Weekend Prototype Photo Challenge *SPECIAL EDITION* Ends TUESDAY, May 11th. **Holiday Extension** In light of Mothers Day this weekend, the deadline is now Tuesday May 11th! **Please read all rules as they ARE different from previous weeks!** If you notice a typo, error, or confusing statement, please notify user Mark Watson immediately for correction and clarification. National Train Day is this weekend! To join in the celebration, this special edition challenge will follow the theme "Passenger Rail"! Continuing on with the special edition of the Weekend Photo Challenge, each member is tasked to create up to 4 images that together tell a story of railroading as outlined by the topic below. The story can be as simple or complex as necessary and you may include a single sentence or a few paragraphs to explain the story, but each story will be judged by the images and the way they link together. Please post all content in a SINGLE post. Don't hesitate to ask any questions, and most importantly, HAVE FUN! Prototype Photo Challenge Topic: "Passenger Rail" 1. Challenges are open to everyone, have fun!! 2. The entry deadline is Midnight (UTC -11), Tuesday, May 11th. Late entries will be accepted up until the official "Time's up!" post within the thread. 3. For photos to be eligible they must be taken between Friday May 7th and Tuesday, May 11th Please use the challenge as a motive to take a new photographs! 4. Any posts with images taken before the commencement of the challenge will not be included in the poll and may be moved to the cutting room floor thread. - Ensure dates and times on your camera are correct. - 5. **Up to 4 images per participant so please choose the images carefully. 6. Though composition is popular among voters, it is not required. Any image or snap shot related to the topic is acceptable! 7. Though not required, commenting on other peoples pictures is encouraged. 8. Please use the Cutting Room Floor thread for related but ineligible images. 9. A clever and distinctive title for your image helps identify it among voters. (And makes it easier for me when posting the poll ) On May 12th, all entries will be put up for a public vote, in which all members of TrainBoard may vote for their favorite entry(s), regardless of whether you submitted an entry or not. Voting will last 4 days. You may vote for multiple entries. To do this, you must select all entries for which you wish to vote at once, and then click the submit button.
The topic this week is following the celebration of National Train Day, a nation wide event sponsored by Amtrak. Visit nationaltrainday.com to see if an event is being hosted in your area and stop by to join in the celebration! Oh yeah, dont forget to bring the camera and keep this contest in mind
I might get a crack at this one; but, it's also Mother's Day weekend... :tb-wink: :tb-wink: :tb-wink: :tb-wink:
Sugar Cane Train Well I happen to be on Maui for my Honeymoon. We went for a ride on the Sugar Cane Train Lahaina Kaanapali and Pacific Railroad Engine #3 Myrtle at Lahaina Station No time for a big story, got to get back to the Mrs.
As with tradition and today's Mother's Day Holiday, this contest deadline has been extended until Tuesday, May 11th! One extra day to get your passenger rail photo(s) in!
Goosefest What do you get when you mix Train Day & Mother's Day on the same weekend, you get Mother Goose; as in Goosefest at the Colorado Railroad Museum. This year we had RGS Galloping Goose #7, #6, #5, and #2 running. I even took a Cab ride in #6 this year! #7 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] #6 [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] #5 [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] #2 [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
Remember, this challenge is now open till tomorrow night! Still plenty of time to get your Passenger stories in.
Passengers once rode behind this magnificent locomotive, termed the "Daylight," for the many Southern Pacific Daylight routes up and down the California coast, inland, even up to Portland, OR, to the Passenger Terminal pictured with her, Portland Union Station. On TrainDay 2010, many passengers arriving in Portland had to exclaim, "What the heck is going on here," as they dragged their luggage through the massive crowds attending the TrainDay event. There were booths and crowds And passengers of all ages arrived, transported by RAIL.
You can use the "same material" as your shots are great from Portland. Just use a different theme. You have the train together, and I didn't get that. After all, Portland had to have the best TrainDay celebration of all the others, right? :tb-biggrin:
Grand Junction's National Train Day For a small town Grand Junction, Colorado put on a pretty good event for National Train Day. The local group "Friends of the Depot" had an open house to build up support for the restoration of the 1906 depot. I had never been inside the depot so this was a special treat. Another treat was getting to meet local Train Board member Ralph (Rdandrea). Ralph was able to give some additional history about the depot as well as introduce me to some great people. Let's have a look around the depot. I believe that this piece of stained glass was replaced in the 1990's during the first attempt to restore the depot. The next photo gives a better view of the depot's interior. Sometime around 1920 a second floor was put in the depot which has since been removed. Evidence of the second floor still remains as you can see the ends of the orange I beams sticking out of the wall. Our visit concluded after watching Amtrak pull into the station. Ben
The Trains of NTD Portland Good point. And so I present The Trains of NTD Portland. My wife and I arrived via MAX blue line from Beaverton. We left it behind at Pioneer Square and walked through the Pearl District. After about 2 hours of soaking up information, atmosphere, sights and smells (4449 smells a little different from 3751 for some reason) My wife wandered back to Pioneer place to Shop while I waited for 4449 to leave. First was UP Freight coming from BNSF tracks heading to Albina yard on the other side of the River Then Amtrak's 6:15 southbound Cascades leaves the station for Salem and Eugene and points in between Finally, 3 and a half hour after my wife left me, she had made it home and 4449 got a highball and left for Brooklyn
I did end up with some video tonight, but it will take some time to get unloaded. What a surprise that the train we caught on the NKP turned out to be the circus train!
Yes, Colorado Midland's tracks came as far as Grand Junction. As I recall, it didn't go belly-up until 1917, so the Depot served Colorado Midland for a few years. I think it was the transfer point from Midland to Rio Grande for passengers going to Salt Lake. And I don't think that stained glass was replaced as much as restored in the last renovation.
The only passenger rail service on Vancouver Island consists of the RDC "Dayliner" owned by VIA and managed by the Island Corridor Foundation. The RDC travels between Victoria and its northern terminus, Courtenay, daily. First, the RDC arrived yesterday about 15 minutes behind schedule; Dismounting passengers left in various directions, some greeted and driven away by those they knew, while others had to make their way home alone. Passengers and greeters mingled freely at this informal station stop. No security concerns here. Finally, the call for all to board is announced (shouted by the conductor) and the few remaining passengers line up to board the shiny fluted steel conveyance that will have them in Victoria, or points in between, by 6:00 pm.
