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 9PM GMT on Friday, August 16th 2024 and will be judged by me - Blazin In the event of this weeks winner not responding by 17:00 on August 18th, 2024 a new thread will be created using the results of this weeks poll. The theme for this week is: Trains that just won't kick the bucket! Feel free to interpret the theme however you wish. Good luck to all, but most importantly, remember to have fun.
I consider this theme to be very open to interpretation so you don't have to follow my example here but what I sort of mean by this at the core relates to types of trains, or maybe single locomotives that have continued service life for a long time; outliving other models through the years, being used much longer than expected, or maybe to get specific trains that are the last of their type in service or trains that were thought to be written off after large issues such as accidents but returned to service despite immense damage. Feel free to play with the theme however you see fit.
Route: Inseldbahn Train: Vr DB BR 156 These East german locomotives were the newest made in East Germany and only 4 of them exist. In the picture you can see MEG was their last operator retiring them just a few years ago, even though DB decommisioned them pretty early into their service life due to staff accomodation.
Route: North Wales Coastal (TfW) Train: Class 158 Let's not forget one of the best british DMUs still in proud service to this day.
Route: Koln-Koblenz Train: DB BR 155 The 155 has really proven itself as a yet another masterpiece of german engineering. Built in the 70s in East germany it's still a very common sight in Germany.
First produced in 1959 the Iconic stalwart of the UK Rail Network the Class 37 is still in regular use 60 years later. Preserved example 37025, on loan to Colas Rail, is captured at the start of the steep descent down Lickey Hill, on RHTT duties.
Somewhat later, fellow Colas Rail Freight stable mate 37254 is seen heading back towards Birmingham at the top of the steep Lickey Hill climb. This example was first numbered as D6954 back in 1965..............
.............. D6945 as seen in it's original BR Green guise leaving Shrewsbury. Who would have thought back then that this Loco would still be in regular service in 2024?
A few years ago, my brother and I spent a day on the Spa Valley Railway running up and down the line several times in 37254 (in preservation) both light and with carriages. It was very easy to drive and was, of course, a fantastic experience. It is astonishing that it was taken back in to mainline service and is still carrying out work to this very day. One particular feature of our experience was that we were allowed to do everything from start to finish including pressing the start button to get it going. This resulted in great clouds of white smoke drifting across the car park at Tunbridge West completely engulfing Sainsbury's and much of everything else nearby as well.
It's 1997, and although there is much newer power, and the Rio Grande and CNW have both been out of existence for years, the afternoon of May 15th sees two SD40-2s, an SD40T-2, and a CNW AC4400CW leading a manifest down the subtle grade of the Arkansas River. With the route closing in just 3 months, all of these locomotives would outlive it!
The East Anglian was (and still is) a named train running between London Liverpool Street and Norwich. Started in 1937 and still going strong under the current franchisee. Here is one of the two streamlined B17, the eponymous East Anglian (sans headboard as these tended to get lost or forgotten).
A J69 Buckjumper (rebuilt Holden R24) takes a stopping train South from Ely in the early 1950s. These started life in 1904 and lasted in service for 58 years:
The results are finally here! Sorry for the delay; was out trainspotting 2ft gauge sugarcane railways in my area today for 5 hours! Brilliant submissions this week, here are my favourites. 3rd Place goes to I`m a railfan obviously with an awesome shot of a TfW Class 158. I love the TfW livery and I very much like the scenery and composition of this shot! 2nd Place is Craigie-C with this awesome shot of a Class 37 maintenance train! There were unsurprisingly lots of 37 shots this week and was hard to pick my favourite of them all. I am not complaining though, who doesn't like a Class 37? This shot has a great scenic look to it with awesome lighting and composition to boot. The fun mix of nationalisation and privatisation liveries on the Class 37s of this consist is unique too! 1st Place goes to mfeets for a classic American shot here; I just love it. A fun consist of locomotives here in multiple different liveries with a brilliant representation of how these locomotives have lived through many different railroads over the past few decades; both fallen flags and current railroads. The EMD SD40 model family is absolutely everywhere in TSC and the real world; having almost 4,000 of even just the SD40-2 model built despite the first model rolling out in 1972 and continuing to find useful service in many places today showcases this theme very well; not only that but they are used by multiple different countries too such as in South America and even a few African countries which further demonstrates their absurdly long service life and practicality as a form of rail motive power. And for the shot itself the composition is great; I love the classic American freight railroad scenery of a rocky cliff face with the rail line following a small river of some sort and a nice clear blue sky with some fluffy clouds! Excited to see your theme for next week mfeets !
Did not expect to win this week! Thanks all. I will get next weeks thread up in a few hours. (currently playing with model trains at the club)
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/unofficial-screenshot-competition-week-34.83682/ New contest is up.
