Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This is the 1st week of 2020. This week's theme is: Freestyle 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, even better if it’s 4K! Note: you can take 4K screenshots by pressing CTRL+F12 combination, as long as you set Screenshot Quality to High in the game settings. 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) GOOD LUCK!
An ABe 4/4 iii from the Rhätische bahn is climbing up the Brusio spiral viaduct and heading towards Poschiavo on the Bernina Line: Poschiavo - Tirano Route Add-On.
It is time to leave New York behind and head towards New Haven with the Amtrak ACS-64 on the NEC: New York-New Haven Route
Western Pacific GP20 #2001 leads a special excursion train across Keddie Wye, 2 Amtrak P42's are also seen in the consist. (Based off of the Feather River Express 2010/2011) Route: Feather River Canyon Locomotives: Western Pacific GP20 High Nose, Amtrak P42DC
A Sacramento Northern Steeplecab waits at the crossing at Las Juntas as a pair of Southern Pacific Black Widow Geep's passes by. Route: Sacramento Northern: Suisun Bay – San Francisco Locomotives: GE 650 Steeplecab, Southern Pacific GP9
A Class 43 HST in First Great Western livery on the Isle of Wight Route approaching Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
An Amtrak P32AC-DM races past my home station of Dobbs Ferry with an Empire Service train on the Hudson Line
Heading up The California Zephyr, a D&RGW F9 storms up Soldier Summit during the spring of 1964. Route Used: Soldier Summit - Provo to Helper Locomotive Used: D&RGW F9
The crew of a Pennsy K4 waits to be given clearance to highball out of Altoona with a troop train during the spring of 1942. Route Used: Horseshoe Curve Locomotive Used: PRR K4
Red is my colour this week and a CP GE ES44AC works a potash train through the winter sun on the Canadian Mountain Passes route.
9600 and 7752 head a railtour over the Welsh Marches to Shrewsbury. Locos : Victory Works Panniers Route : Bossman Games Welsh Marches
This is a very pretty picture. Normally I tend to upvote UK screens because that's what I'm familiar with, but this one gets an upvote from me because I like the composition and the scenery. Great shot!
A cold afternoon in north Somerset - it's only 4.15pm and it's nearly dark, and that special English wet snow falls in Frome. A class 117 DMU awaits passengers. Route: North Somerset Railway Train: BR class 117 DMU
I doubt you're allowed to have added text in screenshots for the competitions. Without the text it should be fine though.
On a dull afternoon, a class 377 EMU full of commuters heads south. Battersea power station emerges from the mist. Train: Southern Class 377 EMU Route: London to Brighton
Taking a Ge 4/4 II* on the Abula route Location is Landwasser Viaduct. *not that you can see it because it's in the tunnel
Another famous view, a pair of ABe 4/4 III railcars haul the Bernina Express around the hairpin into Alp Grum on Bernina Pass
Stevens Pass isn't allowed in Screenshot contests since it isn't globally available. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/screenshot-contest-excluded-products.16994/
Congratulations to the first winner of 2020 - Rob Jansen, with a great shot from New York - New Heaven route! New thread is now live: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts20-screenshot-contest-week-2-january-2020.20272/
Congratulations, from the last winner of 2019, to the first winner of 2020! May the year be full of more amazing screenshots like this.