VIA/CN Photo Contest

Post your best VIA Rail Canada or CN photos. Here's the rules:Up to 5 shots allowed per post.
Contest ends October 1st 2004.
I will judge.

-Andy the LRC lover
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John

Going Your Way for 100 Years. 1904-2004
"Ladies and gentlemen. For your safety, please do not hold car doors open while the train is in the station."
Preserve your First Amendment rights! Fight the MTA ban on photography in the subways!

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I forgot to label the shots:
1) Skeena's park car in foreground with Canadian behind in Jasper
2) Somewhere past Capreol, ON the lead F40 of Train #1 as seen from the dome Tweedsmuir Park
3) CN 6015 stuffed and mounted at Jasper
4) The view up into the dome Tweedsmuir Park, taken somewhere in Ontario
5) The bullet lounge of Tweedsmuir Park, taken somewhere in BC

John

Going Your Way for 100 Years. 1904-2004
"Ladies and gentlemen. For your safety, please do not hold car doors open while the train is in the station."
Preserve your First Amendment rights! Fight the MTA ban on photography in the subways!

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Oh yes and MSTS screenshots are also welcome.

-Andy the LRC lover
EMD all the way!!

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I'm game...1. 6417 westbound at Beaconsfield, PQ
2. 6523 westbound at Joly, PQ
3. 4595 at Fort Erie, ON
4. 5262 on Whitefish5 route
5. 3204 also on Whitefish5 routeMore on my web site:http://www.thebluecomet.com/cnmain.htmlBob Staples

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Hello everyone here's my 5 shots of CN in action.1 1653 At Armstrong B.C.
2 5230 At BN/CP/CN Interchange New Westminster B.C.
3 5232 At Westend Of Thorton Yard Surrey B.C.
4 5057 At Westend Of Thorton Yard Surrey B.C.
5 5239 At Westend Of Thorton Yard Surrey B.C. Steve
Blind Bay B.C. PS. Back when i was living on the west coast of Canada good old days.
It's A Bird It's A Plane No It's Just Another HotshotTrain-sim Engineer

Long Live EMD SD40-2's

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A few of my pics:1) VIA 900 leaving Guelph
2) CN GP9rm's parked in Hamilton
3&4) Grain trains on the Blackfoot Subdivision------------------------------
Jan

German ALCO/MLW-Fan
Jan's MSTS Addons

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Keep em' comin'. Oh ya the prize is to get to put winner of the September 2004 VIA/CN photo contest. The deadline once again is 11:00 PM (Eastern time), October 1 2004.

-Andy the LRC lover
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Is that last one of an HR616?

-Andy the LRC lover
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M420W.DanAbsolute power corrupts absolutely.

www.greatlakesrail.com

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They just look so similar. Maybe someone should model an HR616 for MSTS. They look soooooooooooooooooo cool!

-Andy the LRC lover
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VIA Rail RDC2m 6148 sits outside the Victoria shops on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway.

Tyler W.
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
1884-2005

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VIA #2 at Fort LangleyJust Rollin Down The Tracks

Dale

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bump

-Andy the LRC lover
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Hear ye, hear ye.I'm extending the photo contest's length to a deadline of October 10, 2004.

-Andy the LRC lover
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Just one from me, I thought this one was cool:

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Is that the new MLT SD60F?

-Andy the LRC lover
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Yes.

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MLT's SD60FDave

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MLT did a fantastic job on the SD60F's. Almost as good as their BNSF Dash 9. And that's impressive to hear from me, i prefer SD50F's.

-Andy the LRC lover
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>bump This has turned into a "How many times can you BUMP a post? " contest !!LaterTim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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Hey I only bumped it 3 times.P.S. Can I join the No Trail CN SD60 club? They're terrible as trailers.

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ok.. here's a shot
Member, No-Lead SD60F club:-PDon Shriner's NS Repaint of the CC SD70M and trailing is a SPH1 SD45T-2. Bradley Linda
Waco, Texas

TKW Paint Shop

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Here's a few shots of ex-VIA equipment taken this past weekend at Industrial Rail Services Inc. in Moncton, New Brunswick.Dave Reage - Beta Tester
Halifax, Canada

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Heh,heh, ya knew you could please me with LRC's eh?

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heres a few...-Mike

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I love that last one, something about snow and trains. Would you happen to have a larger version I might be able to use as wallpaper? d_reage at yahoo.ca should do the trick if so. Dave Reage - Beta Tester
Halifax, Canada

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>I love that last one, I agreee !!Coolest pic I have seen in quite some time !LaterTim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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yeah, its a nice one....here is another "Cool" pic Timbo

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>yeah, its a nice one....here is another "Cool" pic Timbo OK !!That one wins !!LaterTim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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Nice CN/VIA/CP pic JonWalter got some great snow pics that day he went up to GEXR...But I have some COLD shots as well P.S. Trust me, it was cold out, wading through waist deep snow in sub arctic temperatures! Got into the house to see that my jeans were frozen soild! No lie! hahaha

Jay
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>bump Thats 4 Just a quick update ...You exteneded the contest untill the 10thCheck your calender11th todayLaterTim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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ok I aint gonna bump it.....Thud.....Whack.......Crack.....Bang........Creeeeeeeeekkkkkk.......Groannnnnnnnnnnn....And a pic...WHOA.....Got some CN.......got some CP......Got some VIA (with LRC cars.....phunky!)Did I mention......ummmmmm in the same photo?

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>Did I mention......ummmmmm in the same photo?
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LMAO !!John wins !Unless of course its an SD60 trailing the CN trainTim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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Now Tim, ya know I wouldn't have an SD60 trail in a CN train....if it was that way....ITS ROB'S FAULT!

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>Now Tim, ya know I wouldn't have an SD60 trail in a CN
>train.... I sure would, it's where they belong.
Later!
GordCheck out my website - http://www.cnrphotos.com

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>I sure would, it's where they belong.
>Gord ... I was out by Symington yesterday and caught leased SD40-2 ( light blue - CEFX ?? )Anyways this unit was sandwiched between 2 SD60'sSomeone at your work obviously has their heads screwed on right !!Later
Tim Kent – 96th_Malice - Winnipeg CanadaProud member of the - NO TRAIL CN SD60 - club !!

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>Gord ... I was out by Symington yesterday and caught leased
>SD40-2 ( light blue - CEFX ?? )
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>Anyways this unit was sandwiched between 2 SD60's
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>Someone at your work obviously has their heads screwed on
>right !! Tim, just a case of nothing else better to lead, or nothing
that can lead in Canada. We had a bunch of foreign units there
the other day NS, UP, GT, BC. I just spent 8hrs in 5511 HUK!!!
Pigs in space.
Later!
Gord
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