Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: The Age of Steam 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)
An LNER (BR) Q6 0-8-0 Raven with a rake of wagons en route from Barnard castle to Broomielaw on the Weardale & Teesdale Network.
Clan Class 4-6-2 "Clan Mackenzie" steams out of Carlisle with a sleeper train on the Western Lines of Scotland (The Port Road).
The evening queue for the turntable Locos:- GWR 5100, GWR 5400, GWR 6400, GWR Saint. Route:- Falmouth Branch Line
Two freights, both led by steam, one coasting downhill and the other fighting the grade, meet in the remoteness of the Wasatch range. Route: Union Pacific Wasatch Grade Loco:Challenger, Big Boy
Southern Pacific Cab Forward AC-10 #4217 leads an eastbound train around the horseshoe curve located at Caliente, CA, en-route to Taylor Yard in Los Angeles. Route: Tehachapi Pass Locomotive: Southern Pacific Cab Forward
Union Pacific #4003 prepares to depart Cheyenne for an early morning run over Sherman Hill. Route: Sherman Hill Locomotive: Union Pacific Big Boy
45731 Perseverance on Morar Viaduct45731 Perseverance heads over Morar Viaduct in a summer morning of 1945. It hauls some West Highland Mk1s to Fort William where the service will terminate before returning. It is accelerating out of the 15MPH speed limit just before the viaduct. Route: West Highland Line Extension Route Loco: LMS 5XP Jubilee Class
60532 'Blue Peter', accompanied by a rake of Mk1 coaches, steams through the New Forest on a bright autumnal day. Loco: LNER Peppercorn Class A2 'Blue Peter' Route: Southampton to Bournemouth
It's a cool spring day on the UP in 1948. FEF-3 Northern #836 and Big Boy #4011 simmer away near the coaling tower in Ogden, awaiting their assignments. Route Used: Union Pacific's Wasatch Grade Locomotives Used: Union Pacific FEF-3, Union Pacific Big Boy
The crew of a Pennsy K4 check the signal at Altoona, awaiting clearance to depart with a late night mail train. In a few minutes, the train will thunder off into the dead of night. Route Used: Horseshoe Curve Locomotive Used: PRR K4
The Flying Scotsman in Settle to Carlisle! Locomotive Used: LNER A3 Flying Scotsman Route Used: Settle to Carlisle
LBSCR A1X Terriers, No.13 'Carisbrooke', No.14 'Bembridge', and No.8 'Freshwater' triple heading Locomotives Used: LBSCR A1X Terriers Southern Green Livery No.13 'Carisbrooke', No.14 'Bembridge', and No.8 'Freshwater' Route Used: The Isle of Wight
46100 46100 Royal Scot passes over a viaduct just north of Durham on a stopping passenger service on a Snowy Christmas Eve Morning 1965 Route: East Coast Main Line Loco: LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot
A4 Union of South Africa entering Cornwall on a snowy evening special. ROUTE - Just Trains Plymouth to Penzance TRAIN - A4 Union of South Africa from the Fife Circle
OBB BR52, Salzburg-Muhldorf route. Although modern era, the Salzburg-Muhldorf route is good for steam era operations as much of it is unmodernised.
Trains: K1 Peppercorn (foreground; hauling the marketplace 16t/21t coal wagons) and Gresley V2 (background; from the Robinson O4 pack, hauling the marketplace Thomson Suburbans) Route: Woodhead (original)
Some really fantastic Age of Steam shots, well done all. This week winner with this amazing shot of a UP Big Boy is Blacknred81. Congratulations. Have a great weekend everyone. Next weeks contest : https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts22-screenshot-contest-week-46-november-2021.48902/
Nice one Blacknred81. Have to admit that shot looks stunning on the loading screen, has to be ranked up there with the best, Well Done.