72 hour challenge "Track" ending Monday 12th March

Colonel Mar 8, 2007

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*track* 72 hour challenge

Poll closed Mar 20, 2007.
  1. Russell Straw - Foggy track

    15 vote(s)
    37.5%
  2. Hemiadda2d - East of Great Falls

    14 vote(s)
    35.0%
  3. Mr Train - Chadwick, IL

    3 vote(s)
    7.5%
  4. Campp - Enchanted Island

    3 vote(s)
    7.5%
  5. NSFan14 - Rails of southern indiana!

    5 vote(s)
    12.5%
  6. THarms77 - Rochelle IL

    2 vote(s)
    5.0%
  7. EspeeEngineer - Homestake Pass

    6 vote(s)
    15.0%
  8. mikado - Looking down the throat

    2 vote(s)
    5.0%
  9. Keith - End of siding

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Doug A - Track on Track

    4 vote(s)
    10.0%
  11. Inch - Crossing

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. Doofus - trucks

    6 vote(s)
    15.0%
  13. Wayne - Walking down the track

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Colonel

    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    1. All challenges close at 12 midnight (24:00 hours) Eastern Standard Time on Monday 12th March 2007, and will be noted with a "Time's up!" post within the thread.
    2. Please use the challenge as a motive to take a new photograph rather than using a photograph that you have taken in the past.
    3. Challenges are open to everyone, have fun!!
    4. Though not required, commenting on other peoples pictures is encouraged.
    5. Only one image per participant so please choose the image carefully.
    6. Any posts with images taken before the commencement of the challenge will be deleted.
    7. For photos to be eligible they must be taken between the 10th and 12th of March.
     
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  2. MOPMAN

    MOPMAN TrainBoard Member

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    Probably but you have to take the pic Sat thru Mon.
     
  3. inch53

    inch53 TrainBoard Member

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    Hey we finally got a couple nice days here in ILL. and I got, what I hope is a good photo or two. Now just need to figure out which one to enter.
    inch
     
  4. THarms77

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    REMEMBER!!!!! Only pictures from Sat, Sun, & Mon. Others won't qualify.
     
  5. inch53

    inch53 TrainBoard Member

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    Darn it, don't know what the -- I was thinking. Guess I was just happy for a nice warm sunny day. Oh well still got a couple good pics to post else where.
    Sad part is rain forecast again for tomorrow, maybe Sun. will be ok
     
  6. Stourbridge Lion

    Stourbridge Lion TrainBoard Supporter

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    You can always find a topic to post your photographs before/after these contents. A good place to see what topics they might fit into is to check out the "PUN" Topics - A consolidated list... topic.

    :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb: :lightbulb:
     
  7. Mr. Train

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    How about "Didn't make the directors cut" or "Found on the cutting room floor" for photos that don't get in to the contest? You could post photo and why it didn't make the contest and contest name:yes: :no:
     
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  8. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    I got up early to try some sunrise shots. Well, the weather did not cooperate. This was shot looking east into the rising sun and you would never know it.
    [​IMG]
     
  9. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Nice foggy shot! What siding is that?

    East of Great Falls, MT are some former Milwaukee Road tracks. Overgrown and weedy, they lay in silence; they are but a remnant of what used to be a major transcontinental competitor:

    [​IMG]
     
  10. THarms77

    THarms77 TrainBoard Member

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    I'm going out tomorrow to shoot my entry. I have a "million" different places going through my head of good places to shoot. :)
     
  11. VVayne

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    Great fog shot, makes me not want to take my camera out cause I want to vote for yours:) Like the weeded look too. Maybe I'll get out and see what i can find.
     
  12. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    That is one leg of the Thompsons Wye just west of the Brazos River. That is where all the UFIX coal trains leave the BNSF Galveston Main to go out to the power plant on the old Cane Belt right of way.
    Map coordinates:

    29.500900, -95.597460

    or

    +29° 30' 3.24", -95° 35' 50.86"
     
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  13. Mr. Train

    Mr. Train TrainBoard Member

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    Here is my entry for the contest.

    This siding isn't used anylonger in Chadwick, IL. This siding was used to deliver feed ,coal and loading corn for outbound. Today it is just a memory of the past.

    [​IMG]
    Photo by: Barb Imel aka wife of Mr. Train.
     
  14. Mr. Train

    Mr. Train TrainBoard Member

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    go ahead

    you can vote for yourself and others when voting time comes.
     
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  15. MP333

    MP333 TrainBoard Supporter

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    I didn't have to go far from home for this one. A beautiful warm day, a walk in the park, and my entry. This is Enchanted Island:
    [​IMG]
     
  16. alxmoss0609

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    Rails of southern indiana!

    Well since my first post did not count i took a different one today!

    [​IMG]
     
  17. THarms77

    THarms77 TrainBoard Member

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    Mr. T
    I was hoping for a picture like that on the C&I today but had to settle for a couple "less spectacular" SE of Rochelle. If I had the time I was going to head to Hazelhurst to that old unloading siding for a shot.
    GREAT SHOT!!!
     
  18. THarms77

    THarms77 TrainBoard Member

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    Close up of a switch

    Shot this today in the industrial park of Rochelle IL. Lots of neat industry in this part of the "Hub City" 100_3293.jpg
     
  19. Mr. Train

    Mr. Train TrainBoard Member

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    Great shots all.
     
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  20. EspeeEngineer

    EspeeEngineer TrainBoard Supporter

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    Heres my track shot. :) The east slope of Homestake Pass, MT looking west up the pass.
    [​IMG]
     

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