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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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