Category A -- "Midwest in 2004" |
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| First Place Gary Maddock |
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An eastbound UP crosses the BNSF at Rochelle, IL as the aluminum coal hoppers reflect the setting sun in November of 2004. |
| Second Place Robert Jordan |
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A volunteer at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL looks over Frisco 1630 before a run in September of 2004. |
| Third Place (tie) Tom McNair |
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Ohio Central F-units in a Pennsy-like paint scheme head east with a special in Black Run, OH on 8/1/04. |
| Third Place (tie) Tom McNair |
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MILW 261 crosses the Mississippi River in Sabula, IA on 6/26/04 as it heads back to the Quad Cities during the Grand Excursion. |
| Third Place (tie) Will Rasmussen |
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A northbound Amtrak train lights up the old GM&O signal bridge as the crossing gates in Normal, IL lower for its passing on 12/11/04. |
Category B -- "Anytime, Anywhere Slide" |
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| First Place Robert Jordan |
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A Metra F40C heads westbound onto the Milwaukee District West Line at Central Ave; Chicago as the rising sun breaks through thunderstorm-type clouds. |
| Second Place Terry Norton |
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SP 4449 on the MRL near Bonner, MT on its series of excursions in the Fall of 2004. |
| Third Place Jim Popson |
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The New Orleans Worlds Fair Daylight was photographed on May 12, 1984 just east of Saugus, CA in Soledad Canyon on the former Southern Pacific. |
Category C -- "Anytime, Anywhere Print" |
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| First Place Lance Wales |
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BNSF track inspector Jeff Wagner tightens up the IC&E diamond at Savanna, IL from February 2004. |