Unofficial Screenshot Competition - Week 10 (2025)

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  1. Steep Climb

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  2. Freight

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  3. Commuting

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  4. 1980 - 2000

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  5. Sunrise / Sunset

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  1. Craigie-C

    Craigie-C Well-Known Member

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    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 10PM GMT on Saturday, March 15th 2025 and will be judged by me - Craigie-C

    In the event of this week's winner not responding by 10PM GMT on Sunday, March 16th 2025, a new thread will be created using the results of this week's poll.

    The theme for this week is: Hard Work
    Feel free to interpret the theme however you wish.
     
  2. Blazin

    Blazin Well-Known Member

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    GE C40-8W 5.jpg
    Hard work? Where no better place to look than the United States of America. Here Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway GE C40-8Ws '887', '840' and '869' lead a 50 wagon loaded coal train with '801' and '807' alongside GE C41-8W '929' on the rear of the train assisting on service on northbound service C-YCCH seen descending the Raton Pass arriving into Trinidad, Colorado.

    Motive Power: GE C40-8W, GE C41-8W
    Route: Raton Pass: Trinidad - Raton
    Scenario: Coal over the Pass
    Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade, UTS Creations Dash 8/Dash 9 Enhancement Pack
     
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  3. Blazin

    Blazin Well-Known Member

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    British Rail Class 52 15.jpg
    Working hard or hardly working? :D

    Motive Power: British Rail Class 52
    Route: Berks and Hants to Bristol and Penzance
    Scenario: [SS] The Western Challenger Railtour pt 1
    Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
     
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  4. Blazin

    Blazin Well-Known Member

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    ICE 3 7.jpg
    It sure is hard work keeping the dense and high population of Germany (Deutschland in German) but I would reckon the Deutsche Bahn ICE 3s do pretty well! Here are two of these magnificent EMUs at Munich Hbf (München Hbf) in Bavaria (Bayern).

    Trains: ICE 3
    Route: Munich-Augsburg
    Scenario: [CS] Wash and Go
    Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, ReShade
     
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  5. cam#7629

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    Route: GEMMA London Liverpool Street- Ipswich

    Traction: Class 90
     
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  6. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

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    A BR 189 in early Dispolok livery with a long string of containers on Hamburg-Hannover.
    While there is no mountain or otherwise heavy haul, according to regular complaints about modern locos in my country, getting these moving is hard work and often taxing the rails just as much.
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    ps.: Sure I could pick a technically prettier pic for Germany, like the 155, but it's all about the story.
     
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  7. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

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    While it doesn't look particularly hard work, the West Highland Line Extension is full of 1:50 (2%) grades and a Class 37 sports a fraction of the power of modern mainline traction.
    (Surely I'm not the only one running the little Falmouth dock engine on the main with just a couple wagons, barely making it.)
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    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

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    Instead of some CP or SP mountain shot...
    I suspect that shunting and branch line service is actually the toughest railroad job. Except for stopping the Runaway. Instead of casually wiggling the controls and trying to stay awake, you have to stay on your toes: be aware of locations, couple perfectly, and - maybe the US couplers are easier, but - in Europe you have to do quite a bit of physical work to screw the chain thingamajig together, plus of course the handbrake wheel for any wagon left standing. Who needs a gym I guess?
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  9. Limeyfox

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    Nothing wrong with a mountain shot :)

    What could have been. After the Labour victory in the 1992 election, BR's profitable INTERCITY sector received investment to upgrade the WCML as a follow-on to the ECML project. A fleet of 32 Class 91 and Mark 4 coaches form the backbone of the timetable (the overambitious IC250 project having been quietly dropped) with a further 20 push-pull rakes of Mk3s retained for secondary workings. With incremental line-speed upgrades, a headline Euston-Glasgow journey time of 4h45m was achieved using the IC225 stock.

    We see 91040 sweeping a standard WCML 2+10 rake up the 1:80, 1:75 incline at Harthope near Beattock Summit. For any other type of traction this was extremely hard work but with 6000hp at its disposal, the 95mph linespeed is maintained without difficulty.

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    Route: WCML North
    Stock: IC225 (with Armstrong Powerhouse enhancements)
    Other: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Lighting, Track Upgrade and Signal Enhancement packs
     
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  10. Craigie-C

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    Hi folks, bit of a quiet week again but regardless of that, a big thank you to those of you that have taken part and provided some wonderful eye candy for me to peruse. I have decided to share the podium places between:-
    3rd place bronze - triznya.andras for this wonderful shot of 37413 under duress on the steep climb. Love the low angle and inclusion of the flora in the foreground.
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    2nd place silver is awarded to Blazin for this stunning depiction of the "Hard Work" theme you can almost feel the strain of hauling this huge coal train.
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    Which leaves me the honour of awarding 1st place Gold to Limeyfox for this terrific wide angle landscape capture of a class 91 hauling an Intercity rake up the climb to Beattock on the WCML
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    Congratulations Limeyfox , I pass on the golden master key to your good self to lead us onwards to week 11
     
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  11. Limeyfox

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    Many thanks Craigie-C for this week’s trophy! I must admit to enjoying taking landscape shots.
     
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    Blazin Well-Known Member

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    Thank you very much for 2nd place and congratulations to the other winners!!
     

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