ATW 109 (Original Version)  Contributor's Pick!       
A cropped version of this photo appears here http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=242713&nseq=0 I thought there was a bit too much sky and the focus seemed to be more on the junkyard than the train so I tightened the margain some to make sure that the focus was on the train. I'm posting this one here because this is my best photo ever and I want it as my cover page photo and also because focusing on the junk yard still makes for an interesting shot as well - kind of like this is the Atlantic Western Railroad and this is what it does. This is actually the benefit to being an incompetent photographer - I snapped this picture too soon and ended up with a better, more interesting shot. I'll also leave it up to the viewer whether they prefer the cropped or uncropped version. And yes, the colors/image are completely untouched, it really was this pretty that day. It was also very shocking to see this train here - it was President's Day, a federal holliday, so it was a bit of a surprise that the ATW was working
Date: 2/16/2008 Location: Sanford, NC Views: 1652 Collection Of:   Zachary DeVore
Locomotives: ATW 109(GP10) ATW 109(GP10) RSSX 1219(SW1200RS)    Author:  Zachary DeVore
ATW 109 (Original Version)
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Name Type Comments Date
G Gerard General I agree that croping out backgrounds take out a lot out of picture, mostly one like this one. 8/7/2008 3:26:31 PM
Ashley Rodriguez General i like it,the way it is :) 9/17/2008 3:42:08 AM
steven langsford General Very nice photo!!! 9/26/2008 4:37:20 PM
Jim Gavin General Looks good as is. The engine nose is dead center. Very nice. 12/14/2008 4:00:15 PM
Fred Stuckmann General With a unit at each end they can switch in any direction without complicated moves, pretty smart. Thanks. 3/17/2009 5:41:01 PM
George Redmond General Good shot. 4/16/2009 9:14:55 AM
William H. Davis Jr. General Nice shot 2/22/2010 7:06:50 PM
Zachary DeVore General Proof that you sometimes miss stuff in your own photos - its been over two years and just now putting this back as my front page photo I noticed that while its running LHF, there are no ditchlights on that side (there are ditchlights on the other side). I guess that the ATW doesn't operate fast enough to require them. This was right by a major crossing (US 421) though, so I thought that with a crossing of a US Highway they would require ditch lights even though they don't operate very fast. The crossing is well protected (lights, gates, horn), but there is a small section of street running right on the other side. 3/21/2010 9:28:57 PM
Dennis Weber General Good Shot. 4/6/2010 6:04:33 PM
David Nutter General Beautiful shot! 5/10/2010 8:36:12 PM
Zachary DeVore General Thanks everyone for the comments! 12/21/2010 6:04:00 PM

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