Unofficial Screenshot Contest 2022 Week 29

Rules:
- 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).

Entries will close at 2100 UTC on Friday, July 29th and will be judged by me - DrTrenchcoat

In the event of this weeks winner not responding by 5 PM Sunday, 31st July a new thread will be created using the theme with the highest votes in this weeks poll.

This weeks theme will be: "Heavy Freight"

Good luck to all.

 

"A heavy mixed freight with 46 wagons and a BR 186 for power"

Loco: SNCF BR 186
Route: Bahnstrecke Strasbourg - Karlsruhe

 

2 Western Pacific GE U30Bs pull a heavy freight train around a long bend on the Feather River Canyon route.

Loco: GE U30B
Route: Feather River Canyon

 

A BR Standard Class 9F is pulling a heavy train full of military goods on the Western Lines of Scotland.

Loco: BR Standard Class 9F
Route: Western Lines of Scotland

 

Route: West Rhine Koln- Koblenz Train: DB BR 101.
An empty but long freight service passing the Dovetail games easter egg at Bonn.

 

A Foster Yeoman Class 59 pulling a heavy consist of fully loaded wagons on the Medway Valley Line.

Loco: BR Class 59
Route: Chatham Main & Medway Valley Lines

 

A CSX heavy grain consist - GE ES44AC - CSX Hanover Sub.

 

Union Pacific heavy Intermodal freight - EMD SD70ACe - Tehachapi Pass.

 

"A heavy BNSF manifest running through the morning fog."

Loco: BNSF ES44DC
Route: Montana Hi-Line: Shelby - Havre

 

"This time with a BNSF loaded coal eastbound."

Loco: BNSF ES44DC, Dash 9-44CW & NS Dash 9-40CW
Route: The Racetrack: Aurora - Chicago

 

66005 leaves DIRFT to join the WCML with a very heavy intermodal load on a late summer evening.


Armstrong Powerhouse Class 66 Enhancement Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse FTA/FSA Waggon Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse Sky and Weather Enhancement Pack
RWEnhancer Pro
ReShade
Route: WCML Trent Valley

 

66 732 hauling a heavy container train out of Leeds en route to York. (OTS Harrogate Loop)

 

Seen from another angle I thought about offering this shot in the Official Screenshot comp. (theme being trackside signage) but decided the AP police might have something to say regarding Loco/ Route etc LOL

 

Route: Semeeringbahn Train: OBB 1116.
Two freight trains passing on the many curves trough the Alps.

 

well, it's just not right to submit screenshots of interesting subjects in the official competition, we can't be having that.

 

I splurged on the AP 37 & some stuff for it to pull!

2x Loadhaul 37`s about to run around their train at Edge Hill & head south on the WCML.

AP 37 Vol1 + AP HAA`s
ATS Missing link

 

Route: West- Rhine Koln-Koblenz Train: DB BR 152.
A DB Cargo train spotted outside of Koblenz.

 

60022 pulls a load of oil tankers along the South Wales mainline on a cold, wintery day.

Loco: JT class 60 Advanced or DTG class 60 (can't remember which one this scenario used)
Route: South Wales mainline

 

Now seeing that sign takes me back to when I had to drive through Leeds almost every day for work. They did a really good job recreating that.

 

I suppose the concern is that people with enhancements and interesting liveries will dominate those without, hence it becomes mandatory.
Technical ability behind the shot is just part of having a good one, but still.
It's not easy to define rules where most everyone is on equal footing.

By the way, something I'm pondering for a while, some offerings are a bit painting-like, impressionist, artistic, pronounced, while others strive for realism.

 

In this thread? I can't see anything painting-like. That wouldn't be a problem in this competition though, as the point is, you can use whatever stock, livery or graphical modification you like... unlike the official DTG thread. In that, it makes sense that everyone is using stuff that you can obtain from Steam, or it's not a true representation of what you can actually buy from Steam.

 

Heavy, heavy Lime JTA/JUA train headed by EWS liveried 37797 & 37899 snakes out of Cambridge freight reception.
Locos:- AP Class 37
Route:- ATS Kings Lynn - Kings Cross + Peterborough - Cambridge

 

Heavy mixed freight train pulls out of Dumfries.
Loco:- BR Standard Class 9F
Route:- Western Lines of Scotland

 

66137 running 6Z57 Griffin Wharf - Stratford about to join the main line with a rake of HKA`s

Route: GEML Ipswich - London
Loco: AP 66 + AP HKA/JMA pack

 

66137 running 6Z57 Griffin Wharf - Stratford powering along the main line at full power.
Route: GEML Ipswich - London
Loco: AP 66 + AP HKA/JMA pack

 

There have been quite a few nice screenshots this week, after quite a bit of thought here's the top three:

In third place:
Blazin

The angle, framing, and lighting of this shot is excellent. My only nitpick is that the manifest is far too uniform for my tastes.

In second place:
Craigie-C

Lighting, angle, and location are all excellent, I just hope the BTP didn't notice you climbing up to take this one.

And now for first:
Pookeyhead can notch another well deserved win on his belt

This one just pops, lighting, framing, and location are all great for this one, and whatever RWE or Reshade setting you have really just makes this look incredible.

There were quite a few nice screenshots this week, well done everyone. Over to you Pookeyhead.

 

Congratulations Pookyhead & the rest of the top 3

 

Congratulations Pookeyhead, great shot.

 

Thank you for third place and congratulations to the other winners.

 

Congrats Pookeyhead, yet another stunning shot.

 

I'm not on my pc right now, but I should have those week's competition up later today