Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This is the 14th week of 2020. This week's theme is: Long 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) GOOD LUCK!
D&RGW Train 149 from the Wasatch Westbound Workshop Scenario Tunnel Motors SD40T-2 on the Soldier Summit Route
Driving through snowy Switzerland Loco: SBB EW-IV Bt Driving Coach+8× EW-IV coaches Route: Gotthardbahn Alpine Classic: Erstfeld – Bellinzona
A fully loaded CSX Coal Train is arriving at West Brownsville: Route:Norfolk Southern Coal District Loco:EMD SD80MAC CSX
A pair of Union Pacific SD9043MAC's lead a long coal train downgrade near Tucker, Utah sometime in the early 2000's. The mid train helper units, consisting of 6 SD40T-2s still in Rio Grande paint, can be seen in the background. Route: Soldier Summit: Helper to Salt Lake City Locomotives: EMD SD9043MAC, EMD SD40T-2, GE C44-9W.
A pair of CSX SD80MAC's lead a coal train downgrade along the South Fork Tenmile Creek during a light shower. Route: Norfolk Southern Coal District Locomotive: EMD SD80MAC
A pair of Class 86 hauled container trains pass on the WCML North route on a cold day in the late '80s as sectorisation is being introduced by British Rail.
Threading its way through the majestic Rockies a GE ES44AC hauled potash train winds slowly upwards on the Canadian Mountain Passes route.
A long string of oil tankers cruises through town while a pair of helpers await the call to duty. Locos: C44-9W, SD40T-2 Route: Donner Pass
Long Train Runnin' Heavy coal drag climbing towards the summit at Grandvew (sic) Route: Alaska Railroad Locos: EMD SD70MACs
Unfortunately, BNSF content is not allowed in this contest. You can find a list of all the excluded content here - https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/screenshot-contest-excluded-products.16994/
A large manifest freight rumbles over Horseshoe Curve during the summer of 1958. Route Used: Horseshoe Curve Locomotive Used: Baldwin RF-16 PRR
A UP Challenger thunders through Morgan, Utah on a late summer afternoon in 1954. Route Used: Union Pacific's Wasatch Grade Locomotive Used: Union Pacific Challenger
Definitely want to bring this theme in a couple more times in the future since so many awesome shots were submitted! Congrats to Xerxes Aragon - really nice work! New thread: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts20-screenshot-contest-week-15-april-2020.21965/