Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: Special Liveries This is the last screenshot contest of the year but we will continue the competition again in the new year. 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)
Amtrak P42DC no 100 in Midnight Blue takes to the Miami rails celebrating 50 years of Amtrak. Loco: P42DC (Amtrak Anniversary Collection) Route: Miami - West Palm Beach
A rare lashup of Union Pacific #1989 and 1996, The Denver & Rio Grande and Southern Pacific Heritage Units, appear on the headend of this I-train, as it heads directional west thru the town of Tehachapi on a light snowy morning in California. Route: Tehachapi Pass Locomotives: EMD SD70ACe, GE ES44AC
Amtrak #80, the northbound Carolinian, makes its scheduled morning stop at Salisbury, NC. The train is being lead by AMTK #160, wearing Amtrak's Dash 8 "Pepsi Can" scheme from the 90's. Meanwhile Norfolk Southern #8099, the Southern Railway Heritage unit, bypasses the Amtrak train on the adjacent track, for a rare meet between heritage units. (EDIT: Ironically, AMTK 160 is on Amtrak 079, the southbound Carolinian right now) https://www.heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/AMTK160 Route: Norfolk Southern N-Line Locomotives: GE P42DC, GE ES44AC
Lead by 160 the Capitol Limited departs Chicago Route: The Racetrack Aurora - Chicago Locomotives: P42DC, F40PH
On Christmas day a recently unwrapped model of UP 1989 runs around the tree Route: The Holiday Express Locomotives: SD70ACe, F7
A specially liveried WCRC BR Class 37 in West Highland livery hauls Black Five 44871 with some Jacobite Stock to Fort William from Carnforth. It is just leaving Carnforth in this image. Loco: BR Class 37/4 and BR Black 5 Route: WCML Over Shap
A special livery East Coast HST leaves Kings Cross tunnel with an express service to Edinburgh. Loco: BR Class 43 Route: ECML-S London - P eterborough
Specially painted to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee in 2012, 67026 pulls the Royal Train into Lynmouth Pier with HRH Queen Elizabeth II aboard on one of her official royal duties. Loco:- Class 67 Route:- South Western Mainline / Southampton - Bournemouth
It's mid December 2021 at Inverness, Montana. Here, the west bound train number 7, Amtrak's Empire Builder blasts by at track speed with the "Midnight Blue" heritage unit leading. Loco's: P42DC/ES44DC Route: Montana Hi-Line ****Montana Hi-Line is not listed as banned, so I believe this is allowed.
Union Pacific No.1983 (SD70ACe) leading unit of a CSX intermodal Loco: EMD SD70ACe, GE Dash 8-40CW Route: B&O Mountain Subdivision: Cumberland — Grafton
Amtrak P42 #108, adorned in the 50th anniversary Phase VI paint scheme, bolts North across the Balboa Avenue overpass with an extra capacity train filled to the brim with tired Comic-Con goers during the summer of 2022 (That's right! I'm taking screenshots from the future!). Route Used: Pacific Surfliner Locomotive Used: Amtrak Heritage P42 - Phase VI
UP Challenger #3975 makes a station stop in Evanston. It's 1946, and this is the engine's first revenue run adorned in the all-new Greyhound paint scheme. Route Used: Union Pacific's Wasatch Grade Locomotive Used: Union Pacific Challenger
Amtrak No.161 & 160 (GE P42DC), adorned in Amtrak's 50th Anniversary special livery, lead Amtrak No.203 (GE P42DC) with a passenger service having recently departed Salt Lake City, Utah. Loco: GE P42DC Route: Salt Lake City Route Extension Add-On (Soldier Summit)
Amtrak P42DC No.46 (50th Anniversary Livery) and No.133 are seen on the approach into Provo late at night with the California Zephyr bound from Chicago to Emeryville (San Francisco). TRAIN: Amtrak P42DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition ROUTE: Soldier Summit + Salt Lake City Route Extension
Jersey Central Lines EMD SD70ACE Heritage on Norfolk Southern N Line. Route: Norfolk Southern N Line Loco: EMD SD70ACE Heritage
"In 2012, Norfolk Southern celebrated its 30th anniversary and honoured some of the railroads in its history by repainting 20 locomotives in ‘fallen flag’ liveries." Here we see 8114 in Norfolk Southern Railway & 8101 in Central of Georgia Liveries. Loco:- Norfolk Southern Heritage ES44ACs Loco Add-On Route:- Norfolk Southern Coal District.
GE SD70AC UP1989, in heritage Denver Rio Grande livery, is illuminated from a lineside car fire at Granite on the Sherman Hill Route
ÖBB 1044 '100' livery. What I call the Santa Special (not its official name). Semmeringbahn - Mürzzuschlag to Gloggnitz route, with some seasonal assets from Norddeutsche-Bahn. Merry Christmas everyone!
A1 Tornado in the works grey livery it wore during its running trials in 2012. Settle and Carlisle route.
AN SD90/43MAC dressed in UP's short-lived "we will deliver" scheme lead a manifest up the Feather River Canyon. Loco: SD90/43MAC, SD70M Route:Feather River Canyon
Well done to everyone who entered this year for the screenshot contests we have had some really great entry's this year. This weeks winner is snapnfix with this fantastic shot of a OBB 1044. Congratulations. Have a lovely Christmas and New Year everyone. The screenshot contest will return next year!
It's one week officially. Though to be honest I didn't get to see your picture once, only the Winter Sale ACS-64. Scenarios load too quickly
I saw it today. I guess that although they only guarantee one week now, they still have previous weeks queued up in case of slow loading.