Capitol Limited 2004 Contest Information 

• Contest voting was by popular vote

• Conventioneers voted for all categories, one vote for each category

• Entry forms were available at the registration table and in the contest room

• Voting ballots were available in the contest room Saturday starting at noon

• In addition to your vote, the train show public was allowed to vote for best module in the three module categories on Saturday (10am to 4pm)

• Voting ballot boxes were located in the contest room and at the Capitol Limited information table at the company store in the Expo Center

• Modules were located in the Expo Center and the Holiday Inn lobby

• All other contest entries were in the contest room

• Contest room was located in the Holiday Inn by the clinic rooms

Contest Winners and Categories Were

There were 108 model entries, 40 module entries, and 16 photo entries, for a total of 164 entries, including two ties!

• Locomotive – Steam

  • 1st Place: Paul Downs -- N&W #2011 Weathered Wired Tender

  • 2nd Place: Paul Downs -- L&N #1361 2-8-0

  • 3rd Place: Paul Downs -- LYN #295 4-6-2

• Locomotive – Diesel

  • 1st Place: Marc Haas -- PRR Baldwin Passenger Shark A&B Units

  • 2nd Place: Cajetin Menke -- New Haven EP-5

  • 3rd Place: David Savage -- UP Propane Turbine

• Rolling Stock – Freight

  • 1st Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Milwaukee Stock Car

  • 2nd Place: Fred Enrich -- Pulpwood Wood Cars

  • 3rd Place: Mark Bandy -- B&O Class S1 Stock Car

• Rolling Stock – Passenger

  • 1st Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Milwaukee Passenger Car

  • 2nd Place: Denny Engnehl -- Mule-drawn Steet Car

  • 3rd Place: Mark Jirousek -- Great Northern A-2 Business Car

• Rolling Stock – Caboose/Cabin Car

  • 1st Place: Kathy Beer - EL T-16 Transfer Caboose

  • 2nd Place: Clark Overman -- LV Caboose A95089

  • 3rd Place: Bob Kuchler -- Gorre & Daphetid Caboose

• Rolling Stock – Non Revenue/MoW

  • 1st Place: Phillip Johnson -- Axle and Tie Flat Car

  • 2nd Place: David Savage -- 3-man Track Cleaning Car

  • 3rd Place: Alex Postpischil -- Trolley Work Car

• Structure – On line 

  • 1st Place: Paul Downs -- L&N Union Station and Shed

  • 2nd Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Subway Station

  • 3rd Place: Bernard Kempinski -- Steel Truss Bridge

• Structure – Off line

  • 1st Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Joey's Gas Station

  • 2nd Place: Rick Maloney -- Concrete Plant

  • 3rd Place: Neville Wilson -- 1950s Auto Hauler

• Diorama/Display

  • 1st Place: Marc Sisk -- Hospital Crash Cart Layout

  • 2nd Place: Harry Smith -- How To Make Water

  • 3rd Place: Denny Engnehl - Five Circus Wagons

• Favorite Train

  • 1st Place: Paul Downs -- LYN Pan American

  • 2nd Place: Bill Fitzgerald -- grandpa Train

  • 3rd Place: Bob Kuchler -- Gorre & Daphetid

• Favorite Module – Mountainous

  • 1st Place: Robert Pawlak -- Bridges Canyon

  • 2nd Place: Marc Sisk -- Silver Springs (Nn3)

  • 3rd Place: Matthew Kross -- Un-named Module

• Favorite Module – Industrial

  • 1st Place: Harry Smith -- Ore Dock

  • 2nd Place: Mark Cowles -- Port Authority Terminal/Lake Port w/Great Lakes Freighter

  • 3rd Place: Tie:

    • Russell Straw -- Imperial Sugar Refinery and Cotton Gin

    • Mark Bandy -- Halthorp, MD Chemical Plant

• Favorite Module – Urban 

  • 1st Place: Dale Blust -- Tornado Module

  • 2nd Place: Len & Carol Vanderjagt -- City to Country 12' module set

  • 3rd Place: Mark Bandy -- Relay Station / Thomas Viaduct

• Photography – Color Model

  • 1st Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Two Milwaukee F Units

  • 2nd Place: Bob Luzenski -- Amtrak Station Stop

  • 3rd Place: Tie:

    • Scott Teague -- Northern Southern N Scale Layout

    • Noll Horan MMR -- EBT Coal Truck Dump

• Photography – Color Prototype

  • 1st Place: Ichiro Uematsu -- JR Hokkaido C623

  • 2nd Place: James Altobello -- Amtrak on Bridge

  • 3rd Place: Brain Brendel -- "Too Loud" (Young boys closing ears as NS crosses street)

• Photography – B/W Model

  • 1st Place: Dan Lewis MMR -- Icing Platform

• Photography – B/W Prototype

  • No Entries

Awards 

• Plaques were awarded for first place in all categories, ribbons were awarded for second and third place

• Awards were presented during the manufacturers breakfast on Sunday morning, 8-10am in the Expo Center North building

• Attendees had fun, entered a healthy, heaping helping of entries, and voted!!

Contest Room Hours Were

 Rules

      Model

• All scales were combined in the various categories. There were no divisions of category based on the scale of the model.

• There were no restrictions on the number of models entered by a single entrant.

• Only models, or portions thereof, which were the product of the owner/builder, could be entered in the contest (with the exception of favorite train category)

Steam Locomotives - Types of locomotives representative of steam power. 

Diesel Locomotives & Others - All locomotives except steam types and passenger revenue carrying types. 

Passenger Cars - All types of passenger revenue carrying equipment, including RDC, rail buses, observation, mail and baggage.

Freight Cars - All types of freight revenue carrying, including express reefers.

Cabooses - All types, including bobbers, drovers, transfers, etc.

Non-Revenue - Right of way and track maintenance vehicles, rail and inspection cars, railroad cranes and others not considered directly involved in revenue service.

Structures On-Line and Off-Line - On Line structures are considered to be those normally owned by the railroad, or having rail loading/unloading facilities on the right of way. Off-Line structures are those not needing direct rail access.

Displays/Dioramas - include supplemental scenery not pertinent to the function of the model or primary structure.

Favorite Train - Assemble your favorite train and see what others think. 

      Photography

• Prints were mounted on flat, rigid board or matted with similar material - no folders or glass frames were allowed. Photos and mounts did not exceed 12" x 16" in size. Minimum mount size was 8" x 10" and minimum print size was 5" x 7".

• Each entrant could submit up to five (5) entries total with a maximum of three (3) entries in one category.

• Prints had to have the entrant's name on the back. Prints could be titled on the front. Prints with the entrant's name on the front were not accepted.

• Exposure of the original negative must have been made by the entrant.

• Computer enhanced photos were not allowed.