2009 Novice Prototype Photo of the Year Contest!!!

**14 hours remaining!!**
The entry deadline is MIDNIGHT (UTC -11) TONIGHT!!




Its now time for the TrainBoard 2009 Novice Prototype Photo of the Year contest!

2009 is one month away from being history! From this contest the TrainBoard 2009 Prototype Photo of the Year will be chosen. Could it be yours?

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be selected!


!**NOVICE CONTEST**!
This prototype photo challenge is closed to members who have previously won any photo challenge in the year 2009! If you have not previously won a photo challenge this year, you are free to enter! Click here to see the list of 2009 Modeling Winners and here to see the list of 2009 Prototype Winners. A winner from either list disqualifies that member from either novice contest.

For veteran photo winners, you may still enter the 2009 Prototype Photo of the Year Contest.

*Please read all rules as they ARE different from previous weeks*
If you notice a typo, error, or confusing statement, please notify Mystere immediately for correction and clarification.

TrainBoard 2009 Prototype Photo Challenge Topic: "No Subject"

1. Challenges are open to everyone who has not previously won in 2009, have fun!!

2. The entry deadline is MIDNIGHT (UTC -11), Thursday December 31st. 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 Thursday January 1st 2009 and Thursday December 31st 2009.
Please use the challenge as a motive to take a new photographs!

4. Any posts with images taken before the period of the challenge will not be included in the poll and will be moved to the cutting room floor thread.
- Ensure dates and times on your camera are correct. -

5. Each participant may submit a total of 3 separate photos! so please choose the image carefully.
*note on posting entries*
Please embed the full size image (up to 1000x750px) in your post. If you attach your image, you can then edit your post to embed the attachment link as a full size image.

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 photo is encouraged.
*note on commenting*
Using quotes is a great way to easily direct comments. For this contest however, please remove images from any quotes. This helps keep the thread "clean" for when voting time comes.

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.

10. Post the date in which each photo you enter was taken. At the very least, include the Month if the exact day is unknown.
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Within the first week of January 2010, 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. A voting bracket will be decided upon when the time comes. You will be allowed to vote for multiple entries.

OK, enough of that bureaucratic reading. Let the contest begin!!!

 

No contest this weekend. Instead take the time to submit an entry to this TrainBoard 2009 Photo of the Year contest!

 

Just over 3 weeks left. With the Holidays, that time will fly so don't delay! :snowman: :clock:

 

Here's my first entry. I haven't entered any of the contests before. How do you provide a catchy title as you suggested? This one was taken July 2, 2009, at Portland Union Station on the night before we left on the great cross country adventure. The engine was actually switching, going out to drag the Amtrak diesel to the train. Sharp eyed observers will detect the moon slightly above the stack to the left.

 

Steam on a cold Minnesota morn

On a bitterly cold October morning in Minnesota, 4449 sits all warm and toasty, ready to run down the Mississippi River.

 

Welcome to Minneapolis!

Knowing she was on her way, I lay in wait along the tracks, waiting for 4449 to arrive in Minneapolis. Fitz showed us the start of the journey, here's the end.

 

Vanished in a puff of... steam?

Looking forward as 4449 disappears into a cloud of her own making.

 

A Little worse for wear.



This passenger car has seen better days.

 

Here's my entry no. 2, of No. 2, Willamette type, only one operating, at the Mt. Rainier Scenic, August 8, 2009.

 

Former Santa Fe Freight Depot in Trinidad, CO.

 

My third. SP&S 700 steaming out of Oaks Park in Portland, OR as part of the Holiday Express put on by the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation. Taken on December 5, 2009.

 

No contest this weekend. Instead take the time to submit an entry to this TrainBoard 2009 End of the Year contest!

And don't forget about the other 5 contests open for entries RIGHT NOW!

2009 Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Modeling Video of the Year

2009 Prototype Video of the Year


Contests not your style?
Check out the Weekend Photo Fun December 11, 2009 thread and share your photos, just for fun!

 

SP 4449 at Whitefish, MT

Here's my entries. SP 4449 taken by myself at the Whitefish, MT Amtrak station on October 19, 2009. Enjoy.

 

Here's my entries:

Up close to SP 4449's drivers:



Leviathan about to take a spin on the turntable at Train Fest 2009.



A highball wave from the engineer:

 

WV Fall Colors



Taken in Springfield, WV on October 16, 2009.

 

Okay Novice Proto Shot you want then that's what you'll get.
The Tucson Yard

 

It's been 14 days since we've opened for entries which means there is just 17 days left in 2009! 17 Days left to get your photo(s) in for the 2009 TrainBoard Photo of the Year contest! :alien:



And don't forget about the other 2009 contests open for entries RIGHT NOW!

2009 Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Modeling Video of the Year

2009 Prototype Video of the Year

 

Railfanning in Nashville

Here is a photo of an autorack train passing the Union Station in Nashville Tennessee.

 

Just over one week left! This is the start of the LAST CALL for entries!


Don't forget about the other 2009 contests open for entries RIGHT NOW!

2009 Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Modeling Photo of the Year

2009 Novice Prototype Photo of the Year

2009 Modeling Video of the Year

2009 Prototype Video of the Year

 

Here it comes and there it goes

I was pulling into Chadwick when I seen a train stoping on the main. I just knew something was going to be heading my way soon on the sidding,