Photo Contest

2025 Winterail-contest Spencer 1st rec color-min
Congratulations to this year's 2025 contest winners!

They include Spencer Montgomery, Rob Ecles, Joel Hawthorne, Spencer Montgomery, and Dale Skyllingstad. Scroll down to see the winners and their images.

Photographers who attend Winterail can submit their photos under two contest categories: recreational railroading and revenue railroading. Prizes will be awarded in the following four categories:

  • Recreational railroading:
    1) black & white and
    2) color.
  • Revenue railroading:
    3) black & white and
    4) color.

RULES:

All prints must be at least 5 × 7 inches and no longer than 16 × 20 inches. PRINTS MUST BE MOUNTED (i.e., an 11 x 14-inch photo on a 16 × 20-inch mount). Any prints not meeting the above requirements will be disqualified.

There will be NO exceptions, and the above will be enforced.

You may enter UP TO TWO PHOTOS TOTAL.

Please enter your prints as you arrive. No prints will be accepted after 2:00 p.m.

Voting will commence at 2:00 p.m. and will end promptly at 5:00 p.m.

Prizes will be awarded after the dinner break. Thank you for supporting Winterail!

Rob Ecles receives his prize for first place, recreational railroading, black & white, from producers Vic and Annie Neves.
Joel Hawthorne is awarded the first place prize for revenue railroading, color, by Vic and Annie Neves.
Dale Skyllingstad scored the first place prize for revenue railroading, black & white.
Joel Hawthorne also received the second place prize for revenue railroading, black & white.
Spencer Montgomery was also awarded the second place prize for revenue railroading, color.