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August 2017 Photo Contest Winners

September 18, 2017 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Grady, Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Contest Winners, Photo Section, Rick Bivins

Below are the winning entries from our August 2017 Chapter Photo Contest from a field of nine entries. Our next and last contest of the year will run from November 1-31, 2017 with a Submission Deadline of December 7, 2017

1st Place, August 2017 – CSX Q504 is headed Northbound on the street running at LaGrange, KY on August 5th 2017. The folks in their cars seem like they don’t care, but they know it is coming. Photograph by Bill Grady

2nd Place, August 2017 – A surprise on CSX Train Q647 today as it comes through the work zone, as UP #6815 sports fresh paint leading the way at Nortonville, KY on 8-12-2017. Photograph by Bill Grady

3rd Place, August 2017 – CSX sets out track ties with a “Freightliner” locomotive! South bound at Mortons Gap KY. August 7, 2017. – Photograph by Rick Bivins

May 2017 Photo Contest Winners

May 17, 2017 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, General Post

Congratulations to the winners of our May 2017 Chapter photo contest! Out of a field of 14 entries I have selected the top four and they are: 1st Place, Bill Ferrell, 2nd Place, Bill Grady, 3rd Place, Blair Terry and 4th Place went to Chris Dees.

We want to thank everyone for their participation and look forward to seeing your entries for our next chapter contest which will run the Week of July 31 – Aug 6, 2017.

The other entries were:

February 2017 West Ky NRHS Chapter Photo Contest Winners Announced

February 27, 2017 Jim Pearson No Comments Bill Grady, Chapter Photo Contest, Matt Gentry, Photo Contest Winners, Rick Bivins

Congratulations to the winners of our chapter’s first photo contest of the year! Contest was held during the month of February 2017 and the winning photos and captions are posted below! Click on any photo to see a larger view.

August 2016 Chapter Photo Contest Winners

August 17, 2016 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest

We had a great selection of 11 entries for the August 2016 chapter photo contest. It was a bit of a short deadline for getting them in and hopefully that didn’t keep someone from entering. Our next and last contest for the year will be October from the 1st to the 8th and the deadline for emailing your entries to me is October 11th. Again, I’ll be out of town during the next meeting, but will judge the contest from the road and send the winning entries to Bill Thomas for the Pennyrail and Bill Ferrell so he can show the winners during the next meeting. We will the work on putting together a calendar using the winning entries. I’ll have a report on that for the November 2016 meeting. Send your entries for the October Photo Contest (Chapter Members only) to jim@jimpearsonphotography.com

1st Place August 2016 - Photo by Bill Grady — 1st Place August 2016 – Photo by Bill Grady

2nd Place August 2016 - Photo by Matt Gentry , NB_Illini - Curtis Rd - A 30 minute late North Bound Illini prepares to blast through the Curtis Rd crossing south of downtown Champaign, IL during midday on August 7, 2016. One wouldn't think that the train is going to stop at Champaign-Urbana station in just over a mile, but this former Illinois Central line is pancake flat and this veteran GE P42 can be put down easily. (Notice the antenna plane on the roof over the left side of the cab. This is special to Illinois Corridor Amtrak locomotives only) — 2nd Place August 2016 – Photo by Matt Gentry , NB_Illini – Curtis Rd – A 30 minute late North Bound Illini prepares to blast through the Curtis Rd crossing south of downtown Champaign, IL during midday on August 7, 2016. One wouldn’t think that the train is going to stop at Champaign-Urbana station in just over a mile, but this former Illinois Central line is pancake flat and this veteran GE P42 can be put down easily. (Notice the antenna plane on the roof over the left side of the cab. This is special to Illinois Corridor Amtrak locomotives only)

3rd Place August 2016 - Photo by Keith Kittenger — 3rd Place August 2016 – Photo by Keith Kittenger

Quarterly Photo Contest Winners

July 13, 2016 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, General Post

Results of the June 2016 Chapter Photo Contest by Jim Pearson. There were a total of 8 entries for this contest from four different members. While all the photos were of great quality our judge, Jim Pearson, has narrowed down the field to the top three winning photographs.

First place goes to Bill Grady for his black and white photograph of Norfolk Southern train #891 at Paducah and Louisville Railways Oak Street Yard in Louisville, KY with 4 brand-new GE ES44TH’s on the lead. Later in the day 2 of the units were placed on the South end of the consist for the trip over the PAL to the Warrior Mine just west of Madisonville, Ky. “I like how Bill has used the leading lines of the track in the foreground to help draw your eye into this photograph. Also the decision to make this a black and white photograph really makes it stand out with the clouds in the sky. Also, the fact that it was the first revenue run for these engines helps to make it a bit news worthy! Good job Bill!” – Jim Pearson, Judge

Second Place goes to Rick Bivins for his shot of CSX X186-07, an empty intermodal with BNSF power, as it heads south under the bridge at Barnsley, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. “Rick did a great job on his composition with this photograph! Good use of leading lines and placement of the engines make for a dynamic picture. Shot with iPhone also! Goes to show, it’s not the camera that makes the photo, but the person that is behind it! Also, the best camera to use is always the one you have with you!” – Jim Pearson, Judge

Third place goes to Blair Terry with his photograph of NS 611 at the station in Manassas, Virginia. “A great shot Blair! I think it would have been much better if you were a bit further back from the train to show a bit more of the environment and perhaps allow the viewer to see a bit more steam or smoke coming from the stack of 611.” – Jim Pearson, Judge

Winners of the April 2016 Chapter Photo Contest

April 20, 2016 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest

3rd Place April 2016-Rick Bivins 1 — 3rd Place April 2016-Rick Bivins

The other entries were:

Chapter Member April 2016 Photo Contest

April 2, 2016 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter News, Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Section

We will have our chapter member photo contest from April 1-8th for shooting and email your entry(s) (no more than two entries per member) to Jim Pearson by the 12th of April. Open subject as long as it’s train related. You have to be a chapter member to participate.

Send entries to: jim@jimpearsonphotography.com.

Jim will judge and have results at the April meeting.

We will produce a club calendar for 2017 from the photos submitted.

We hope you get out and participate!!

Bill Grady accepts his 3rd place trophy

July 19, 2015 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter News, Chapter Photo Contest

Bill Grady accepts his 3rd place trophy for the first official WKNRHS Photo Contest that took place on Saturday May 9, 2015. – Rick Bivins

The First Photo Contest of the West Kentucky NRHS

June 10, 2015 Jim Pearson No Comments Chapter Photo Contest, Photo Section

Saturday May 9, 2015 brought about the first photo contest of the West Kentucky NRHS. The only rules set forth by our judge, Jim Pearson, were that you have to be a member of the WKNHRS and that the photo had to be taken on May 9th, which also happened to be National Train Day, so there was a happy coincidence. At our May meeting the chapter decided that we will hold two of these contests a year and the next one will be in November 2015. Date has yet to be determined.

The winners were as follows: 1st – Jim Kemp. 2nd – there was a 2 way tie for 2nd between Rick Bivins and Matt Gentry. 3rd – Bill Grady. Honorable Mention belongs to Blair Terry. Click on each photo to see the full picture.

1st Place by Jim Kemp – Location: Near Lakeville, New York (Livonia, Avon, & Lakeville mainline, former Erie). View from the brakeman’s seat aboard LA&L Alco C425.

2nd Place Tie by Matt Gentry – In the late morning of May 9, 2015 Metrolink train #662 crosses over the Los Angeles River as it makes its way east and ultimately south towards Oceanside, CA. Lying in the background is the skyline of downtown Los Angeles in a less than common cloudy overcast day. The rail line in the foreground is the BNSF line that leaves Hobart Yard and turns south. This line turns into the Alameda Corridor.

2nd Place by Rick Bivins – NB at Mortons Gap, Ky just south of Cross Street.

3rd Place by Bill Grady – CSX Q029 is digging in on Elmwood Curve at M.P. 290 on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.

Honorable Mention by Blair Terry – Atkinson Yard Power, Madisonville, Ky

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