NWI-NRHS

Photographer of the Year 2005

Category A -- "Midwest in 2004"

First Place

Gary Maddock
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
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
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
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
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"

First Place

Robert Jordan
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
SP 4449 on the MRL near Bonner, MT on its series of excursions in the Fall of 2004.
Third Place

Jim Popson
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"

First Place

Lance Wales
BNSF track inspector Jeff Wagner tightens up the IC&E diamond at Savanna, IL from February 2004.


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Chapter address

North Western Illinois Chapter - NRHS
P.O. Box 5632
Rockford, IL 61125-0632