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Photo Gallery Contests, Covers, and a Book

Contests, Covers, and a Book

Contest winners and cover shots by Ken Fitzgerald.

Date: 02/01/2006
Size: 11 items
Waynoka Lightning

Waynoka Lightning

A night shot of two ATSF GP30's idling in front of the Waynoka, OK depot with a thunderstorm in the background 1n 1984. It paid off for me 19 years later when it was chosen as the "Best of Show" at the 2003 Santa Fe Modelers and Histo

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 243
19 FWWR Show

19 FWWR Show

This shot of FWWR conductor Heath Hudson using hand signals to guide the engineer to a smooth coupling on a rainy day won the Trains Magazine / Canon Camera Photo Contest for 2004. The theme was "Railroaders at Work", and the Grand Prize was a

Date: 06/06/2005
Views: 275
Wheel on Rail at Speed

Wheel on Rail at Speed

The theme for the 2005 Trains Magazine / Canon Camera Photo Contest was "Trains at Speed", and this close up shot of a freight car wheel moving along the rail won the Grand Prize. Ironically, I used the Canon 20D camera I won as the Grand Prize

Date: 10/29/2005
Views: 241
FWWR conductor Jason Campbell 103 degree heat Fort Worth TX on 07-16-06 by Ken Fitzgerald

FWWR conductor Jason Campbell 103 degree heat Fort Worth TX on 07-16-06 by Ken Fitzgerald

This shot won Second Place in the Trains Magazine / Canon Camera 2006 Photo Contest, the theme of which was "Against the Elements." It depicts FWWR conductor Jason Campbell taking a much needed drink of water while the sun beats down on him in

Date: 07/16/2006
Views: 154
Railway Age Cover

Railway Age Cover

In 1994 Burlington Northern ran their first set of three SD70MAC's south into Texas with a loaded coal train. The shot I took of a highway overpass in Rhome, TX was chosen to be my first cover shot for the June issue of Railway Age Magazine.

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 221
Passenger Train Journal Cover

Passenger Train Journal Cover

In October 1995 I scored my second cover with a twilight shot of a Virginia Railway Express train taken at Brooke, VA while on a business trip.

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 193
RR Curtis Hill Cover

RR Curtis Hill Cover

My first magazine cover was the June 1998 issue of Railfan & Railroad when one of my shots was used to advertise the feature story on BNSF's Curtis Hill by my friend Terry LaFrance.

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 214
Railfan October Cover

Railfan October Cover

The October 2001 issue of Railfan & Railroad marked my second cover for them, and my first full length article on the Fort Worth & Western. The night cover shot of ex-SP 2-6-0 #2248 was posed at the Fort Worth Stockyards with Conductor Steve Clar

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 223
Dallas Then and Now

Dallas Then and Now

When Thunder Bay Press asked the editors of Railfan & Railroad in the year 2000 if they knew someone in the Metroplex that would be interested in writing a book for them on Dallas illustrated with old photos and current ones taken in the same spot, th

Date: 02/01/2006
Views: 217
Railway Age March 2008 Cover

Railway Age March 2008 Cover

The March 2008 cover of Railway Age features a photo I took of a westbound BNSF intermodal at Sais, NM in August of 2005. This is also one of the two rotating banner shots for this website.

Date: 04/15/2008
Views: 116
Railfan and Railroad June 2008

Railfan and Railroad June 2008

The cover of the June 2008 issue of Railfan & Railroad shows a photo I took in April of 2008 specifically for this issue to compliment a feature story on the railroads of the DFW metroplex. The photo depicts a westbound UP stack train crossing the Tr

Date: 06/15/2008
Views: 161
 
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