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
Other entries were:
Thomas Bryan – Slaughters, Ky. CSX Q688 leaves Slaughters after meeting Q595.
Bill Ferrell – Atkinson Yard Overpass, Madisonville, Ky
