Unofficial 3rd Party Screenshot Comp - Week 17

Rules:
- Screenshot should be in some way (can be very tenuous) linked to a theme. Otherwise anything goes.
- You can enter up to 3 screenshots, posted as separate posts. You can delete and replace if you wish.
- Entries to be submitted by 9pm Friday (GMT).
- 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 theme is: 'Historic'
Submissions close at 2:30pm BST, on July the 23rd.
This will be judged by me, the one and only, Masire.

 

A Digital Traction BR Standard 2MT at Consall on the Churnet Valley Line in Staffordshire England.

 

A BR 9F on the turntable at Minehead in 1943

 

A DB BR44 with a rake of side loading Ommi hoppers steams along the Wutachtalbahn

 

A BR4MT with a rake of Bulleid coaches on the Rivirera Line.

 

A Stroudley Terrier on the Brighton Line

 

A Conrail Blue consist heads down the now half-abandoned Metro North Beacon Line in 1996.

 

A 4MT & Stanier Black 5 pull into Levisham Station on the Whitby to Pickering Line

 

45428 "Eric Treacy". I actually have some photos of 45428 running loco only at Levisham early on a cold March morning back in 2016.

 

A rake of interurban cars rounds a corner on the now-abandoned Sacramento Northern Railway in the 1930s.

 

Here is my first entry. I've been told last week that screenshot edits are legitimate entries, so let's see what I can do with this painting-style northeastern British shot:

1913 - The calm before the storm​

Spoiler: Original image for comparison (NOT PART OF THE ENTRY)

 

Here is my 2nd entry:

​

Ribécourt, Nov. 1917​

Spoiler: Original image for comparison (NOT PART OF THE ENTRY)

 

Oh WOW !!!! Love it. Well done

 

Looks genuine doesn't it?

 

Thanks guys.

NOTE: I re-dated the Ribecourt photo to November 1917.

Minor edit, I know. The Town was right on the frontline, but in october the town would still be on the German side of the no-mans land. The town (with it's rail station) would change hands in November as a result of the British Cambrai offensive and would remain on the British side of the front, even after the German counterattack of the same month.
However, the Germans would recapture it in March 1918, the British would take it back in Sept 1918.

So just my luck to pick such a "busy" wartime location for a screenshot.

 

Ok, wouldn't be a historic competition without a B&W early diesel. 3rd entry:

1958 - The train of yesterday​

Spoiler: BONUS: Not an entry, just for a laugh

 

Here's a Crompton Class 33 (BRCW Type 3) with 10 GUV vans along the NWC in the 1980s, borrowed from the Southern Region,
And just for the fun of TVs... (Not an entry lol).

 

I'm glad I'm not judging. Too many to choose from.

 

Alright, tough choices to make this one. Great job for everyone who participated!
In Third Place, we have NEC Railfan with this great shot of an American EMU, which, to be frankly honest, I know nothing about. Cracking shot though.
In second place we have UP13 with this great shot of 2 Bulleid Merchant Navies at Waterloo. Great shot mate.In FIRST PLACE we have Ardaeshir with this dazzling shot of an NER Class O in 1917, what a shot mate.Very hard choices to make but, it was great from all of you and I hope to see you all next week! And Ardaeshir, you get to judge this weeks Unofficial Screenshot Competition!

 

Thanks everyone, was a pleasure to take part and wow, that was my first victory in any Train Sim competition.

Historic settings arte actually my fav thing in Train Sim. But we just had "historic" as a theme and I want to make it an inclusive theme for all regions to enjoy...so the upcoming theme is:
Summer Storm!

...no, not the 2004 film

 

Yeah they're what's known as the Class 1003 interurban cars, built for the Sacramento Northern Interurban, a sort of hybrid mainline/trolley car in my eyes. Many interurbans were built in the 1910s and 1920s, but a lot of them succumbed to the bus systems that rose in popularity during the 30s and postwar years (generally the rise of the automobile ruined the American rail system). Plus, it didn't help that many of these systems were bought out by a group of car-related companies and converted to bus companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy

 

Very deserving winning shot. Humbled by getting second considering the very high standard of this round.

 

​

Congratulations Ardaeshir on a terrific winning shot, well deserved.
Have to ask, where did you get that lowmac wagon with the little Steam Traction Engine? I just have to have it in my collection LOL

 

here's the link for anyone who needs it...

Unofficial 3rd Party Screenshot Comp - Week 18 | Dovetail Games Forums

 

Caledonia Works, NER wagon pack.

Link here:
https://caledoniaworks.com/product/ner-wagon-pack-1/

NOTE: I am not affiliated with the site or its owner in any way. But what I can say is that he makes very decent stuff.

 

Thanks for that, it is a site I have not used before but as you say seems to have some nice stock.
Cheers

 

Well, it has some nice britsh steam era stuff, especially pre-grouping. Actually all the NER assets in the winning screenshot are from there.

 

Thanks for the link, just had to be done, cracking set of rolling stock.
Only downside it also cost me a Victory Works J21 (NER C) Class pack from Steam Sounds Supreme to haul them.
Well I mean it would be rude not to. Cheers

 

You can always get the NER O class like I did.

Which I would recommend. It is probably one of my fav steam engines in all of TS.