January 2010 Photo Contest

[JCagle]

We will start off 2010 with the only suggested theme I have had to date. This one should be a topic that almost everyone can participate in if they desire. The theme of the contest is EMD power in the lead. (bonus votes will be given for a high hood running Southern style.... Just kidding) We will take entries until December 28, and we will announce the winner on January 2. Good Luck, and thanks for sharing!

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.

[Whitethorne]

First photo: 186 Narrows,VA
Second photo: Pushers at Northfork,WV

[Gage O'Dell]

First picture is 5609 and Conrail 6800 Research Train

[Batman]

Southern 117 at  Emory Gap , Tn.  MP 252 on the C.N.O.& T.P.





Southern 229 at Camp Austin ,  MP 261 on the C.N.O.& T.P.

[Ptrainman]

My first entry in a Jreb contest. This was taken in Danville,VA.

[NS145]

1) Here's your bonus shot:  Two (count 'em, 2) high hood ex-Southern GP38-2's running long hood forward on D31 at Springfield, IL.

2) An ex-Southern high hood GP38-2 and the whole freakin' stable of F unit horseys at Moberly, Missouri.

[mbgphoto79]

A classic lash-up rolls off the yard lead in Charlotte. The consist included NS GP40X's 7001 and 7000, NS GP50 7092, NS SD40-2 3310, NS GP59 4608, SOU B30-7A1 3513 and NS GP49 4603.

[NS2593]

Three SD40-2s lead the NS T74 across the lower level of the Copper Creek Viaduct.

[TonytheTiger]

A trio of high nose GP50s, running long hood first, are taking a trailer train north out of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in August of 1984.

[TonytheTiger]

One of the last Conrail painted SD80MACs leads a westbound train of empty hoppers into the sun on the old Pennsy mainline at Mexico, Pennsylvania, on August 2, 2008.

[tarnett]

The "Salisbury Switcher" at Spencer, NC on September 2, 2009. Enjoy.

Regards,

Todd Arnett

[Trackjack1958]

SD40-2 pulls empty coal train from the coal docks at Sandusky Ohio

[Trackjack1958]

NS  GP 50 7020 sits in the early morning sun at Bellevue Ohio Yard

[JCagle]

The poll is up and we have a whopping 16 entries this month! Voting will close 5 days from now. Good luck to all our entrants!