Pic of the Month -- 11 June to 8 July 2009 THEME: Modern Trains

[brickbuilder711]

THEME: CUTTING EDGE TRAINS; Modern Intermodal, coal, etc.


I was really sleeping on this since Summer has dawned, and personal and social (FUN) life has taken over.
It's time for a new contest! This contest will be an extended timeframe.

Da Rules and Regulations


1. All pictures must be your own. If otherwise, they will NOT be accepted and you may not retry a submission.
2. Pictures of real and model trains will be accepted.
3. As per the CoC, pictures larger than 800 x 600 may not be posted. Links must be provided.
4. All entries posted after Midnight (US Eastern Time) on 8 July 2009 (leading to July 9th) will receive a one-point deduction in the voting thread.
5. You are only allowed to post one picture. A second image will override thefirst.
6. Pictures should not entail trespassing, dangerous, or illegal activity or be taken in private property without allowance. Those will not be accepted.


Good luck, and here's to a fair and great competition!

 

[JIb228]

I have two OK shots of some CN and CSX trains at crossings. But Ill have to go with this one.

Its a warm spring evening in mid Michigan. People are out grilling and relaxing after a hard days work on a Tuesday in may. A CN mixed freight slowly works its way North West into Davisburg. This was taken looking East on Clark Rd.

Its too bad I dont have a good camera.

 

[Michael_Evans]

An acela is modern.

 

[WileeCoyote]

While the locomotive and infrastructure itself may not be particularly "modern", the way the load is carried is. DB Schenker 233 689-9 rolls to a stop in Tüßling, Bavaria with its intermodal loaded with trash to allow a local passenger train headed the other way for Mühldorf to come through, thus clearing the line ahead (single-track branch line). After the local passes it will continue on its way towards Traunstein.

WileeCoyote

 

[dlohrmeyer]

KP Coal

This morning I bagged a Loaded Coal Train from Empire Mine, CO to Cora Docks, IL with 2 C44AC's on the front and one pushing on the end. This location is at milepost 303.64 on Union Pacific's Sharon Springs Subdivison sometimes called the Kansas Pacific.

 

[Steveo241]

Trempealeau, WI

 

[alpha11]

 

[Alyx]

 

[simulatortrain]

http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp86/sd90mac/Photos/nslashup.jpg
One I took last summer. To the left of me was a NS patched CR SD60M and a BNSF Dash 9 waiting in the hole.

 

[jjqburch]

Kuala Lumpur

 

[289v8]

Post Deleted.

 

[burntruss]

This 442 Class still runs today, tell me if it is the wrong type of photo (modern, etc) and ill remove it.

 

[289v8]

CN #2456 West.

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[0099]

Link to website version - http://www.flickr.com/photos/train_people_are_weird_hehe/3530423482/

 

[robbiehanson]

Had an intermodal train behind it, I'm going to assume it counts as modern?

 

[Baureihe41]

A modern train at a very old station ( Den Haag HS ).

 

[brickbuilder711]

Surprisingly it seemed entries have sprawled. Today will be the last day to submit pics before midnight.