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Photography Tips

Trains Photo Contest 2022: Still Soldiering On
Nov 10, 2021

Trains Photo Contest 2022: Still Soldiering On

Trains is happy to announce its partnership with the National Railway Historical Society for the 2022 photo contest. The NRHS…

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Trains Photo Contest 2019 winners: Go West!
Nov 11, 2019

Trains Photo Contest 2019 winners: Go West!

FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only…

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Trains Photo Contest 2020: In the City
Nov 6, 2019

Trains Photo Contest 2020: In the City

2019 Grand Prize: Ben Duncan This photograph captures my perceptions of American westward expansion. It creates a tension between ideas…

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Trains Photo Contest 2019: Go West!
Nov 12, 2018

Trains Photo Contest 2019: Go West!

2018 Grand Prize: Todd Halamka Having lived and worked in Chicago for nearly my entire adult life, the city continues…

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Trains Photo Contest 2018 Winners: Hometown Railroad
Nov 7, 2018

Trains Photo Contest 2018 Winners: Hometown Railroad

FULL SCREEN Runner-up: Before I was of driving age, I railfanned Tacoma, Wash., using my father’s small boat: buzzing up…

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2018 Trains Photo Contest
Nov 10, 2017

2018 Trains Photo Contest

2017 Grand prize winner: I have been a Manhattanite for decades therefore I abhor leaving my island and crossing water.…

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2016 Trains Photo Contest Winners: Water
Sep 21, 2016

2016 Trains Photo Contest Winners: Water

FULL SCREEN Brandon Townley A Loram crew sprays water to prevent fires from forming, following the rail-grinding process on Norfolk…

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Learning to love the diesels of the Northeast
Sep 21, 2016

Learning to love the diesels of the Northeast

FULL SCREEN Victor Hand Erie Lackawanna E units lead a passenger train through fall foliage at Pond Eddy, Pa., on…

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2017 Trains Photo Contest
Sep 9, 2016

2017 Trains Photo Contest

Grand Prize winner: A reflection of a BNSF Railway engine in water droplets near Old Monroe, Mo., on the BNSF…

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