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Slide Contest 2001 -- Potomac NRHS

Slide Contest 2001 -- Potomac Chapter NRHS


[Slide contest winner] GRAND PRIZE WINNER. Bob Kaplan won the grand prize with this entry in the Steam category, "First Independence Limited at Little Orleans", 1973

Winners in other categories:

Thumbnail link to photo Light Electric, Bill Duvall, "Center Door Car" Thumbnail link to photo Heavy Electric, Alex Mayes, "Amtrak's Finest Hour -- The Blizzard of 2000"
Thumbnail link to photo Mainline Diesel Freight, Mike Schaller, "Along the Columbia River". This view of a westbound UP freight was taken in August, 2000 near Hood River, OR.
Thumbnail link to photo Shortline and Branchline, Alex Mayes, "Boston and Maine Memories", (A finalist in the grand prize competition)
Thumbnail link to photo Diesel Passenger, Bob Bitzer, "B&O in the Queen City", Amtrak's West Virginian at Cumberland in 1971. (A finalist in the grand prize competition) Thumbnail link to photo Night and Indoor, Bill Duvall, "Bureau of Engraving Tunnel"
Thumbnail link to photo Foreign, Alex Mayes, "Ready to Depart Saint Moritz" Thumbnail link to photo Mixed Motive Power and Roster, Bob Kaplan, "Dressed Up in their Sunday Best"
Thumbnail link to photo Miscellaneous, Ken Brooks, "Sunset", westbound San Francisco Zephyr in Wyoming, 1978. Thumbnail link to photo Rail Fun, Clay Moritz, "Are You Sure this Is the Right Spot for the Photo Line?"

See our 2000 slide contest winners.

Here are the top finishers in each category of the 2001 slide contest:

Place Slide Title Photographer
Category 1- Light Electric
Honorable Mention Big Red on San Francisco Muni Bob Kaplan
3rd Place Visions of Our Past Bob Bitzer
2nd Place North Shore's Finest Ken Brooks
1st Place Center Door Car Bill Duvall
Category 2 - Heavy Electric
3rd Place (Tie) Muskingham Electric Bill Duvall
3rd Place (Tie) AMTRAK in Philadelphia Marc Laborde
2nd Place Steam Days on the Pennsy Bill Hopkins
1st Place AMTRAK's Finest Hour - The Blizzard of 2000 Alex Mayes
Category 3. - Steam
3rd Place (Tie) WM Scenic No. 734 Approacing Brush Tunnel Bill Hopkins
3rd Place (Tie) Winter Glory Clay Moritz
2nd Place Morning Steam Express Bob Bitzer
1st Place First Independence Ltd. At Little Orleans Bob Kaplan
Category 4 - Mainline Diesel Freight
Honorable Mention (Tie) Belen, New Mexico Marc Laborde
Honorable Mention (Tie) UP Handles It - Power River Coal Bob Kaplan
3rd Place Western Maryland Autumn Bill Duvall
2nd Place South Bound on the Hudson River Line Alex Mayes
1st Place Along the Columbia River Mike Schaller
Category 5 - Shortline & Branchline
Honorable Mention North Bound Working Loader at Colwell Bill Hopkins
3rd Place Loading Copper Ore at Magma, Arizona Bob Kaplan
2nd Place East Washington Railroad Bill Duvall
1st Place Boston & Maine Memories Alex Mayes
Category 6 - Diesel Passenger
3rd Place (Tie) Baltimore Bound Alex Mayes
3rd Place (Tie) PRR Westbound on Rockville Bridge Bill Duvall
2nd Place Surfliner Mike Schaller
1st Place B&O in the Queen City Bob Bitzer
Category 7 - Night
Honorable Mention Three Historic 4-8-4s Steamed Up Alex Mayes
3rd Place A Quiet Wait at the Queen City Bob Bitzer
2nd Place AMTRAK Surfliner at San Diego Alex Mayes
1st Place Bureau of Engraving Tunnel Bill Duvall
Category 8 - Foreign
Honorable Mention Heading for Munich Alex Mayes
3rd Place Iarnod Eireann Train Leaving Cork, Ireland Rudy Volin
2nd Place Chur-Aros in Chur, Switzerland Rudy Volin
1st Place Ready to Depart St. Moritz Alex Mayes
Category 9 - Roster
Honorable Mention Crew Change at Cumberland on the WM Bill Hopkins
3rd Place On the Ready Track Bob Kaplan
2nd Place Getting Ready Ken Brooks
1st Place Dressed Up in their Sunday Best Bob Kaplan
Category 10 - Miscellaneous
Honorable Mention Restoration at its Finest in Martinsburg, WV Bob Kaplan
3rd Place A B&O Artifact Works On Mike Schaller
2nd Place A Lonely, Snowy Afternoon at the Tower Bob Bitzer
1st Place Sunset Ken Brooks
Category 11 - Rail Fun
Honorable Mention Train Should be Bigger Than The Sign Mike Schaller
3rd Place You Take the High Road & I'll Take the Low Road Sidney Earle
2nd Place This Sure Beats Driving a School Bus Bill Hopkins
1st Place Are You Sure this is the Right Spot for the Photo Line? Clay Moritz

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