Competition 522 (Tunnels) :: Voting

[Jordy]

http://www.railforums.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=214

Votes by 1900 next Sunday please

Cheers

 

[strange6]

This was a tough one; they're all really good in their own right. for me it was between 2,3 and 5. I picked 5 due to it's superb angle and scenery as well as the tunnel itself being quite unusual and different somehow. (Probably due to the surrounding geography)

 

[valenta]

Number 2 is amazing, gets my vote.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I thought number 9 was quite nice, hence I voted for it.

 

[transportphoto]

5 gets my vote: good shot

 

[Teaboy1]

Im going for #1........just look at the quality of that brickwork..........6 brick low aspect arch built on a skew of approx 10 ft.........its a sheer work of art with what looks like a suspended axial arch growing out of top right corner. It has to be the winner IMHO....! Just that train in the way spoiling the shot !!

By the way, when does a long bridge become a tunnel...............??

 

[OxtedL]

By the way, when does a long bridge become a tunnel...............??

Some of the thoughts on the thread below may be of help...?

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45005

(from post #13 onwards in particular)

 

[sprinterguy]

7 and 9 have the most atmosphere IMO, although 2 & 5 also have plenty of points of interest. I've voted for number 7; impressive!

 

[curly42]

Almost missed this one due to getting back from a weeks holiday a little late. Had to make a quick decision as to what to post - looking at the competition,I may have chosen wrongly.

 

[Techniquest]

Lots of good choices I could make here, I've voted for 03. Also liked 01, 05 and 09 a lot.

 

[SS4]

2 here, the small size of the tunnel compared to the landscape shows just what it must have taken to build

 

[ushawk]

Number 1 for me

 

[Ivo]

Call this biased if you will, but given I loved it out there I wanted to vote Irish! 5 is the better option, so I have chosen it.

 

[bb21]

If in 13 150001 is just emerging from the tunnel, how come there is no driver in it?

 

[ainsworth74]

If in 13 150001 is just emerging from the tunnel, how come there is no driver in it?

Perhaps a secret trial of driverless operation is being carried out by LM

 

[sprinterguy]

If in 13 150001 is just emerging from the tunnel, how come there is no driver in it?

The driver's hidden behind the window pillar between the second and third cab windows (looking from the left), surely.

 

[Mojo]

I voted for Number 4.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I thought number 4 didn't comply with the entry rules as you couldn't have stations in tunnels

 

[Techniquest]

Indeed, I was going to query that but forgot.

 

[HST Power]

A tough one. I'm going with 7.

 

[Prodigy]

9 gets my vote. Fantastic shot.

 

[windoze11]

7 for me

 

[Jordy]

Congrats to willg

01 - Track Basher
02 - EltonRoad
03 - David
04 - 317653
05 - K9-70
06 - Ivo
07 - willig
08 - MattE2010
09 - matt
10 - Simon Poole
11 - Prodigy
12 - Techniquest
13 - curly42

 

[HST Power]

The one I voted for actually won!

Congratulations to Willig. It was a tough decision, but I made the right choice!

 

[Techniquest]

Congrats from me too willg, a deserved victory

 

[windoze11]

Well done willig

 

[willig]

Well, only the second time I entered and I won! I've only just found the comp.

In case anyone is wondering, I took the shot while on a photocharter, so I had permission to be in the tunnel.

I hope no-one minds my turntables choice. There are still quite a few about.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Are any [turntables] left on the mainline network, or close by? Could be a wee bit snookered here... Didcot Railway Centre here I come!

 

[Techniquest]

I know I'm going to struggle, although I might have just found some photos that I could choose from. Don't know the locations of many these days, aside from Minehead and Kidderminster.

 

[sprinterguy]

Are any [turntables] left on the mainline network, or close by? Could be a wee bit snookered here... Didcot Railway Centre here I come!

Some depots have retained them for rotating HST power cars and the like; such as Heaton and Neville Hill, and of course Old Oak Common must have one of the most photographed turntables in existance. There's not much chance of gaining access to any of those locations easily though, and I can't think of any in the vicinity of stations on the national network off the top of my head.

I think I already know which shot I'll be entering for competition 524, so I'm sorted!

Well done to willig on your well deserved victory this week, yours' was the photo I voted for.