JDHRAP wrote: Working for another Class 1 in the west I like the UP's under utilized car mgt practice (missing tops on cofc) also the 3500' long train with two new motors on the UP intermodal train image. This is sarcasm. Could have powered this small train with one motor especially if westbound with predominantly mty cans.
Working for another Class 1 in the west I like the UP's under utilized car mgt practice (missing tops on cofc) also the 3500' long train with two new motors on the UP intermodal train image. This is sarcasm. Could have powered this small train with one motor especially if westbound with predominantly mty cans.
I'm sure you could get a job with CSX! This is also sarcasm.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Liked the 844 nose image. One question though. Could you have positioned a little further to your left to not have as bright a reflection of the silver 844? Just wondering.
Erik, that shot got to me, as you said.. absolutely perfect conditions... probably never to be duplicated again. Any one of the lead of shots could have won this week, but I strongly feel the one you chose IS the standout shot, probably one of the best I've seen of your work to date for that matter. Mike, although your shot was very good, this week it never stood a chance.I realize this is just my but hey..it WAS a tough one to beat.
This week's vote is again ultra tough! How do you guys do it?!
Erik's close up shot of UP 844's headlight and number boards is absolutely stunning!! It looks a little something like one would see when a vehicle company is showcasing a new design! Definitely something you would be proud polishing in the engine house every night [Breath, breath...squeak, squeak, squeak]. The fact that steam is introduced this week into the voting is a welcoming change of pace and exhibits another side of railroading not too often seen. Magnificent shot, Erik!!
At the same time, the intermodal action of Mike's UP shot really caught my eye from the start! Curved rails are always a great way to shoot a long freight, as it tends to capture more of the detail of the consist (e.g., you can see so much detail in the double-stack containers in Mike's shot). The angle is captured in such a way that it gives me the feel that the train is bearing down on me...very nice! Lastly, the scenery is desert-like, making me feel right at home, as though it were in western NM! Mike, a truly wonderful shot!!
It all boils down to a coin-flip, and Mike won it, so I ended up voting for his.
- Bryan
Erik
I liked your shot of the engineer waiting to get on the road.I would make a large print of the smokebox too.mamma and matt will tell you we have lots of different pictures of trains on the walls.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Dan
Comparing these photos is like comparing apples and oranges. Yes they're round. But that's about all you can say.
I loved the 844 headlight shot. Bergie, that photo deserves to be on your wall-- whether its the first or not. What a tremendous shot that captures the essence of steam railroading. That it's the 844 of the Union Pacific is just icing on the cake.
But I loved Mike's intermodal train as well. Not just the long snaking train, but the kalidescope of colors exemplified in the containers in the wells following behind. What a tremendous picture.
I've been nagging for months about shots that are different. Well you guys exceeded my expectations with these. One word describes both pictures: OUTSTANDING!
CShaveRR wrote: (Erik also lost a point when he referred to the 4-6-6-4 as a Big Boy near his interior shot--which might have stood a chance against my rigorous judging-as-a-non-photographer criteria.)
(Erik also lost a point when he referred to the 4-6-6-4 as a Big Boy near his interior shot--which might have stood a chance against my rigorous judging-as-a-non-photographer criteria.)
Remember the quote from the movie Office Space? "Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays." That's me today.
I'm all mixed up, like Pasta Primavera... (First person to name where that Pasta Primavera line is from gets a pat on the back.)
Anyway, can you tell I'm a child of the diesel?
Bergie
Sorry, Brian (and Erik)--I'm going the other way.
Erik's is a great photograph, and he is entirely justified if he hangs it up on his wall.
But, while Erik's is Art, Mike's is Train! And, therefore, it wins.
The comment about photographing entire trains also appealed to me. We found that that's more of the rule than the exception out west when we took our trip this spring (it was green in Tehachapi, by the way!), but we have to travel a good 30 miles away from home to have our first crack at a shot like that.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
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Thanks, Erik
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