly amazed at the photos posted in "Trackside" each volume. Keep up the good shooting!
Even though CP ran those colors, the EL did as well. As a former EL employee I'm partial. Thanks Andy, you got my vote. That being said, they are all good shots, thanks to all.
I ranked it a tie between Andy and Alex...giving Andy the vote because the train was more prominent in his shot...and because of the nice touch of the crossbucks at the left.
Consist, to me, refers to the cars making up the train more than to the locomotives...and while it's great to have matching motive power, the makeup of the train would have to be solid matching cars for the consist to fit the criteria.
TJB / Nashville, TN
Well, it's close to home goin' time, but: jist gotta say somethin' bout Andy Cummings shot... 1st off: It's nice to see those units lookin' so good. Last saw them up at: Greenville Junction on B & A afore I left for new job in not so boofull' Alabama. Had worked for several years@Newscenter2 in BAN-GOR an used to see Bangor and Aroostook a lot while chasing stories... Even snagged a couple of cab rides in an F-3 AND The BL-2...
By the same token: Have a soft spot for IOWA NORTHERN too, as they played in a "SWEEPS PIECE" back in the 80's. AND YES: it was in a "tired" & FADED BN GP-9. Was doing a pc on: THE CHANGEING FACE OF RAILROADING IN THE NORTH EAST PART OF IOWAY. Part 5 was with the then fledgling IOWA NORTHERN. Called the prez, down in "GREENE" Ioway for interview and maybe a cab ride for some "cover video"... Instead: he suggested: SOME THROTTLE TIME. "Hell, if we can teach GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD how to run a locomotive, WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR YOU." Got my news director to come along and "SHOOT" for me. My debut was a short run south with 2 geeps and 8 empty grain hoppers. Had an ex "ROCK" engineer show me the ropes... Throttle, brakes, air...knew signals, so off we went. Half rain half snow... My boss out on the catwalk trying to hold the camera steady without slipping and falling off... or losing he hearing. That ranks right up there with a T-Bird ride and my 1st jump outta a good airplane at BENNING...
ANYWHO: Pitchur is a winner in my eyes. An do have a couple of "attaboys" for my shooting/photography & editing.
Dave Finger Producer/Fotog & Host. Big Bird TV (PBS)
Mungummrie, AL
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