September 2015 Photo Contest

[JCagle]

Many apologies for the lack of a photo contest for the past several months. There are many times when "life" just kind of happens, and this was one of those times. I have been busy taking care of the day to day for a while and I never remembered to post a contest until it was late in the month. Hopefully taking a little bit of a break will help freshen up things and bring about some new ideas.

Sometimes we curse the weather or a cloud for ruining a shot, and sometimes we look at it as a way to provide new opportunities or think outside the box. This month we will focus on less than ideal weather. Clouds, rain, storms, or anything else is fair game with the exception of bright sunny skies.

The contest is open for entries until midnight on the 30th and we will get the voting started some time in the next couple of days after that. All of the standard rules apply.  Feel free to email or PM with any questions. We will take up to two entries per person.

[TylerHardin33]

Snow flurries quietly fall from the heavens as the distant orange glow of a late November, Saturday morning sunrise cloaks the Eagle Creek Valley. The quiet serenity is briefly interrupted by an early 282 as it swiftly heads north for Chicago.
Chicago bound intermodal No.282 rockets across Eagle Creek trestle during one of the first snowfalls of the Season. by Tyler Hardin, on Flickr

Storm clouds roll in across the plains at Rich Valley Indiana as NKP 765 blasts eastbound towards Fort Wayne. Sometimes the clouds screw you, and other times, they help bring it all together.
765_RichValley_East by Tyler Hardin, on Flickr

[butch]

Lackawanna Heritage unit south of Georgetown KY

[butch]

Dead Ox Hollow

[Gage O'Dell]

NW 611 rolls across the Possum Creek Trestle in Lynchburg, VA as a severe thunderstorm fires up behind it along with a little rainbow


NW 611 struggles to climb the wet rail on the Blue Ridge Grade as it hits the summit at the Blue Ridge CPLs

[E.M. Bell]

Southern 8099 leads a Southbound through torrential rain at Parkers Lake, KY   July 2013



The classic Bulldog nose of a EMD F unit slices through the thick fog as it leads a OCS deadhead South, seen here just after sunrise at Danville, Ky  June 2013

[K8DTI]

Cincinnati, Ohio and Lilly, Pennsylvania respectively.

[JCagle]

Dont forget just a couple more days to get your entries in.

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[JCagle]

After a short delay we are ready to begin voting. The poll will be open for the next 5 days.