Trackside Vol. 219: "Red"(UPDATE)

[D-Halv]

Good afternoon,

Before we get to this week's theme we'd like to address an exciting update to the Trackside with Trains feature, effective immediately.

• The winning photo in each installment will be featured in an upcoming issue of Trains magazine.

Reader submitted photos are encouraged and will be selected based on composition, content appropriateness, and creativity. 

This week we are seeking photo submissions for Vol. 219: "Red"

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Please send photos to [e-mail] no later than Thursday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. CDT. 

1. Send us your best photo on the topic at 1024 pixels wide and 72 dpi. Please also have a RAW copy available should your photo win the contest for publication. Photo submission details will be double checked by Trains staff before print publication. Only the first photo submitted will be considered.

2. Include the Volume No. and theme name in the subject line of your email to [e-mail]

3. Make sure your text includes a standard caption and a short story about how you got the shot. Sharing how you got the shot gives your submission a personal touch that will resonate with readers. 

4. Your text should be no more than 300 words.

5. Camera information should be listed in the following order. Please hit return after each item. No need to add commas or the like. (Don't number the items either.)

1. Date

2. Camera type

3. Shutter speed

4. F stop

5. ISO

6. Lens

Thank you for participating, 

Drew Halverson and Steve Sweeney

[The Railwolf]

Hello there. I am having an email issue when trying to reply to the Trackside email. (550 no such user) I forgot to add my name and location to my photo submission, and due to the email failure, I cannot reply to the request for this info. I figured it may get seen if I posted it here instead, so here goes.

Name: Patrick Smith
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
My submission is the head-on photo of Florida Central Railroad EMD GP18 number 59.

[henry6]

New contest link in Trains Newsletter but not here on the Forum....the voting has begun but not here and we cannot comment....yet.

[oltmannd]

I tried to get this one in.  Failed at least in part because it's a scan and they don't do scans...

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=355651&nseq=0

"While a mechanical engineering student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an active member of the model railroad club there, several of us would make an annual weekend trek down to the Horseshoe Curve to see the mountain railroading show.  Penn Central, and later, early Conrail were not exactly “railfan magnets” with their shabby black paint, particularly compared to the nearby D&H of that era, but you couldn’t beat the action at “The Curve”.  This shot was from our first trip in 1975.  Amtrak’s “bloody nose red” scheme was not likely to be confused with the steady parade of black and white.  Here is the Kansas City to New York National Limited on a fall morning with its red-nosed SDP40F, headed downhill just past the apex of the curve bound for Altoona and points east."

[zardoz]

oltmannd

I tried to get this one in.  Failed at least in part because it's a scan and they don't do scans...

They'll accept scans for this contest; they just don't like them for publication in the magazine.

BTW, cool pic!

[oltmannd]

zardoz

oltmannd

I tried to get this one in.  Failed at least in part because it's a scan and they don't do scans...

They'll accept scans for this contest; they just don't like them for publication in the magazine.

BTW, cool pic!

Good to know!  Thanks and thanks!

[StephenDx]

Tough decision this one. Several I really like, so it ended up a bit of a toss up. Went with Mathieu Tremblay's shot. 

[henry6]

D-Halv

Good afternoon,

Before we get to this week's theme we'd like to address an exciting update to the Trackside with Trains feature, effective immediately.

• The winning photo in each installment will be featured in an upcoming issue of Trains magazine.

Reader submitted photos are encouraged and will be selected based on composition, content appropriateness, and creativity. 

This week we are seeking photo submissions for Vol. 219: "Red"

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please send photos to [e-mail] no later than Thursday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. CDT. 

1. Send us your best photo on the topic at 1024 pixels wide and 72 dpi. Please also have a RAW copy available should your photo win the contest for publication. Photo submission details will be double checked by Trains staff before print publication. Only the first photo submitted will be considered.

2. Include the Volume No. and theme name in the subject line of your email to [e-mail]

3. Make sure your text includes a standard caption and a short story about how you got the shot. Sharing how you got the shot gives your submission a personal touch that will resonate with readers. 

4. Your text should be no more than 300 words.

5. Camera information should be listed in the following order. Please hit return after each item. No need to add commas or the like. (Don't number the items either.)

1. Date

2. Camera type

3. Shutter speed

4. F stop

5. ISO

6. Lens

Thank you for participating, 

Drew Halverson and Steve Sweeney

DREW: you have not posted the results on the Forum.  It is accessible through the Newsletter page but cannot be brought up to be commented on on the Forum pages nor can anyone vote who doesn't receive the Newsletter.

[D-Halv]

Sorry for the delay.

Here's the link:

http://trn.trains.com/Trackside/2013/09/Trackside%20Vol%20219.aspx

Drew