Rant: These Casey / NS staged photos of the heritage units

[Joe the Photog]

Originally Posted by JimThias

Wow!



Now that is just gorgeous!

Yeah, it is. The NS was one I was lookig forward to more than the others, but just wow.

[Coloradorailfan]

Originally Posted by nikos1

Lets face it, the heritage units are gonna outview about everything unless Railgirls starts submitting to RP. Can you blame people for being excited?

Bring on the women! I mean what...

[JRMDC]

Originally Posted by Ron Flanary

That was my point in this shot.

Ron Flanary pervails against the new NS hegemon and gets a shot onto Top of Last 24! You da man!!!

Of course, you only did it by featuring one of the heritage units ...

[KevinM]

Originally Posted by JRMDC

Ron Flanary pervails against the new NS hegemon and gets a shot onto Top of Last 24! You da man!!!

Of course, you only did it by featuring of of the heritage units ...

Is RP.Net now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern? If not, you could fool me.

[Chris Z]

Originally Posted by KevinM

Is RP.Net now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern? If not, you could fool me.

They sure have a huge presence here. Will merger talks be taking place soon?

Chris

[Freericks]

It's called synergy... it's how smart companies operate today.

[KevinM]

Originally Posted by Freericks

It's called synergy... it's how smart companies operate today.

True.....assuming that a majority of the audience really wants to see NS Heritage Locomotives 24-7-365.

My (semi-) sarcastic remark was a commentary on the fact that the RP Home Page has been saturated for several weeks now with NS Heritage shots......sometimes to the point where there was nothing else in any of the Top Shots categories. My advice to non-NS contributors would be to hold anything you have that you think might be popular here....because it will just be washed away in the flood of rosters coming out of Chattanooga and Altoona.

[Freericks]

Originally Posted by KevinM

True.....assuming that a majority of the audience really wants to see NS Heritage Locomotives 24-7-365.

My (semi-) sarcastic remark was a commentary on the fact that the RP Home Page has been saturated for several weeks now with NS Heritage shots......sometimes to the point where there was nothing else in any of the Top Shots categories. My advice to non-NS contributors would be to hold anything you have that you think might be popular here....because it will just be washed away in the flood of rosters coming out of Chattanooga and Altoona.

In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's always too crowded."

[JRMDC]

Originally Posted by Freericks

It's called synergy... it's how smart companies operate today.

So how many traffic managers, facing a choice between NS and some other brand or mode of transportation, view RP?

Actually, I'm sure there are some. And really, if only one decision is tipped, that might cover the entire cost of the campaign.

[Freericks]

There is no such thing as bad publicity. Looks like you came around to my point yourself before you finished typing.

[jac_murphy]

Looks to me like the bridge shot of the Interstate unit has been corrected.

-Jacques

[Chris Z]

There seems to be a flux of new photographers submitting on this site, or am I imagining things? It also seems to me that RP has become the most popular train photo site.

Chris Z

[sd9]

Originally Posted by jac_murphy

Looks to me like the bridge shot of the Interstate unit has been corrected.

-Jacques

You are correct, it has, funny, it kept it's same image number too!

[sd9]

Originally Posted by JimThias

Well lookee there, the NS heritage units own all the top shots for the past week.

Attachment 7443

Déjà vu

[KevinM]

Originally Posted by sd9

You are correct, it has, funny, it kept it's same image number too!

When you re-upload a shot, it always keeps the same image number. Nothing changes except the image itself. Views, favorites, etc. are all unaffected.

[khalucha]

Maybe NS will release and RP scheme.

[jac_murphy]

Originally Posted by Chris Z

There seems to be a flux of new photographers submitting on this site, or am I imagining things? It also seems to me that RP has become the most popular train photo site.

Chris Z

Tom and Mike Danneman, and Drew Halverson all seem to have started submitting shots - which is fantastic; they're all supremely talented photographers.

-Jacques

[stlgevo51]

Originally Posted by jac_murphy

Tom and Mike Danneman, and Drew Halverson all seem to have started submitting shots - which is fantastic; they're all supremely talented photographers.

-Jacques

I second that. RP really needs contributors like these. Their flickr accounts have some of the most unbelievable photos I've ever seen.

Hopefully RP will keep them here, unlike familymansystem, John Ryan, David Langdon, Nick Benson, etc. (I don't know why these guys have stopped submitting, but the site seems so much better with photos from photographers like this).

[Holloran Grade]

Originally Posted by stlgevo51

I second that. RP really needs contributors like these. Their flickr accounts have some of the most unbelievable photos I've ever seen.

Hopefully RP will keep them here, unlike familymansystem, John Ryan, David Langdon, Nick Benson, etc. (I don't know why these guys have stopped submitting, but the site seems so much better with photos from photographers like this).

Nick got busy with a couple of rug rats.

[Chris Starnes]

Folks,

I think the useful life of this forum post has been reached. I'm not sure much else productive can come by keeping this topic open.