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[Anonymous]

erik has it this week for me, nice shot

[Robertdale]

You two really like to make it tough on the voters eh? If I wasn't a huge BNSF fan, Mike's photo would have gotten my vote. Any other time your photo is a big winner Mike

[DICKK]

Not your usual photo. Voted for Eric. Has a bit of a mystical quality.

[ValorStorm]

Oh, bury me NOTTTTT
On the lone prairiEEEEE
But still I CHOSE
The photo from BergiEEEEE

[dalake]

I loved Mike's photo, but Eric's was. . . WOW!

[Anonymous]

Mike gets my vote - I like the Wilderness Train best!

[Tom Moran]

How can you not appreciate - and vote for - a sunset? The train in the distance
heading toward Erik is also 'splitting the signals'. Enlarge the photo and see.

One more thing: Does voter UPTRAIN have to pay a fee to Union Pacific for using the UP shield logo?

Tom Moran
South Jersey

[Rocket Man]

Mike, you are putting up photos that I consider easy winners in the average weekly competition, but this and last weeks competitions are comparing apples and oranges. I love the IC coming around the curve... BUT... I voted for Erik, and as you commented, his photo "has it all". The signal was perfectly offset from center. the light was perfect, the reflections, the dust cloud from the fast mover. [8D]

Which reminds me... someone commented how anyone can get this shot out west. I live out west and I would feel very fortunate to have the right conditions and skill to pull off this photo. Give credit where credit is due, Erik did a lot of work to get it perfect. [tup]

[2c]Lastly, I agree with others that maybe we should level the playing field. Photos should probably be taken in roughly the same area, and roughly the same time frame. How about you guys going on tour?

Let me be the first to invite you to Colorado! [#welcome]
First assignment, Moffat Tunnel East Portal to Denver. The Ski Train, Amtrak's California Zephyr, UP, BNSF, 30... yes THIRTY tunnels in about 49 miles of track. Plenty of climbing, bring your backpack camera case with the black lace! [:I]

[mikeyuhas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Rocket Man

Let me be the first to invite you to Colorado! [#welcome]
First assignment, Moffat Tunnel East Portal to Denver. The Ski Train, Amtrak's California Zephyr, UP, BNSF, 30... yes THIRTY tunnels in about 49 miles of track. Plenty of climbing, bring your backpack camera case with the black lace! [:I]

Just send plane tickets!

[Sterling1]

Voted for Mike:

All I can say is "LUSH Greens" ...

[lhtalbot]

Hopefully the guy who suggested that shots like Erik's are a dime a dozen "anytime you're out west" was speaking in jest. It's a great shot & not that easy to take. Yeah, sometimes you luck out, but knowing where & when to be for that luck is still a skill.
Mike's shot is very nice but can't hold up against a whopper like Erik's.
Thanks again, guys

Larry in Wauwatosa

[jroebuck]

Like sunset shots - this one v good

[Davidson Ward]

Loved both photos guys!

[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.

[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.