03.06.03

Porterbrook is delighted to sponsor Railway Magazine's "Photographer of the Year" competition.

This year's first prize is possibly the best ever for such a contest - £1,000 PLUS an East Coast Main Line footplate ride PLUS free RMs for three years PLUS a winner's engraved trophy!  The trophy comes courtesy of our sponsors, Porterbrook Leasing, and the HST cab ride has been made possible by the generosity of Great North Eastern Railway.   

Second prize is £250 plus free RMs for two years, and the third prizewinner will receive £100 and a year's free subscription!  

For the entry address and further details  please see the  latest edition of Railway Magazine - Happy snapping and Good luck! 

http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk

Our competition sponsors

The Porterbrook train leasing company is marking its tenth anniversary by sponsoring The Railway Magazine 'Photographer of the Year' contest. Owned by Abbey National Treasury Services, Porterbrook owns around a third of the UK's rolling stock and has invested £1.5 billion in new trains, both passenger and freight. It leases vehicles to 18 of the UK's train operators and has won 22 of the 35 deals for new passenger trains since rail privatisation.      To make this competition truly memorable, our winner will also receive the trip of a lifetime, thanks to GNER, which is marking the 25th anniversary of the introduction of HSTs on the East Coast Main Line by agreeing to give the winner one of the greatest 'adventure experiences' it is possible to get in Britain - a cab ride along the East Coast Main Line in the cab of one of these 125mph machines. Such a treat is not normally available to the public, so get those cameras out! You have until June 30 to submit that winner.

Rules

1. Entrants must submit no more than three separate images (see main text for types allowed).
2. Digital photographs can be entered, but only as prints. Images sent by e-mail or on CD will not be accepted. Digital images must not have been manipulated in any way.
3. The entrant's name, postcode or telephone number, and brief caption details must be included on each picture or mount, in addition to the entry form.
4. A stamped addressed envelope must be included for return of entry, if required.
5. Entries will be kept clean, dry and secure while in our possession, but no responsibility can be accepted for loss or damage. Entrants enter at own risk. Proof of postage will not be accepted as proof of receipt and it will not be possible to acknowledge every entry.
6. IPC Media Ltd reserves the right to print the winning and any other chosen shots without reproduction payment.
7. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into. The prizes are as stated.
8. By entering, entrants agree to be bound by the rules.
9. Employees of IPC Media Ltd and their families are ineligible for entry.
10. The contest is open only to those who do not make the greater part of their living from photography.
11. Closing date is noon on Monday, June 30, 2003.
12. Entries must be posted to the address on the form. No e-mailed entries will be accepted.

For further information about Porterbrook contact Rupert Brennan Brown, Head of Communications on 01332 263251 (m: 07799 337052)