Garden Railway Gallery, Winners Thread

[philipy]

The winner of the first (March 2019) Garden Railway Gallery (gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=12287) is....

A dead heat between steamgeorge and -steves- (You couldn't make it up!). Congratulations to both of you.

This gives us a bit of a quandry since the winner should pick the next theme. I think the fairest option is to ask both of you to suggest a theme and PM it to me ( don't post on the board) by next Saturday, and then possibly we can have a limited duration mini-poll to decide which one to use.

Congrats again to both of you and I look forward to receiving 2 scintillating suggestions ( polite please!)!

[ge_rik]

Do you think you could post the winning pix here? Then this thread will expand showing the winning pictures as they appear each time.

Rik

[philipy]

Do you think you could post the winning pix here? Then this thread will expand showing the winning pictures as they appear each time.

Rik

OK Rik, fair point, thanks. I've edited my post above to include the two pictures.

[philipy]

The winner of the June 2019 Gallery, by one point, was Rik, with 13 votes - 32% of the total votes cast.

His winning picture was:

The brewery in location

Congratulations to Rik and commiserations to everyone else who entered.

Rik, May I have your proposed theme for the September Gallery within the next 2 weeks please.

[FWLR]

Well done Rik. Well deserved...

[ge_rik]

Wow! Thanks folks - especially to the 13 who voted for my picture. The competition was stiff - I felt the second place pic could easily have been a worthy winner as could any of the others.

How about this for the title of the next competition - "On Track"

It can be interpreted in several different ways - pictures of trackwork eg shots of track winding through the garden, pictures of bridges level crossings etc, track level shots of locos or stock, pictures of scheduled trains passing by, pictures of trains departing on time, or even a picture of a Caterpillar tractor.....

Rik

[Peter Butler]

Congratulations Rik, a superb picture and worthy winner. You had my vote and at least four of Rod's too!
Have the other names/votes now been deleted, I can't see the final scores?

[SimonWood]

Congratulations Rik, a superb picture and worthy winner. You had my vote and at least four of Rod's too!
Have the other names/votes now been deleted, I can't see the final scores?

The final scores are still visible in the June thread, a close race with the brewery beating cuttle brook by just 1 vote - both very fine photos!

[philipy]

Wow! Thanks folks - especially to the 13 who voted for my picture. The competition was stiff - I felt the second place pic could easily have been a worthy winner as could any of the others.

How about this for the title of the next competition - "On Track"

It can be interpreted in several different ways - pictures of trackwork eg shots of track winding through the garden, pictures of bridges level crossings etc, track level shots of locos or stock, pictures of scheduled trains passing by, pictures of trains departing on time, or even a picture of a Caterpillar tractor.....

Rik

Thanks Rik, "On track" it is. I'll put the entries thread up, shortly.

[FWLR]

You had my vote and at least four of Rod's too!

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[CSL]

A worthy winner!

Wonder if I can fit something to the next theme...?

[philipy]

The winner of the September 2019 Gallery was me ( philipy), on the theme of "On Track", with:

"On track to get trains running again"

[Peter Butler]

Congratulations Philipy, a great picture and worthy winner.

[Lonsdaler]

Congratulations Philip. It is a great picture, and tells a story too.

[philipy]

Thanks chaps.

[ge_rik]

A worthy winner. Congratulations.
So, you have to decide on the theme for the next round.

Rik
PS Oops, just seen you've done exactly that.

[philipy]

The winner of the December 2019 is KjellAn with his Freight Train...

Well done Kjell. Now please could we have your theme for the next gallery ( March 2020) by about 7th Jan.

[Peter Butler]

Congratulations Kjell, a lovely picture full of character..... well done!

[ge_rik]

We'll done Kjell
A worthy winner!
Rik

[KjellAn]

Well done Kjell. Now please could we have your theme for the next gallery ( March 2020) by about 7th Jan.

Theme for the March 2020 would be:
«Winter on the Garden Railway»

There is a few weeks left of the winter. Hopefully there be some white days before end of March 2020.
And if not - you may have some pictures taken in previous winters.