May By-Monthly Photo Contest
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May By-Monthly Photo Contest
Okay, we have a new contest theme. there was only one entry for the Abandoned theme that entry becomes the winner. and gets to choose the next theme.
May is National Photograph Month
It is also the month that several events happened with Trains in the country the 9th of May in 1869 the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point, Utah the 10th is National Train Day and the Great Train Robbery happened in 1868.
With all that history with trains..........
lets do anything
"Train related" as our new theme
and you can use an Archived photo if you wish.
Lets get started have your entries in by next
Sunday May 7th, 2017
May is National Photograph Month
It is also the month that several events happened with Trains in the country the 9th of May in 1869 the Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point, Utah the 10th is National Train Day and the Great Train Robbery happened in 1868.
With all that history with trains..........
lets do anything
"Train related" as our new theme
and you can use an Archived photo if you wish.
Lets get started have your entries in by next
Sunday May 7th, 2017
Last edited by drivernumber3; Apr 30, 2017 at 07:07 AM.
Monte Of The Month -- June 2016
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 722
From: Paragould, Arkansas
Here is a photo I took about a year ago in my small town. The town was founded in the 19th century at the intersection of two railroads, and there is a link below to a Wikipedia page telling that story... This caboose is parked in our little "downtown" area, and I thought it would make a cool photo with the colors closely resembling those of my car....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragould,_Arkansas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragould,_Arkansas
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From: Mountains of Utah
Sorry no entry from me... Have no old picture with a train, no mini-Monte and my car has not been driven for over 9 months, now it is in the shop for another month, ugh 
I saw a most awesome train mural on a business in downtown Gilroy today and was try and come back when there is no cars parked on the street. Thing was bigger than life size.
The oldie I entered here is at the top of the Southern Pacific locomotive that is or was a play structure at the Dennis the Menace playground in Monterey. Generations have climbed all over it, let imaginations go wild and if you could find a good rock you'd climb up to the bell and ring it incessantly (since the clapper was removed). Today the train is fenced off to protect the children from whatever bruises and bumps previous kids like myself got from it
The oldie I entered here is at the top of the Southern Pacific locomotive that is or was a play structure at the Dennis the Menace playground in Monterey. Generations have climbed all over it, let imaginations go wild and if you could find a good rock you'd climb up to the bell and ring it incessantly (since the clapper was removed). Today the train is fenced off to protect the children from whatever bruises and bumps previous kids like myself got from it
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I saw a most awesome train mural on a business in downtown Gilroy today and was try and come back when there is no cars parked on the street. Thing was bigger than life size.
The oldie I entered here is at the top of the Southern Pacific locomotive that is or was a play structure at the Dennis the Menace playground in Monterey. Generations have climbed all over it, let imaginations go wild and if you could find a good rock you'd climb up to the bell and ring it incessantly (since the clapper was removed). Today the train is fenced off to protect the children from whatever bruises and bumps previous kids like myself got from it
The oldie I entered here is at the top of the Southern Pacific locomotive that is or was a play structure at the Dennis the Menace playground in Monterey. Generations have climbed all over it, let imaginations go wild and if you could find a good rock you'd climb up to the bell and ring it incessantly (since the clapper was removed). Today the train is fenced off to protect the children from whatever bruises and bumps previous kids like myself got from it
This was a 0-6-0 Steam Locomotive I found a photo of it online to share. It didn't have a Cowcatcher in front. But was sure fun to climb around on we played our share of Cowboys and Indians on it.
Last edited by drivernumber3; May 8, 2017 at 08:20 PM.
