Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: Modern Meets Historic 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)
A Bulleid Light Pacific pulling the Faversham Brewery Spitfire Ale Railtour awaits for passengers to alight at Faversham Station, as a Class 395 state of the art EMU arrives at the adjacent platform on the Faversham - London High Speed route.
Nottingham station split between the late 1960s and 1990s. A Class 47 sits on P6 with an express from London St. Pancras, and on P4, a class 105 with a service to Matlock. We then see the exact same but on opposite platforms with the HST and Class 156. Locos: Class 47, Class 105, Class 43 "HST", Class 156 DMU Route: Midland Mainline: Derby, Nottingham, Leicester.
A lineup of Amtrak Equipment, ranging from an old "Toaster" to the newest ACS-64, sit at Amtrak's Ivy City Yard in Washington DC. The AEM-7 is the oldest of the bunch, being built from the late 70's to the late 80's, replacing the unsuccessful GE E60's, these locomotives would last on the NEC till the 2010's, over 30 years of service, when the Siemens built ACS-64 were ordered to replace the aging AEM-7's, as well as the unreliable HHP-8 (Seen between the ACS-64 and AEM-7). The HHP-8's were ordered around the same time as the Acela Express Train Sets in the later parts of the 1990's. The AEM-7's would make their last run on the NEC in 2016. The HHP-8's were retired by 2014. The Acela Train Sets are due to be replaced by the newer Avelia Liberty Train Sets starting in 2021, with all of the Acela's scheduled to be pulled by 2022. Route: Northeast Corridor: Washington DC - Baltimore Locomotives: Acela Express, Siemens ACS-64, Bombardier–Alstom HHP-8, EMD AEM-7
A modern class 365 DMU passes an older waiting class 37 on the Midland Main Line. Route: Midland Main Line Sheffield-Derby Locomotives: Class 365, Class 37
Sometime in the not too distant future, PRR 1361 has returned to operation and is making her first run over Horseshoe Curve for the first time in decades. Unfortunately, the hundreds of railfans that have gathered to see the historic occasion have had their view obstructed by an NS coal drag, as it overtakes the 1361 on another track. Route Used: Horseshoe Curve Locomotives Used: PRR K4, GE ES44AC
Returning to Cheyenne after another round of succesful excursions, Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 waits in the hole as a manifest freight overtakes it. Route Used: Sherman Hill Locomotives Used: Union Pacific Big Boy, GE ES44AC
Quick correction, the new Avelia Liberty trainsets won't enter active service until 2022. An issue came up during testing on the NEC. Something about the pantograph not tracking properly on the catenary.
A specially painted ES44AC awaits its next assignment as a pair of vintage F7 locomotives pull an excursion train out of Altoona. ES44AC, F7 Horseshoe Curve
A U36B (built from 1969-74, and now only found on a handful of shortlines) in Seaboard System colors pulls a local freight past the Silver Meteor led by a P42DC (built from 1993-01, still in active service today). However, the P42's days are numbered, as the first 2 of Amtrak's 75 unit order of new ALC-42s, have been delivered. U36B, P42DC Miami - West Palm Beach
Bulleid Light Pacific 34027 "Taw Valley" running a VSOE service out of Portsmouth harbour as a modern day Class 450 passes in the other direction. (Portsmouth Direct Line, London Waterloo - Portsmouth)
A modern day Class 442 exits the historic Clayton Tunnel built in the 1840s on an Autumn morning run from Brighton to London Victoria. Loco:- Class 442 Wessex Route:- London to Brighton
A preserved steam locomotive is about to depart London Victoria with a modern day railtour. Loco: Rebuilt Merchant Navy 35028 'Clan Line', Class 465, Class 375 Route: London to Brighton
Six generations of East Coast expresses (1920s-2020s) on display King's Cross. Locos: A3 'Flying Scotsman', A4 Pacific, Class 55, HST, Class 91, Class 801
A Southern Pacific GP9E and a C44-9W sit near the Roseville's shops sometime in 1994. The GP9s were delivered to the Southern Pacific around the mid to late 50's. Around 1970 most started getting rebuilt into GP9E's and R's to extend their lifetime. Even into the 90's, GP9's could still be seen on a Southern Pacific mainline, with some being assigned to the RVFRL and FRRVL (Roseville-Fresno Local) along side SD7's and SD9's. Around the same time, the Southern Pacific started to take deliveries of newer 6-axle locomotives from GE and EMD, in the form of C44-9W's, SD70M's and AC4400CW's. Even on the final day roster in 1996, a handful of GP9's were still active on the SP. Route: Donner Pass Locomotives: EMD GP9, GE C44-9W
Who said modern must be a train? Route: DTG London to Brighton Train: DTG BR Class 73 'Gatwick Express'
Some lovely Modern meets Historic shot well done everyone. This weeks winner is Buynot with this fantastic shot of UP machines meeting on Sherman Hill. Congratulations. Have a nice weekend one and all, Next weeks contest : https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts21-screenshot-contest-week-30-july-august-2021.42875/
Woo hoo! I've spent most of yesterday and today sitting at home with a sore mouth since I got my wisdom teeth removed and seeing this really brightened up my day. There was some excellent entries from everyone this week!
I share the pain you feel, I had two of mine pulled a few years ago. And going to have another pulled in September for which I am not looking forward to.
