Trackside with Trains Vol. 296: “Something new” is open for voting! Make your selection in the poll, and then tell us why here on the forum. Voting is open through Jan 15.
http://trn.trains.com/photos-videos/trackside/2017/01/vol-296-something-new
I went with Frank Orona’s picture. Photos of new locomotives aren’t that hard to come by (even I have a few) but photos of new freight cars are relatively uncommon.
Scott Ridenhour’s photo was absolutely wonderful. New paint scheme, and new rebuilt power are right on theme. And, a night scene with simultaneous multiple flash locations! Shades of the famed Mel Patrick! The only flaw was the TRAINS website itself … Black sky just doesn’t mesh with black borders …
"Making it’s way to Boston for testing, Siemen’s newest motor, SC-44 No. 4604, brings up the rear of Amtrak train " – this may sound nit-picky, but the proper word is “its”, not “it’s”. And the manufacturer of the unit is “Siemens”, so the possessive form is "Siemens’ ", not “Siemen’s”. Freshman HS English.
I agree. It sounds nit-picky.
I liked the GM50 photo. I was at the EMD plant open house where the picture was taken in 1972. I saw the unit in service many times and got to run it several times. Mark Vinski
Yes, it’s nit-picky. But why not do it correctly? What would your English teacher do - let it go on a test or paper?
There’s an error in another caption - but this isn’t the place to discuss that one.
From thefreedictionary.com site–
Nit-pick:
To be overly concerned with picayune details;
To be fair, the errors are in the text written by the photographer. Not everybody is perfect. Perhaps the photographer is not an english teacher and this is not a grammar forum. I’m willing to accept less than 100% perfection from my fellow earthlings.
ps. I’m not sure if the word english in the above paragraph is supposed to be capitalized or not. It’s been 35 years since I last saw an english teacher on a daily basis.
I liked the one by Dale Rockwell. It had nice colors and a little something else besides the photo side of things. He has a UP locomotive hauling a train to FEC tracks with a CSX office in the background. Pretty clever.
I voted for Frank Orona’s photo of new tank cars in motion. I am a sucker for tank cars and the gentle overcast light precludes any shadows.
I had a hard time finding the new in at least three of the selections, and give not a fig for passenger trains or power so that eliminated about 2/3 for openers.
Both Scott Ridenhour’s and Brian Carson’s night shots are beautifull works of art.
Mac McCulloch
FEC’s St. John’s River bridge goes right past the CSX (formerly ACL) headquarters building.