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Trackside with Trains Vol. 226: "Shiny" is OPEN

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Posted by oltmannd on Friday, January 24, 2014 12:43 PM

The Nebraska Zephyr is THE living shiny train.  Period.  The shot of it is very nice, but it could have been in the mis-exposed, out of focus and crooked and I'd have still voted for it!

FWIW, NC Transportation Museum's streamliner gathering is, so far, missing this train.  If they manage to get it there, I'm going!

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:03 AM

All that glitters tis not gold....nor stainless steel.  Tom Nano got my vote because that cab was *** and span, shining with brand new paint from top to bottom, and presented with shining pride those who brought it to this condition!

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Posted by TOMinTN on Monday, January 20, 2014 6:54 PM

Well, I finally got back in sync with the majority on this one.  Terry's shot of the stainless steel Zephyr is about as shiny as anything connected with railroading gets.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, January 20, 2014 4:20 PM

It looks like so far most voters have gone for the Zephyr shot.  It's a shoo-in, I'm sure.

I went with the UP Centennial shot at the Illinois Railway Museum, for two reasons:

1.  Lance Wales actually captured Alcor!  (Look it up!)
2.  Any time you can get lights to reflect off a UP locomotive is pretty rare!

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Trackside with Trains Vol. 226: "Shiny" is OPEN
Posted by D-Halv on Monday, January 13, 2014 9:18 AM

Good morning!

Trackside Vol. 226: "Shiny" is now open for voting!

Thanks,

Drew Halverson

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