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Original – A passenger/freight train on the Bernina line near the top of the Bernina Pass at an elevation of over 2,100 metres (7,000 ft); pulled by two ABe 4/4 multiple units
Reason
Good composition illustrating the scenic route of the Bernina line with the Piz Alv, Piz Minor and Vadrets Minor peaks in the background; FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Bernina railway, Piz Minor
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Kabelleger
A moderate crop might be OK, but I think the photographer's intent probably is an environmental shot showing the train in very wintry mountainous country, so we wouldn't want to take too much of that away. Sca (talk) 20:57, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. The picture is not about the train, but about the scenic landscape the railway passes through – hence the EV for Bernina railway. A crop will take away that EV. —Bruce1eetalk 06:53, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'd say it's about the train and the landscape, showing the conditions under which the plucky Swiss run trains. Train without landscape or landscape without train wouldn't be nearly as interesting. Sca (talk) 15:43, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
PS: I'm a bit prejudiced due to family history. – Sca (talk) 15:43, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You're right of course, the train is important, that's what makes the picture interesting. But it's the landscape (with the train) that gives the picture its EV, and a crop would kill that. —Bruce1eetalk 17:36, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Berninabahn zwischen Lagalb und Ospizio Bernina im Winter.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:21, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]