Contest News and January 2022 winners

1st Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest by Bill Farrell. CSX locomotive 87 on the head of a north bound mixed freight at Pembroke Yard as it heads through the blowing snow at Hopkinsville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision.

Congratulations to the winners in our January 2022 Chapter Photo Contest!

1st Place – Bill Farrell, 2nd Place – Cooper Smith and 3rd Place was also Bill Farrell.

Also, at the last chapter meeting it was decided to change the bi-monthly chapter contest to the whole month instead of the last two weeks. This will not affect the October Contest however which will remain October 1-11th, This is to allow judging and printing of the Calendar in time for the November meeting.

Therefore, we are currently in the beginning of the March Photo Contest which runs the whole month. So get out trackside and shoot something! Each dues paying member is allowed to submit up to two JPGs for each contest. Deadline for submissions  remain the same, the 7th of the following month.

Here’s the schedule for the current and upcoming contests!

March 1-31, 2022
Submission Deadline: April 7, 2022

May 1-31, 2022
Submission Deadline: June 7, 2022

July 1-31, 2022
Submission Deadline: August 7, 2022

September 1-30, 2022
Submission Deadline: October 7, 2022

October 1-11, 2022
Submission Deadline: October 14, 2022 to allow time for the chapter calendars to be printed in time for the holidays.

January 1-31, 2023
Submission Deadline: February 7, 2022

Winners of the January 2022 Photo Contest and other entries are:

2nd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest by Cooper Smith. A Norfolk Southern manifest kicks up snow as it heads westbound through St. Louis, MO.
3rd Place winner of the West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest by Bill Farrell. Looking North from Pembroke Yard as the snow falls at Pembroke, KY.
West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest Entry: CSX 6914 heads south at Guthrie, Kentucky on the Henderson Subdivision. Photo by Cooper Smith.
West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest Entry: CSX 4547 leads a mixed freight south through Mortons Gap KY on the Henderson Subdivision. – Photo by Ricky Bivins
West Kentucky Chapter of the NRHS January 2022 Photo Contest Entry: CSX 3184, Honoring Law Enforcement unit, leads one of the intermodals north on my birthday at Mortons Gap KY on the Henderson Subdivision.  – Photo by Ricky Bivins

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