Amtrak Launches Photo Contest for 2005 Wall Calendar

It's time to pull out the camera and take your shot at having your photograph featured on the 2005 Amtrak wall calendar.

You and rail fans everywhere are invited to enter the 2005 "Picture Our Train" photo contest. The First Prize winner will receive a $1,000 travel voucher and photo credit on the calendar. The Second through Fifth Prize winners will also receive travel vouchers.

To win, submit an original color photograph featuring an Amtrak train with the current Amtrak logo and livery visible.

The contest is open to legal residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older. All Amtrak employees and their families are eligible, except the Calendar Contest Review Panel and Judges, Amtrak Marketing employees (as listed on the company's organizational chart 10.2), Amtrak Corporate Communications employees (chart 10.3). (Employees at Amtrak advertising agencies and their families are also not eligible.)

Detailed entry rules can be found on the Amtrak Intranet home page by clicking on the link found under Latest News (only accessible to Amtrak employees and others with authorized Intranet access). The rules will be posted on the Amtrak Internet soon and published in the June 2004 issue of Amtrak Ink. The contest ends July 30, 2004.

SAFETY FIRST! As always, Amtrak reminds all contestant participants to stay out of danger – stay away from tracks and the railroad right-of-way. Remember, trains move quickly and quietly. This contest is not about putting yourself in danger. Do not trespass on railroad property or on private property adjacent to the railroad. Do not climb or approach railroad structures, towers, or wires. Stay in public access areas, and away from railroad structures and moving equipment – in stations, on sidewalks, in parking lots or on highway sidings—stay out of danger. Remember, tracks, trestles, yards and equipment are private property – trespassers are subject to arrest and fines.

-source: AMTRAK

CLICK HERE for more details and contest rules.

P.S. If you are the webmaster of a website hosted at www.TrainWeb.org and win the contest with a photo that you have posted on your website at www.TrainWeb.org, TrainWeb will match the prize that you are awarded by Amtrak up to an additional $1,000 Amtrak travel voucher! Not a webmaster at www.TrainWeb.org, but would like to be? Click here for more information.