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Trackside with Trains.com Vol. 120 is now live; you can view it here, and click here to vote. Will be interested to hear your comments.
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I'll have to go with Matt's photo. Jim's shot was a close second, but the Providence & Worcester Railroad is just to close to me to pass up. Nice shot!
Define "waterfront". To me that's piers and warves and cargo and trains meeting boats; Matt's come closest, but no cigar. So, lets dump that. Next along the water or crossing the water...each road depicted has much, much better locations than shown with more water and more drama; swim away from them. So lets go "seaside". Steam, Surf, Sun, Sand, String of cars, Souther Cal., Sante Fe: got to be the winner! Elrond got my vote!
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Again, difficult choices this week. Nice photos.
I voted for Alex's bridge shot....Like the distinctive contrast in the photo. And I thought the photo angle was good.
Quentin
Elrond gets my vote. I share his sentiments about the location and the 3751, but the clincher was the several restored cars owned by members of AAPRCO, American Association of Private Rail Car Owners.
You got my vote Andy. Nice shot.
Dan
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Matt's shot fit the stated theme the best, and got my vote.
3751 rolling alongside the beach was a close second.
While Jim's shot had water in it, I really didn't consider it to be "On the Waterfront."
Drew's shot was interesting, but would have been better either with more "blur" or none at all.
Alex's Maine Eastern shot came in pretty high on my list as well.
Andy's shot needed industry.
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Waterfront could have different connotations, I suppose, but I have always taken it to be on the shore of a major water body, and not on the banks of a stream. In a local real estate market, though, waterfront means that there is a shoreline or an bank of some kind that fronts on a substantial bit of water extant year-round, and presumably able to sustain waterfowl, fish, amphibians....substantial. Without a qualifier, all of the entries seem to satisfy the common meanings.
However, the one truly waterfront image for me had to be the one of the Northern running free along that beautiful ocean beach. In that respect, there was no crossing of water, but a running along it...the waterfront.
-Crandell
How could anyone vote against the ocean, beach, steam engine, and good focus?
To me, "Railroading on the Waterfront" implies images of dockside and / or industry associated with those rail / train shots. Matt's photo met that standard with ease. The other applicants all had great photos (Steam Uber Alles) but failed to meet the dockside standard I would have expected to see. Actually your "On the Waterfront" theme (as many others in prior issues) was not specifically narrowed to provide equality to all applicants. IMHO of course.
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“On the Waterfront” sure brings on allusions to the city piers in NYC or Chicago, but only Matt got close to that vista . . . but I didn’t particularly care for the picture. It didn’t reek of the subject enough. So I decided to loosen my imaginative focus and just go with a more plebeian perspective like . . . Picture of train with some water nearby. Aaaaah . . now I can look with fresh eyes: I really liked Alex’s Train on Bridge, but I had to vote for Mr. Lawrence’s Pacific coast scene. Reminded me of a train trip I took in Japan along the “other” Pacific coast. Nostalgia wins my heart.I vote for Elrond.
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Every once in a while a photo just smacks me up the side of the head and screams, "I'M EXCEPTIONAL"!
That was the message I got from the last of this week's entries. There isn't any need for superlatives...Elrond Lawrence's magnificent coast line capture does that on its own.
If it's true that "a picture is worth a thousand words", this particular shot is worth at least twice as many.
TJB - Nashville, TN
Cowabunga,dude! I voted for Elrond's shot of 3751 along the Pacific shoreline. Surf's Up! I photographed this train in Pico Rivera,shortly after it left Los Angeles. I also rode the first trip in June of that year.
I had several of my kids and grandkids down to see the 3751 in June of 2008. I got lots of great pictures and 2 of my grandkids and I went downtown to be right next to the engine. The were really excited as they had not seen a steam engine before.
I was sorry to have missed the special that came in later that same year, the one which got the picture by Elrond. Unfortunatly the economy got to the train and they had to cancel the special planned for last May
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I went with Matt's shot. To me, "waterfront" implies industry, piers, movable bridges, etc., and that shot comes closest.
CSSHEGEWISCHI went with Matt's shot. To me, "waterfront" implies industry, piers, movable bridges, etc., and that shot comes closest.
I agree. But the other shots were good just not what I think of for waterfront.
Enjoypaul
Went with Drew on this one. I'm very fond of night shots to begin with and with the addition of a gloomy sky, he got my vote.
Again, it was another great week! All the entries are worthy of winning, and I had a hard time deciding.
In the end, I had to go with Alex's shot of Maine Eastern 489 rolling across the river. The Morristown & Erie is my favorite shortline, and I just simply couldn't say no! Excellent job!Elrond's shot along the ocean was a close second. Being a beach bum myself, I couldn't resist a shot of a train running alongside the ocean. If I didn't love the M&E so much, this shot definately would have been my favorite.
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All the shots are nice. Alex's had great composure and angle; I love the Durango and Silverton trains and can't wait to get back there, but waterfront??? The others did not make me sit up until Elrond's.
He got my vote, a very interesting train in a beautiful waterfront place on a magnificant day.
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This was a tough one, since I'd ridden the Durango & Silverton, when it was still owned by D&RGW.
But I had to go with Elrond's photo of Surf. That was awesome with the sand/sea and steam.
Great shot.
Everyone does an excellent job on these photos and it's usually very hard to choose just one.
Once again, all very good pics. I voted before I looked at tally or read any comments, but I picked Elrond's shot. Looks like a lot of folks voted the same pic.
Nice job all, thanks for an enjoyable vol.
Larry in Wauwatosa
I had to go with Elrond's Santa Fe shot. It looks like a recreation of a colorized picture postcard from the 1940s; and besides, as I have admitted before, I am a sucker for steam! Jim's photo had steam, but was lacking in waterfront. Matt's and Alex's photos might have been better held for a "bridges and trestles" themed week - I'm not sure crossing a river counts as "waterfront" although Matt's shot comes closer than Alex's. Of the two photos showing a train running along the river, I liked Andy's better; Drew, if you had 50 trains pass you over a few days' time, and the best shot of any of them was a twilight blur, one can only hope that it was the ONLY photo you took because fishing took precedence!
Unfortunately you missed one of the most spectacular runs along the sea. It is NOT the Surfliner between La and Sandiego but the old Southern Pacific Daylight run between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Southbound just north of Santa Barbara the sets over the pacific as you pass along the coast. Nothing can be more beautiful than that.
No argument about that part of the Coast Line around Santa Barbara -- it's an amazingly beautiful line. But in the case of the 3751 specials, I had to go where the trains went. :-)
Elrond L.
PS - Thanks to those above for the kind comments!
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