Welcome to the Unofficial Screenshot Competition! This is a fun and friendly alternative to the official Screenshot Competition run by DTG. Theme for this week: Powerhouse One part cheeky, one part freestyle. Bit of a riddle with many possible solutions. Our rules: Screenshot should be in some way (can be very tenuous) linked to the theme. You can enter up to 3 pictures, posted separately. You can delete and replace if you wish. TSC only shots allowed. 3rd party content, enhancement and artistic editing is welcome. Thread poster picks the podium and can't enter themselves. The decision is final. The winner chooses the new theme for next week and becomes its judge. We strongly discourage any negativity, 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 close at Friday, November 10th EOD (midnight) and will be judged by me Saturday morning. In the event of this week's winner not responding by 8pm EST Sunday, November 12th, a new thread will be created with the theme of freestyle. Good luck to all, but most importantly, remember to have fun!
Good theme! Fresh from the screenshot factory.... An Armstrong Powerhouse TPE 158 in the Northern Powerhouse city of Manchester AP158 DTG Liverpool - Manchester Via Warrington
Route: Semmeringbahn Train: Vr DB BR 152, Vr DB BR 185.2. The DB BR 185, one of the most common DB Cargo locos and the powerhouse of german freight being lend a hand by this DB BR 152.
Route: Koln-Koblenz Train: Vr DB BR 185 Lokomotion. This DB BR 185 showing the power behind those wires!
A powerhouse of a locomotive, the class 66 forms the backbone of the fuel delivery system to Drax power station. AP66EP Drax Biomass wagons from ATS Route: ATS Chat Moss
A powerhouse of West of England services, 34004 Yeovil races through Sidmouth Junction while a pick-up goods waits in the sidings. Route: West of England (Golden Age Developments) Locos: Light Pacific (Bossman Games), U Class (Caledonia Works)
The Class 43 HST powerhouse, that supplied the MML Nottingham to London St. Pancras service for nearly 4 decades, cruises past another famous powerhouse, the Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station that produces the electricity for a vast amount of the East Midlands area.
The go-to powerhouse loco for UK freight transport. GBRF 66760 heads 6M83 Tinsley Yard - Bardon Hill with a rake of 20 empty JGA-K wagons, past the twisted spire of St. Mary & All Saints Church, Chesterfield
Its not easy being a powerhouse of a locomotive! Here we see the morning sun catching 66070, 66155 & 66125 at Margam as they take a break!
Santa Fe GE U28CGs '350', '353', '351' and '357' lead eastbound Train 100 also known as the Super C service through the deserts of Arizona heading for Winslow during the Summer of 1969. Loco: GE U28CG Route: Arizona Divide: Winslow - Williams
Freightliner Class 66 '66588' meets DB Class 66 '66137' headed for London with a train full of sand during the Autumn of 2014. Loco: British Rail Class 66 Route: Great Eastern Main Line London-Ipswich
A powerhouse of the "Armstrong" variety 8 Car London & South East Class 411 runs past a Powerhouse from the past in the shape of the iconic Battersea Power Station. Loco:- AP Class 411 Route:- Chatham Main Line, London Victoria - Dover & Ramsgate.(AP Weather & Track enhancements)
The Waterloo Sunset tour was run to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern steam on 9th July 1967. 35028 "Clan Line" is seen meandering out of London Victoria with the Powerhouse of UK politics (The Houses of Parliament) as a background. Loco:- BR Rebuilt Merchant Navy Class Rouie:- Portsmouth Direct Line : London Waterloo - Portsmouth
J19 64647 bringing a 40-wagon coal train to feed the insatiable appetite of Little Barford power station
Good mornings! A nice collection of entries, lovely to look at. Happy to see good variety. Thanks to everyone for their submissions. 1st place for me is cunningn's shot at Little Barford power station. The haze adds to the already smoky, steamy, dirty atmosphere. Feels like a cold morning. I also enjoy the composition very much, with the view of the wagons, the curve around the pile. 2nd goes to cscarpenter's Merchant Navy Class just outside London Waterloo. Nice catch with the parliament! 3rd is awarded to the GP40 on the N-Line by I'm a railfan obviously. It's a bit of a stretch thematically, however it's definitely suitable for the season. But. Really cool shots with the 66s, the GAD steamer, the 158 opening, and the 43 at Ratcliffe for sure. Again, thank you all. To be fair though, I expected at least one roundhouse shot! cunningn#3154 The key is yours. Better safe than sorry, repeating it: You can set up the next thread with your theme choice, and judge in a week. The forums don't really allow changing OP anymore so no rush.
Thanks - never won a picture comp before next week's will be 'Foreign Parts' - my thought is to stimulate folk to run on anotehr country's metals - but I guess could also apply to use of 'foreign' rolling stock in a domestic setting (wherever 'domestic' is for you).
Thanks man! I didn't see the theme until later on so I didn't manage the get my best shots, but apprecaite it!
Congratulations to the winners! I am excited to participate in the new week's competition, it's an interesting and unique theme!
Congratulations to you podium guys, well deserved. Looking forward to seeing next week's contributions
Major congratulations on a well deserved 1st win with an absolute cracking shot, well done. (also great choice of theme going forward, thumbs up all round)
