2024 Rail Photo Contest Winners

Our 4th Annual SMVRR Photo Contest has been completed. Congratulations to the winners of this years contest! Thanks to everyone who submitted photos!

The winning photos will be showcased in the Friends Winter January 2025 Newsletter.

Our 2024 Winners

Santa Maria Valley Railroad


    First - Christian Schultz - UP Guadalupe Yard.


    Second - Bill Steck - 1801 enroute to the UP yard at Guadalupe with a string of covered hoppers.


    Third - Eric Cortinas - 3501 at Guadalupe Amtrak Station.


    Third - Paul Jansson - #70 on the way out to Guadalupe.


UP Manifest Freight Trains Serving the Santa Maria Valley Railroad


    First - Alex Gillman - UP Manifest Train.


    Second - Steven James – Manifest train #6965 along the coast.


    Third - Steven James – UP Manifest train.



2025 Photo Contest Kickoff

And now that the 2024 Photo Contest is over, you can begin working on your entries for the 2025 Photo Contest. Categories for the 2025 contest will once again be the Santa Maria Valley Railroad, and UPRR Manifest Freight Trains Serving the SMVRR. The deadline for the 2025 contest will be October 1, 2025. In addition to first, second and third place in the two categories, submissions may be selected for the Railroad's 2026 Calendar.