Amtrak Screenshot Contest

LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-03 AT 05:09 AM (EST)

Well, it's been a while since we had one of these (an actual contest, not just a thread with Amtrak trains).Winner gets a yet-to-be-determined prize, but probably nothing other than a pat on the back. Contest ends sometime early morning Monday December 01, 2003.Rules:
-Must be at least one Amtrak train in the screenshot. Not just power, unless it is a yard shot, or NS 26A/B.
-Must be a screenshot, no pictures. Only editing can be changing a picture to B&W, if you feel such is appropriate.
-Screenshots only. Sorry, no pictures.
-Just so we know what we're looking at, tell us the train number/name if it applies.Here's mine of the Crescent Departing PHL, 91 miles into its 1377 mile journey. And somewhere between 100-110 miles in by the end. Obviously mine don't count towards the contest, just a few to get ya started! Tim Frost
The Union Atlantic Railroad: Your stuff's important!

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RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, no brakesJ, Nov-25-03, 08:42 AM, (1) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, ATF1224, Nov-25-03, 09:09 AM, (2) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, TrueNorth, Nov-25-03, 12:07 PM, (3) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, engine999, Nov-25-03, 05:17 PM, (4) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, Texas Eagle 550, Nov-25-03, 08:18 PM, (5) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, AmtrakDriver818, Nov-26-03, 09:20 AM, (6) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, buzzbenz, Nov-26-03, 11:14 PM, (7) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, MikeEspee, Nov-28-03, 00:58 AM, (8) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, pacmancreator, Nov-28-03, 01:04 AM, (9) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, Gixxer86g, Nov-28-03, 06:39 AM, (10) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, Hack, Nov-28-03, 07:25 PM, (11) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, century242, Nov-28-03, 09:46 PM, (12) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, SouthwestChief, Nov-29-03, 04:47 PM, (13) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, FURX, Nov-30-03, 01:33 AM, (14) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, FURX, Nov-30-03, 01:35 AM, (15) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, Koziolean, Nov-30-03, 06:23 AM, (16) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, chosenfrozen44, Nov-30-03, 08:40 AM, (17) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, AEM7AC 920, Nov-30-03, 10:53 AM, (18) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, AmtrakDriver818, Nov-30-03, 11:47 AM, (19) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, SouthwestChief, Nov-30-03, 02:03 PM, (20) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, TrainTrak5000, Nov-30-03, 05:37 PM, (21) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, AmtrakDriver818, Nov-30-03, 05:48 PM, (22) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, NYSW4004, Nov-30-03, 05:57 PM, (23) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, GEevolution, Nov-30-03, 08:10 PM, (24) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, NYSW4004, Nov-30-03, 09:12 PM, (25) RE: Amtrak Screenshot Contest, AEM7AC 920, Nov-30-03, 10:00 PM, (26) And the winner is..............!!, Tim Frost, Dec-01-03, 04:01 AM, (27) RE: And the winner is..............!!, IcyFire, Dec-01-03, 04:42 AM, (28)

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Well my shot is not much but here it is.

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To The Rescue!!

The Norfolk Southern Winston-Salem District

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Empire Builder on 3.1.

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Here are mine
1)#92 northbound silver star outside Washington DC
2)#92 speading twoards Baltimore
3)Silver service trains still have roadrailers
4)Dining on the train in Amtrack heritage dining cars
5)P42 still pull the silver star and palmetto to Philly
6)The piedmont #73/74 running with a full dome car!
7)Piedmont easing up a grade
8)Heritage coaches still live
9)Amtrak mail train (to my knowlege it is no longer in service)
10)Northeastern bound mailSecond place in "Amtrak Along the Tracks" contest

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1&2. The Federal Departing 30th Street
3&4.A Very Late Silver Meteor Approaches Jax. Station
5&6. Auto Train # 53 Running a Little Late Crusing at 79MPH
Chris

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my entries HERE

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Here's a few of mine i had laying around....Fictional:
Evening is rapidly turning to night at the Amtrak station in Marietta
Based on Real:
An Empire Builder in the 1980s (probbaly running quite late as this is usually traversed in the dark )
An Amfleet consist waiting to deapart after loading at the New Carrollton station:
------ BUZZ ------

-- Power For You --

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Amtrak P40 #202 leads Train Number 50, the "Cardinal", into Philadelphia's 30th Street Passenger Terminal a mere 2 hours and 5 minutes behind schedule at 12:05 AM.

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http://www.train-sim.com/dcforum/DCForumID15/2519.html-Yeah, that's right! The Raider Marching Pride!!! -You can never have too much inner beauty. Or socks.
-Matt, 3:25am-Crime: It's my anti drug -Creating Pac-Man comics for the humorless people out there

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LAST EDITED ON Nov-28-03 AT 06:41 AM (EST)

Here's a few shots.Don't have train names though.

"Hold tight,feel the drivers bite,hear the whistle moan.Engine rockin' to the left and right,vibratin' in my bones.Once the locomotive steals your soul,you got a Casey Jones!"---Ian"Lemmy"Kilmister

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The Super Chief, now under control of newly formed Amtrak, departs LAUPTS in late Spring, 1971:Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
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Nice look MarcRegards,
Erik Pierson
Sacramento, Cawww.sacramentolocomotiveworks.com

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Three shots of train #4, The Southwest Chief, as it nears San Bernardino.
Matt

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fdoti/index.html

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Amtrak?

Courteous Future Engineer
FURX
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Allrighty, that didn't work, so lets do this again.-Jeffrey

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Might as well contribute1. Metroliner crosses from Amtrak mainline to Camden
2. Same Metroliner over a bridge
3. Train #7 (Empire Builder) over a trestle not long into the journey over MP
4. Same Train #7 now deep into the night and 20 minutes late as it winds through JavaKoz

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Amtrak #4 kicks up the dust as it cruises through Victorville, CA.CG

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Let's see.. 1. Amtrak F40 and Genesis working together at the point of train #16
1.b Reverse side
2. Amtrak Train #19 the crescnet heading to washington DC
3. Amtrak Holiday special with 2 AEM-7's leading
4. same as 3 but i decided to have a little fun with the pantographs

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it looks like I about lost this contest because those are great shots everybody!

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Wow, thats a late #4! Victorville during daylight hours
Matt

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Amtrak's Silver StarTrain on the platformAccelerating through the curvesThe train's roadrailers passing Midland GrainRunning along the riverQuite a variety of cars there-- Mike Karlik --
-- "Power for you" --

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oh those beautiful Viewliners...

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Here is mine of an Acela Express train passing BWI station on the middle track."Half awake half a world away
all my past mistakes and every wasted day
proves that I'll never change
I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way"

Less Than Jake
"Gainesville Rock City"

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The DEFAULT Acela ? ? ?

The Santa Fe Super Chief

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Yes the default Acela but different sounds for it."Half awake half a world away
all my past mistakes and every wasted day
proves that I'll never change
I'll always stay the same
I wouldn't have it any other way"

Less Than Jake
"Gainesville Rock City"

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Did someone say default Yuck!!! You need to check train-sim file library.

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LAST EDITED ON Dec-01-03 AT 04:02 AM (EST)

Alright, well I have had several people (none from here on the forums so as to maintain fairness) judge the contest.First place:
Gixxer86g with:

Everyone loves it! Nicely shot, looks very convincing. The rest were great too, like the Amfleets w/ GG1, but that one takes the cake.Second place:
ATF1224 with:

Oh the irony... Third place:
Pacmancreator for the series of Surfliner in Italy, in particular:
Close behind:
buzzbenz
Engine999
SouthwestChiefCongratulations everyone, you've actually impressed my family with your screenshots... Apparently they had no easy time deciding. Thanks for participating... later!Tim Frost
The Union Atlantic Railroad: Your stuff's important!

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w00t congrats to the winners!

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