June/July 07 "out of the ordinary" contest

[ezdays]

Yep, let's kick of the summer with something strange, something different something completely off the wall. We are all use to seeing common things on the rails and in pictures of the past. You expect to see a steam engine pulling a consist of box cars and a caboose, an F7 pulling some passenger cars or a diesel might be pulling some more modern cars like a enclosed auto carriers or even a string of double stack container cars. We expect to see a bunch of freight cars in a yard, or passenger cars stopped at a depot, but what if :idea:....... what if you saw something totally out of character, something you'd have to rub your eye and pinch yourself to be sure you're really seeing what you are? Let's take a picture of that and enter it here in this contest.

What the heck are we talking about here, pray tell?:confused: :confused: Well, as an example, just the other day I was down at the yard and saw them using elephants in place of switch engines..:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Then there was the time I could swear that I saw the Three Stooges pushing a passenger consist up a grade.stooges8 If I only took a few pictures, you'd believe me...:v8: Those are only two examples, I'm sure you can think of some other ones on your own.

Here's the deal:

Enter a picture in this thread of something to do with railroading that is not normal, something you'd never see in real life.
You've got total liberties here of setting something up on a layout or even taking something from real life and doing a bit of "computer magic" on it. The results can be funny, weird or just plan unusual or unexpected.
You have to be the one taking the picture, but it doesn't have to be on your own layout and it doesn't have to have a train in the picture either, just railroad related.
The contest will close on July 31, giving everyone plenty of time to set something up.
All the other usual rules apply, like one picture per entry.
announce1 announce1 If you feel really creative, we will allow you to enter this contest twice:eek: :eek: with two different subjects, giving you two shots at the top prize....:cool: :cool:The prizes will be the same as always, a bunch of attaboys for the top three winners, and when we get the Gallery working right, I'll move the winner's pictures in the "winners circle".:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[ezdays]

OK, so we have a bunch of cowards here eh???:rolleyes: No one wants to be first this time, is that what you're telling me?:mrgreen: You got good ideas, but you don't want to be first. Well I'll break the ice and post first.:wave: :wave:

This here's one of the more unlikely consists you'll ever see.... I would think anyway. An 1800's 4-4-0 pulling a period passenger car is not unusual, but gee, how did a modern enclosed auto carrier and an Intermodal double-stack container car get in there?

[Smoke]

Here you go. A sd70MAC and a SD90MAC with a watertower and a 20's car in the backround. OH, and did I mention the stockyards?
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/1642/img6380bt5.jpg

[davidstrains]

Thought I would try one. Here is a consist that you probably won't see anywhere else but on the Gauge. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

[farish]

Great contest....looking forward to the pictures.

[nachoman]

hmm. Seems like a good contest for a stiesel photo.

Kevin

[jesso]

All the diesels were feeling ill due to bad fuel, so Thomas had to pull the Z-Train.

http://www.trestletechservices.com/photos/thomastrain.jpg

[HOtrainman]

he must have escaped from the zoo! Oh! Wait! there is no zoo!

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/severepb/modelrailroad006.jpg

deer crossing the bridge

[Ralph]

Motive power shortages cause the Division Superintendent to be creative. The guys in the paint shop insisted on going with the red P.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa145/Ralph59/6-30-2007-03.jpg

[green_elite_cab]

A Challenger all alone in a northeastern City, feeling outdated by the zippy Metroliner EMUs arriving at the adjacent station.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8493/challengerandmetrolinerer9.jpg

[UP SD40-2]

"Switching" Moves :eeki::winki::toug::119:
http://gallery.zealot.com/data/580/DSC09474.JPG

[ezdays]

Now that's clever and funny...sign1 sign1

[Ralph]

That is a good one Dean! :)

[UP SD40-2]

THANK YOU!, Don & Ralph:smilie: .
when i am at dads i get a little impatient sometimes and just put a train together using "the hand of god":119: , dad gets a little ticked about it and says "you should ALWAYS switch the cars out":eeki: , i tell him "i am switching them out, I'm using the hand of god switching moves:toug: " . its a little joke between us:mrgreen: , thats where i got the idea:winki::119: .
:deano: -Deano

[Nazgul]

I knew it....GOD is left handed!!!!!!

Deano......genius!!!!pure genius my friend!!!!

[TrainNut]

A Challenger all alone in a northeastern City, feeling outdated by the zippy Metroliner EMUs arriving at the adjacent station.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8493/challengerandmetrolinerer9.jpg
Not only that, but Evil Kneivel is about to jump that bus off that overpass over soda can canyon... BACKWARDS!!!! He very well may break every plastic bone in his little body... again.

[TrainNut]

With real estate for the model railroad at a premium in our house, I am forced to come up with new places for my trains. I can't figure out why things keep rusting though, and the electricty doesn't work too well either. Also, when I turn things on, all the fish go belly up! What's up with that? Boy, I'm gonna have a heck of a time applying and gluing the ballast.
http://gallery.zealot.com/data/577/medium/test_pic_2.jpg

[green_elite_cab]

Not only that, but Evil Kneivel is about to jump that bus off that overpass over soda can canyon... BACKWARDS!!!! He very well may break every plastic bone in his little body... again.

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NICE! that is awesome! I think there is some product placement there though.

my railroad is a sponsored by cold refreshing mountain dew....

nice fish-trains! now you jsut need to reverse your hoppers so they dump the food pellets up!

[TrainNut]

hmm. Seems like a good contest for a stiesel photo.

Kevin
Allright, I'll bite. Since the contest rules allow two entries for this month, here's my second entry.
This is one of them cab forward stiesels you don't see around too often! It's a 4-8-2 that was converted to burn oil.
Note: No engines were harmed for the creation of this picture.
http://gallery.zealot.com/data/577/medium/DCP_6023_copy.jpg

[Ralph]

TrainNut, that's ingenious! I'd think most of your locos would have to be U Boats though. :)
Ralph

[lester perry]

dean I likt that. good ol 050 at work you have quick eye to grt such a rare pic.
les if aspellin or words are nessed up i am sorry . i am hospital rehab right now du to s strok 3 weeks ago hard to see and type. as i tywith on fingerand havetroublr seeing th keys

les

[Ralph]

Good to hear from you Les! Hang in there! You're doing fine!

Ralph

[CNWman]

"Switching" Moves :eeki::winki::toug::119:
http://gallery.zealot.com/data/580/DSC09474.JPG

Just in: Monty Python's flying circus is coming to a UP subdivision near YOU!:mrgreen:

[UP SD40-2]

dean I likt that. good ol 050 at work you have quick eye to grt such a rare pic.
les if aspellin or words are nessed up i am sorry . i am hospital rehab right now du to s strok 3 weeks ago hard to see and type. as i tywith on fingerand havetroublr seeing th keys

les Les:wav: , i am TRULY HONORED that you have wrote in a complement on my pic considering what you have been going through, that to me, is the GREATEST complement i could get:winki: , THANK YOU my friend, THANK YOU!:smilie: .

i am so sorry to hear of your stroke:frowns: , but REALLY GLAD your feeling well enough to write, that shows recovery:smilie: . i wish you a speedy recovery Les:winki::smilie: , and PLEASE keep us posted:thumb: . God bless you Les:smilie: .

OH, and don't worry about the spelling:winki:, truth is i cant spell, and i don't have any debilitating problems:119::smilie: .
:deano: -Deano

[ezdays]

Well yeah, according to the rules, you can post two different entries, so here's my second one:

[CNWman]

It's gonna take more than giant alien robots to stop this frieght (there are actualy 2 robots in this pic, the gray one is clinging onto the cab)

http://gallery.zealot.com/data/500/medium/000_0002.JPG
:mrgreen:

[TrainNut]

I'm gettin' worried now. If the amount of comments I've received on my steisel are going to reflect the number of votes, I guess I can consider this attempt a graceful crash n burn!
sign1 We shall see.
Well yeah, according to the rules, you can post two different entries, so here's my second one:
Now Don, I don't know about that entry... it's kinda... screwey!

[HOtrainman]

Don, that scene is screwed up. I like everybodys' photos by the way

[ezdays]

No, no, it's not screwed up,
....it's just a twist of fate.bounce7

[ezdays]

This contest is closed.Mikey is going to do the voting thread, so hang in there. Right now I've only got one usable hand to type with, so he's volunteered :mrgreen: to help.:eek: :eek:

DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for any typos here, Mikey and myself included:cry: :cry: I've got a good excuse this time, he always seems to have one for his typos... regardless sign1sign1sign1sign1