Welcome to the Unofficial Screenshot Competition This is a fun and friendly alternative to the official Screenshot Competition run by DTG. Here you can share your weekly themed TSC screenshots using any 3rd party / post shot editing etc. creations which are not allowed in the official competition. Rules: TSC only shots allowed. Screenshot should be in some way (can be very tenuous) linked to the theme. Otherwise anything goes. You can enter up to 3 screenshots, posted as separate posts. You can delete and replace if you wish. 3rd party content / Reshades / Reskins etc. are welcomed but are not mandatory. Previous week's winner to decide winner (can't enter themselves). The winner chooses the new theme for next week (and becomes the new judge). The Judge of the week's decision is final. We strongly discourage any negative comment or criticism of another entry by a fellow contributor, this is a light hearted & fun contest! This is a major "we are all friendly" thread and we hope it will always remain so. Please keep chat to an absolute minimum. Entries will close at 21:00 GMT on Friday, January 13th and will be judged by me - johnno124 In the event of this weeks winner not responding by 17:00 Sunday, January 15th, a new thread will be created using the theme with the highest votes in this weeks poll. This weeks theme will be Rescue Have fun & good luck to all!
The driver of Regional Railways Class 101 '101 653' gets intimidated by Trainload Class 47 '47 225' passing by with a broken down Regional Railways Class 101 that it rescued which indicates the potential difficulty of the journey to come. Locos: British Rail Class 47, British Rail Class 101 Route: Liverpool-Manchester
Route: Welsh Marches : Train ROG EuroPheonix Class 37 37800 "Orion" pulling a dead in service TfW Class 769 "Unicorn" (we call them this because it's rare to see one working)
Route: Karawakenbahn Train: OBB 1116, SZ 363. Stopping with the bad jokes, a SZ 363 gets replaced by a more reliable OBB 1116 which will take the train to Zagreb and the with a different locomotive to Varna.
The Cemex Express loses the "express" title as it is rescued by 20168 and taken to the Earls Sidings on the Hope Valley Line. Loco:- Class 20 Lafarge reskin/ Class 66 Cemex reskin / HYA Wagons Route:- Hope Valley extension to JT MML
Route: West Rhine Koln-Koblenz Train: DB BR 294, DB BR 146.2, DB BR 101. Trains going seperate ways with one serving passengers while the other brings some broken down locos to the maintenance depot.
A failed new Class 25 loco has to be rescued by an old workhorse. Loco:- BMG 5MT Caprotti, Class 25 Route:- Weardale & Teesdale
A failed TEE DB BR103 unit is recovered by 361 254-6 as BR218 100-6 waits to collect the remainder of the train. Locos:- DB BR361, DB BR103, DB BR218 Route:- Hamburg - Hanover
86416 rescues 90011 at Crewe, pic taken from Crewe heritage center viewing platform. 1N22 from ATS AP 86+90 ATS Missing Link
90018 rescues a dead mail 325 sen here just north of Rugby on the Up Slow at a signakl check as a Pendolino speeds past @125! AP90 + 325 + SB9L 390 WCML Trent Valley
It is now that time to decide on the winning image. All of them were exceptional. In Equal 3rd Place is Blazin and Reef with there fantastic images that Blazin In Second place we jump into central Europe where we find the Modern Work horse rescuing its predecessor. 2nd Place goes to i'm a railfan obviously. And lastly, In 1st Place (where steam should always be) is cscarpenter. The idea of a Steam Loco rescuing diesel always excites me. C Congratualtions to the winners and like i said all the images were amazing, it was hard to narrow them down and even harder to order them. Cscarpenter, Over to you for next week
Mucho Congrats cscarpenter on your winning shot and also to everyone else for contributing with such good efforts.
"Wowser" Thanks Johnno wasn't expecting that, as you say there were some great entries to chose from. Onwards and upwards as they say, next week's thread is up and running with the theme Remember When ..... Please feel free to interpret any way you wish, let your imagination and creative juices run in all directions. Most of all have fun, and good luck to everyone.
Thank you for 3rd place and congratulations to the other winners. I unfortunately never got the notification for the results so I'm replying a bit late.