Trackside with Trains.com vol. 147 THEME ANNOUNCEMENT: "Signals"

[Matt Quandt]

The theme for Trackside vol. 147 will be: Signals.

The deadline for volume 147 reader submissions is Thursday, September 9.

All submissions must meet the following criteria, please use this list as a checklist before you send in your image:

• Your image must be relevant to the round’s theme.
• Only .jpgs will be accepted. PLEASE NO SCANS, only digital images.
  Images must be no larger than 1024 pixels wide.
• E-mail your image to [e-mail]. Any image e-mailed to a different address will not be considered.
• When you e-mail your photo, please make the subject line: “Trackside vol. XXX submission.” For example, this round is volume 147, so the e-mail subject line should read, “Trackside vol. 147 submission”
• Images must be received by the deadline stated in each round's theme announcement.
• Your image must have a description. Please limit the description to 200 words or less. Include relevant camera and photo details in your description. View previous “Trackside with Trains.com” rounds for examples.
• Please include your full name and hometown with your submission. 

Finally, remember, this is a friendly competition. Participants do not receive compensation. Winners do not receive prizes.

[zardoz]

Any chance of perhaps more than a one-day notice next time?

[zardoz]

And also perhaps could you make this a 'sticky' thread?

[Matt Quandt]

Sorry for the 1-day notice. Usually it'll be about one week. And, yes, we'll make these announcements sticky for a few days.