Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This is the 31st week of 2020. This week's theme is: No Trains You can vote for next week's theme in the poll attached to this thread. What is your choice? Follow us on Instagram (instagram.com/trainsim) to see your screenshots featured on our feed! How does it work? You can submit your screenshot to the thread, and every Friday we will choose which screenshots will go to the loading screens. Shortly after, we will open a new thread and announce the winners. Each week has its own theme which is voted for by the community. Competition Rules: Limit is 2 screenshots per person; 1 screenshot per post. Include in your post the route the screenshot was taken on as well as the name of the train (if applicable). Screenshots must be in a 16:9 resolution, at least 1920x1080 pixels. Screenshots must fit the theme of the week, as stated at the beginning of this post. Other Rules: Official content only. Please make sure anything that is not available on the Steam Store or Dovetail Store is not shown in the screenshot. - This means no reshade, repaint mods, track upgrades or workshop routes. View excluded content: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/screenshot-contest-excluded-products.16994/ Your entry may be disqualified if it is deemed to not follow these rules. Please limit chat to only when absolutely necessary. Competition closes at mid-day Friday (UK time). The winner will be chosen every Friday. Winner's Prize: The winning screenshot will appear in the game as a loading screen for 4 weeks! T&C: Please refer the terms and conditions for this competition here: https://dovetailgames.com/competition-terms-and-conditions/ Note that by submitting an entry to this contest, you are consenting to us using your screenshot as a loading screen and showing it on our social media channels (such as Instagram)
As all of the Corris Railway's locomotives are either handling trains or not in need of repairs right now, the maintenance shops sit empty, making for a cool picture.
The causeway near Redbridge on the South Western Main Line Route: South Western Main Line - Southampton to Bournemouth
Another shot of the causeway at Redbridge near Southampton Route: South Western Main Line - Southampton to Bournemouth
No Trains, but planes, boats & cranes reflected in Stranraer Harbour. Route: Western Lines of Scotland.
Portsmouth Direct Line - London Waterloo to Portsmouth. Anyone who has travelled on UK railways will know how realistic this modelling is of the urban trackside scene.
There's not much action at the Long Branch, NJ station today. The platform is deserted and the signals in both directions are red. The station will remain this way for some time. Route: North Jersey Coast Line
Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral. The Cathedral has been the heart of Durham for more than a thousand years and is a prominent landmark for train travellers on the East Coast Mainline route.
No trains are currently on site at the Mallard ferry slip, as a raccoon scavenges thru an abandoned trash can near the Sacramento Northern tracks. Route: Sacramento Northern: Suisun Bay - San Francisco Locomotive: N/A
The Cresta Dam is one of many dams located along the Feather River Canyon. The exit of the Elephant Butte Tunnel for Highway 70 is to the right of the dam in the photo. Route: Feather River Canyon Locomotive: N/A
It is the silent hour where no trains are at Chicago Union station. The city however, is buzzing as always. The Racetrack - Aurora to Chicago
Marias Pass isn't allowed in the screenshot contests. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/screenshot-contest-excluded-products.16994/
Alp Grüm station on the Bernina Pass – St.Moritz to Poschiavo route. At nearly 7,000 feet the restaurant has to cook pasta longer to take account of the water boiling at 93 deg C!
"We climbed into the car, drove down into town. Right up to the depot house, but no one was around. We searched the yard together for something I could show. But I knew there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so..." Route Used: VNHRR Springfield Line Locomotive Used: N/A
Amid the Coronavirus lockdowns in late March of 2020, the massive Amtrak/Metra yards in downtown Chicago sit empty and unused. Route Used: The Racetrack - Aurora to Chicago Locomotive Used: N/A
Hi trainsimplayer2020! An error for this screenshot: Celerina / Schlarigna station is not on the Bernina (Pass) line but on the Albula line. It was even the terminus station of the line when it opened in 1903. It was not until 1904 that the line reached St. Moritz. ;-)
It is Bernina Pass as I was playing Bernina Pass. The picture says Bernina Pass. So explain to me why you say it is not Bernina Pass.
If you play the Bernina Pass (or col de la Bernina) you go from St. Moritz to Poschiavo and you cannot go through Celerina / Schlarigna which is on the Albula line. Between St. Moritz and Poschiavo there is the Celerina Staz station but it is not the one in your screenshot. With a merge between the Albula line and the Bernina line you can pass through both "Celerina" stations ...
Here we go back in time(Late 1930s and early 1940s)! Route: The Sacramento Northern, South End Loco: N/A
Hey Everyone! Thanks to everyone for sending in your screenshots! Tough choice this week, but congratulations to IronBladder! for the stunning scenery in their screenshot! Great job! Have a great weekend everyone and stay safe The new thread is now live: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts20-screenshot-contest-week-32-august-2020.25477/
Nice one! I really liked that, I'm glad it's now one of the sceenshots in game. Well done IronBladder.
Thank you for your kind comments. This is a favourite screenshot of mine too. Having family in the NE of England I've been several times to Durham Cathedral and I think DTG/Kuju did a great job of modelling it.
Didn't even looked at this thread until I saw this last night. Very nice. I assumed this was in the W&T at first and hadn't really appreciated the model in ECML. You can even see the difference in the stonework where the central tower was extended. The Cathedral is Norman so it's 900 years old and some change. As is usually the case it did replace a Saxon Minster that was built by St. Cuthbert's order which had been based in Durham since 995 IIRC. Sorry- perhaps I worked in Durham Heritage Centre (the tower of which should actually be visible in this picture) for too long. Indeed- the viaduct offers a view of Durham that is hard to beat. In LNER days the corridor stock that made up expresses was deliberately marshalled with the compartments on the east side so passengers had a view of Durham and York Minster.
There's a lot else not modelled such as the university buildings to the south, but given the distance and line of sight from the railway line that's understandable. I'll have to look at the Weardale route to see how it's modelled there.
Oh- indeed. There'd be no excuse for not representing the Cathedral and Castle but the Library, Pemberton's and the other buildings around Palace Green... they do shape the view somewhat so they'd be nice to see but the route builders have got to stop somewhere. I wasn't bashing by any means.