March 2010 Photo Contest

[JCagle]

We had another record breaking month last month! Hopefully we can continue to see this kind of increased participation. The theme for the March contest is "Foreign Power"

We will open entries immediately and we will close entries at midnight on the 22nd.

The poll will post on the night of the 23rd and will close the night of the 28th.

And as always the rules.....

All images entered in the contest must be your own images. Any violations of this will be banned from entering the contest for 6 months. Any subsequent violations will receive a minimum of 1 year suspension from the contest. At Jreb we take seriously the rights of photographers, and we strive to protect those rights.

Entries may be watermarked with your name if you desire, but please remove any references to other sites for contest entries.

There will be a theme announced for each month's contest.

All entries must be Norfolk Southern or it's predecessors.

There is no age limit or time frame that the pictures must be from.

Everyone including moderators and administrators may enter the contest.

Each participant is limited to two entries in the contest.

Since the winning image is posted on the main page you must attach the file as a thumbnail. You may post the image in the thread as well if you desire. Attaching the image can be done in the additional options menu above and to the left of the post button.

The deadline for entries will be posted in the theme post each month. Following the deadline a poll is placed in the thread for voting. When the poll is posted the deadline to vote is also posted. The poll will time out at the designated time. The winner is determined by the highest vote total.

In the event of a tie vote the moderator of the contest will cast the tie breaking vote.

[tarnett]

Images of foreign power anywhere or on NS rails only?  Many thanks.

Regards,

Todd Arnett

[JCagle]

Just foreign power on NS rails.

[Batman]

My entries

AGS 333 departs Chattanooga , Tn with 3 BNSF , 1 UP , 1 NS and 2 WC units.



NS 175 pulls into Chattanooga , Tn for a crew swap out.

[Gage O'Dell]

UP Bowen
UP Danville Yards

[NSMoWandS]

BNSF 4359 with two NS units trailing in Meridien MS. Sorry, not Meridien... Birmingham AL.

[NSMoWandS]

IC SD70's 1038 and 1021 with CN GP38-2 trailing at Hattiesburg MS.

[E.M. Bell]

#1  A UP SD70M leads Southbound 175 into the rising sun at Southfork KY. 

#2  A WC SD45 leads a Southbound unit Sulpher train at Norwood KY 

[NS2593]

First photo: TFM 1615 leads NS military train 056 out of the fog in Bluff City, TN.

Second photo: UP 5228 leads NS 25N at Bluff City, TN.

[butch]

1.  NB UP 2445 crossing over at KD Tower on an overcast day

2.  Weathered SB Santa Fe 690 crossing Crooked Fork Creek at Coleman

[JCagle]

Are images of another RR's trains using trackage rights on NS rails eligible for this contest or is it only open to images of foreign power on NS trains? Thanks!

Lets just stick to NS trains.  If it has an NS Symbol it is eligible.

[tq-07fan]

1) London Ohio August 08 2008 TFMs on 57Z on Dayton District. On what used to be the connection from the NYC to PRR

2) Middletown, Ohio February 08 2009.
NS 117 behind Two BNSFs and six D8-32-Bs and GP-38-2s. Locomotive numbers BNSF 9206, BN 9413, NS 3548,3541, 5530, 3524, 5560, 5525. This is inbetween CP 228 (actually MP 229.5) and CP 231 (MP 230.6) on the Dayton District formerly Conrail Cincinnati Line. AK Steel, formerly Armco is on the other side of the tracks.

Jim

[Trackjack1958]

NS 184 Arrives At Bellevue Ohio on 1-31-2010

[Trackjack1958]

Brand New KCS units pass under the hump at Bellevue Yard 9-30-2007

[Willie6622]

CSX Train on Norfolk Southern's Manor Branch

[JET]

KCS -> NS extra grain train westbound at Colburn, IN just east of Lafayette, IN on the NS Wabash 11/4/07.

UP -> Running on the NS Wabash just east of Delphi, IN. This bridge no longer is visible. It was filled over with gravel & ballast a few years ago.

John Troxler

[dragonoz]

here is some old photos form 08 This are taken form Salisbury NC

[TonytheTiger]

As I was heading in to work this morning I heard 214 depart Rutherford Intermodal. They were calling out their train using a UP engine number, so I had to take a look. Before I could get close, however, it got caught by the high car detector had had to stop. The high car was the first one after the engines, so a quick check showed that it was a chunk of ice (this has been very common since last Saturday's snow - it has to be driving the dispatchers nutz!).

After it was cleared to move on, I frantically searched for a spot to get a photo. All of my usual spots in Hummelstown are under 2'-3' of snow! I climbed up on a pile left by the plow to catch this contest entry.

BTW, 20E departed right behind the 214, and was also caught by the high car detector! While I was waiting for 20E to get cleared to proceed, 213 sped by with UP 7413 as the trailing unit.

Rob Kitchen
Harrisburg, PA

[cmherndon]

Photo #1 is a shot of NS 223 at Nevin Station, KY with a Cotton Belt GP60 leading in August, 2003.

Photo #2 is NS I-84 at Shelbyville, KY with a C&NW Dash 8 on the point in January, 2004.

[TonytheTiger]

A northbound freight (probably NS 12R) is running along the slide fence just south of Clarks Ferry, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 2007.

Rob Kitchen
Harrisburg, PA

[ns-modeler]

Photo #1: NS stack train blasting through Wilmore KY on July 31, 2008 @ 5:04 pm with clean BNSF C44-9W #5575, BNSF SD70ACe #9378, and a NS catfish.

Photo #2: NS mixed freight lugs up Kings Mountain with CSXT AC44CW #86 and ex-BN SD40-2 leaser on a hot July 8, 2007 afternoon.

[Joe Vittitoe]

Here's mine from June 2006.BNSF's so called vomit bonnet SD70MAC 9647 leading 168 west at Huntingburg In.

[JCagle]

Thanks for all the great looking entries so far. Just a reminder that this is the last call for entries. We'll be taking them until midnight on Monday the 22nd!

[Whitethorne]

First photo: 23G Radford,VA
Second photo: 16T Wytheville,VA

[Joe Vittitoe]

NS 223 heading east at Buechel Ky. with D&RGW SD40T-2 5346 taken 9/19/99