Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: Slow Summit 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. In order to qualify for the competition, screenshots must be taken from products published by Dovetail Games that are currently on sale. 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-routes-and-locomotives.31092/ 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 1 week! (Please Note since the new update which changes loading times we have decided to change it to 1 week) 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)
On 25th March 2006 50049 'Defiance' & 50031 'Hood' are pictured tackling the Lickey Incline at Vigo Bridge. Route: Birmingham Cross City Loco: BR Class 50 and Virgin Mk2's
An Eastbound Southern Pacific Manifest train heads over the original track 1 out of the Norden Snowshed, towards the summit of Donner Pass, with multiple units on point. Route: Donner Pass Locomotives: EMD SD45T-2, EMD SD45, EMD GP20
Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage locomotive hauls a heavy manifest freight along track 1 up to grade towards the summit at Gallitzin Horseshoe Curve ES44AC, C44-9W
37051 crawls over Corrour Summit on the West Highland Line South with a rake of fully loaded YGH Sealion hoppers.
From another angle:- 37051 crawls over Corrour Summit on the West Highland Line South with a rake of fully loaded YGH Sealion hoppers.
A Westbound drag freight reaches the summit of Donner Pass on Track 1 Route: Donner Pass Locomotives: SD45T-2, SD45
"Are we nearly there yet?" The Bernina Pass route has some of the most brutal gradients on any conventional railway in the world. Here an Abe 8/12 Allegra must be glad it's approaching the head of the pass on the Bernina Pass: St Moritz – Poschiavo route.
"A slow summit for some, not so for others." A heavy container train is held in the loop to be overtaken by a racing passenger express at Beattock Summit. Locos:- Class 57, Class 87 Route:- WCML North
Intermodal over the summit. Route:Canadian Mountain Passes: Revelstoke-Lake Louise Loco:Canadian Pacific AC4400CW
A heavy Union Pacific coal train makes its way to summit, passing thru Kyune sometime in the late 90's to early 2000's. Some Ex-Southern Pacific SD70Ms are seen on the point, and a group of Ex-Rio Grande Tunnel Motors can be seen as mid train helpers in the background, which still operated out of Helper for the UP into the early 2000's. Route: Soldier Summit: Provo to Helper Locomotives: EMD SD9043MAC, EMD SD70M, EMD SD40T-2
Britannia Class 70018 "Flying Dutchman" with the famous Torbay Express near Churston towards Kingswear. Due to the steam era this train is historical correct and rans with the same engine and the same Express between London Paddington and Kingswear.
A Glacier Express train on its way to St. Moritz, currently crossing the Albula Viadukt III near Preda. Route: Albula Line Loco: RhB Ge 4/4 III
No idea what it means with slow summit but here is a slowmoving train climbing the hills at Wasatch Grade route. The speed is only 15,8 MPH. Loco: EMD F7 Union Pacific Route: Wasatch Grade
Route: Bernina Line (GR - CH) - The highest rail crossing in Europe Station: Ospizio Bernina, 2,253 m (7,392 ft) above sea level, is both the highest station and highest point on the Bernina Railway and also on the entire Rhaetian Railway network. Locos: ABe 4/4 III 54 "Hakone" + ABe 4/4 III 53 "Tirano"
Route: Bernina Line (GR - CH) - The highest rail crossing in Europe Station: Ospizio Bernina, 2,253 m (7,392 ft) above sea level, is both the highest station and highest point on the Bernina Railway and also on the entire Rhaetian Railway network. Locos: ABe 4/4 III 54 "Hakone" + ABe 4/4 III 53 "Tirano"
ÖBB freighttrain climbing the Austrian mountains towards the Italian border to Tarvisio. Route: Karawankenbahn Loco: ÖBB 1293
It gets easier from here. A trio of Union Pacific GE ES44ACs crests the summit at Sherman. Sherman Hill.
A freight train double headed with OBB 1116s emerges from the summit tunnel on the Semmeringbahn route.
After having reached the summit of Miramar Hill near San Diego, a Pacific Surfliner pushed by a EMD F59PHI starts a leisurely coast down on the Pacific Surfliner: LA - San Diego route.
A mixed freight, headed up by an SD70M, slowly crests the summit of Sherman Hill and begins its descent towards Cheyenne. Route Used: Sherman Hill Locomotive Used: EMD SD70M
It's a hot summer's day on Miramar Hill, and Amtrak Heritage Unit #145, along with another P42DC, is heading up an AAPRCO Convention special, bound for Downtown San Diego. Route Used: Pacific Surfliner Locomotive Used: Amtrak P42DC
On a clear summer morning but chasing yellows due to a train in front of her an APT is obliged to trundle over Shap at a mere 80mph. (WCML Over Shap)
I don't think this is high enough resolution to qualify- pictures need to be at least HD sized. Hope you read this in time to post a higher resolution version or something else.
I thinks it's not entirely obvious how to add photos here - think it took me a week or two to work out how to include the images inline. Maybe it was originally higher res, but he just clicked the add as thumbnail option?
If you: 1. click Upload a File, navigate to, and click on your image, You'll see it load and be visible below, then 2. place your cursor in the appropriate place. eg, I am pressing Return after this to leave a gap, then 3. I click on the "Full Image" button and you image appears in full, proportioned to the column width, and full size when clicked:
Some really good Slow Summit shots everyone well done! This Weeks Winner is WhippleStripper with this fantastic shot of the Bernina Pass. Congratulations. Have a good weekend everyone! Next weeks Contest : https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts21-screenshot-contest-week-14-april-2021.38567/
A Class V2 60821 on freight duty in Nottingham Loco:- Greasly Class V2 Route:- Netherfield - Nottingham Network