NWI-NRHS
Photographer of the Year 2012
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(Page updated 06.15.12)

Category A -- "Illinois & Adjacent States taken in 2011" (20 entries)
First Place and Photographer
Of The Year

Lance Wales		 A pair of Union Pacific SD-70Ms on the former C&NW Rock River bridge over Fordam Dam in downtown
Rockford, IL.
Second Place

Terry Norton 		Indiana Railroad SD 90's at Reeseville, WI
Third Place (tie)

Mike Raia		 Eastbound BNSF train at Prairie
du Chein, WI.
Third Place (tie)

Erik Rasmussen		 Iowa Interstate 6988
near Atkinson. IL.



Category B -- "Anytime Anyplace"
(Images recorded over many years and any locations - 26 entries)
First Place

Mike Raia  		Canadian Pacific panorama in the Canadian Rockies.
Second Place


Mike Raia  		Photo Charter in
Duluth, MN
Third Place

Erik Rasmussen

Iowa Interstate at
Green River, IL

 



Category C -- "Photos That Were Innovative"
(Photographers encouraged to come up with very creative photos, either by the manner in which the image was recorded or via dark room/computer program manipulation - 16 entires.)
First Place

Ron Lundstrom		 An oldie Milwaukee Road Hiawatha slide into black & white image with red highlighting the oscillating taillight.
Second Place (tie)

Mike Raia    		Dome view at sunset as the "Canadian" heads rolls across Mannitoba.
Second Place (tie)

Mike Raia  		Nighttime inspection as Southern 152 gets some nuch needed attention at Knoxville, TN.
Third Place

Ron Lundstrom		 Ice storm at sunrise. The trackage is on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad just north of Seligman, Missouri. It is a January early morning sunrise with an ice storm the preceding night. Circa 2004.

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Chapter address

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