September 2010 Photo Contest - "The Night Shot" - CLOSED

[chris_wlkr]

The subject of the September 2010 Photo Contest is "The Night Shot"

Information on this months subject can be found at the following link.

http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/thread-3743.html

Please reply directly to this thread with your entry image for the contest.

Please provide the following with your image.

1 - Basic Title (ex. BNSF 5434 rolling east)

2 - Date the photo was taken.

3 - Location the photo was taken.

Also if you would like to you may provide a caption for the image but this is not required.

Once approved by the Contest Administrator, it will show up in this thread. If the image is not approved you will receive a private message with a short reasoning why.

Please allow realistic time for the Contest Administrator to review the image... in other words do not send a PM asking where your entry is.

Any replies to this thread that are not contest entries will be removed. Questions or discussions about images should be directed to the General Photo Contest Discussion forum at the following link.

http://www.westcoastrailforums.com/forum-171.html

Thank You.

[chris_wlkr]

The subject of the September 2010 Photo Contest is "The Night Shot"

Open entry period will run from Sept. 1st through Sept. 29th. On Sept. 30th the voting poll will be set up in the entry thread.

Details of what we are looking for are pretty straight forward. An image of a railroad related subject taken at night or in very low light situations such as dusk or dawn.

Railroad Subjects for this contest include the following:

Signals, Engines, Stations, Rolling Stock, MOW equipment, Lightrail Vehicles.

Your image must have one of the above as it's central subject matter.

Images from any time period and location are acceptable for this contest.

   
   
   

[randy]

Ready for Launch!

Riverside Station, 12.9.10, 10:11pm

   

Nikon D300, 16-85mm @ 20mm, f/8, 3 seconds, ISO 200 on tripod

[jeff]

"FRIDAY NIGHT WITH FRIENDS"

   


Fullerton, California, USA
July 30th 2010 -- 8:30pm
1/8 second at f/3.5
1600 ISO

thanks for your consideration,

~ jeff

[lrvto]

San Diego Trolley Maintenance Facility.

   

8/17/2008 Sony DCSW1 1/8sec f2.8 ISO200

[SLOCONDR]

The QRVML24

   

Taken in October of 2004, at San Luis Obispo, CA just after I assumed duty for the QRVML24 heading for Los Angeles. This was taken about two months before I decided to retire.

V

SLOCONDR

[Holloran Grade]

Bathed in an Emerald Light

   

Officially opened on July 15, 1918, and built in the Mission Revival Style to replace the original wooden structure that was destroyed by a fire on November 16, 1916, the station in San Bernardino California was at the time, the largest railway station West of the Mississippi River. Here the security guard watches over the few remaining guests that have gathered on a warm Spring evening to look at AT&SF #3751 that is parked on the pavement off to the right.

San Bernardino, California, USA

May 08, 2010

[chris_wlkr]

An Early Evening at South Anaheim

   

07.07.2005

Anaheim, CA

The UP Marlboro Switcher generally is done with their switching before dark, but on occasion they work into the early evening. This was one of those occasions. Switching boxes out of the OC Register spur provides a few moments when the engines stand still and night photography is possible. This one I metered off the number boards as I wanted to capture the light from the train itself.

Chris

[AmtrakFan454]

Pacific Electric 717
3 - 6 - 2010 at Orange Empire Railroad Museum, Perris, CA
   
Newly-restored Pacific Electric "Hollywood Car" #717 sits at the Alpine Street station on a rainy March night with a high green for its departure.

[slug96]

The M-WATBAR1-02A lead by BNSF 7775 east waits for a northbound Amtrak Surfliner.

   

07-02-10
Fullerton Train Station, CA

~David