A final thought about the TRAINS photo contest. Remember, I'm in California and always the last TRAINS subscriber to get his issue each month. So I haven't seen the winners.
I'm awfully proud of Charlie Dischinger and his third place award, though...especially since I'm one of the people who prodded him into first going to Montana several years ago! When I was a kid hanging around the Frisco Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, train crews used to tell me "...you really ought to meet Charlie Dischinger down in Springfield..." if you want to meet a serious photographer! I have entered every TRAINS photo contest and have never won anything, nor do I really expect to. However, some of the discarded photos from the judging always seem to end up in other photo projects at the magazine. I have had a TRAINS centerspread, the cover of the TRAINS calendar and a couple of "photo section" pictures; all were judging "rejects" that they found some sort of paying use for after the contest. So, even if you didn't win anything, don't be shocked if your images aren't returned right away. The "consolation prizes" aren't bad! --David R. Busse Diamond Bar, Calif. -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved
