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Snow, Mountains and Plains All Captured in the 2010 BNSF Calendar

2009-10-08

The photographic talent of 13 BNSF employees will be on display soon as the 2010 BNSF Calendar debuts in November.

Grand prize honors go to Scott Marksbury, signal inspector, Hungry Horse, Mont., who took a beautiful photo of the vast Montana landscape as a BNSF auto train crosses the Cutbank River Bridge.

"I have been by this spot quite a few times," Marksbury said. "But the light has never been right. Finally on this cold afternoon, with the sun low in the sky, the scene just came together."

Gracing the calendar cover is a photo by Bruce Barrett, manager, Contracts and Joint Facilities, Fort Worth. His photo is of an empty coal train on the Twin Peaks Subdivision near Grande, N.M.

For rail fans, there's a special treat in the 2010 calendar. A rare "train meet" is captured in Amarillo, Texas, as a BNSF bare table train crosses over a bridge as a BNSF coal train runs under it. The photo was taken by James Malone, a bridge inspector in Lubbock, Texas.

Other photographers featured in the calendar include:

• Steve Hauenstein, grinder, Reardan, Wash.
• James Malone, bridge inspector, Lubbock, Texas
• Andrew Matuska, conductor, Alliance, Neb.
• John McGraw, switchman, San Diego
• Allen Miller, signal inspector, Wishram, Wash.
• David Miller, manager, Engineering, San Bernardino, Calif.
• Michael Sawyer, locomotive engineer, Vancouver, Wash.
• Scott Schrage, welder, Seward, Neb.
• Austin Sickler, trainmaster, Bakersfield, Calif.
• Clarke Sutphin, locomotive engineer, Forsyth, Mont.
• Gregory Weirich, locomotive engineer, Seattle

All BNSF employees receive a complimentary calendar, which will be mailed to homes in November. Employees may order additional calendars through the BNSF Store at http://www.bnsfstore.com.

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