Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: USA 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 Acela trainset runs down the New York side ramp of the Hell Gate Bridge; the Triborough bridge in the background. Train: Acela Route: New York to New Haven
The same Acela trainset continues south, approaching the Washington D.C. area under a rather apt sign. Train: Acela Route: Washington to Baltimore
It's the mid 1990's. A pair of GE Dash 8's rumble along the outskirts of Flagstaff, AZ with a Santa Fe employee appreciation special. The consist is bound for Williams, where the train will be displayed as part of that year's NRHS Convention. Route Used: Arizona Divide Locomotive Used: GE B40-8W
On a cool night in the Spring of 1959, the crew of a New Haven GP9 take a break from their switching duties to pose for a company photo. Route Used: VNHRR Springfield Line Locomotive Used: EMD GP9
GE SD70AC UP1989, in heritage Denver Rio Grande livery, is illuminated from a lineside car fire at Granite on the Sherman Hill Route
Route: Tehachapi Pass, Mojave to Bakersfield. Locomotives: BNSF GE ES44DC; Union Pacific GE AC4400CW, ES44AC,
One of Metro-North's Hudson Line express trains is led by a Shoreliner Cab Car as it's shoved out of the Tarrytown, NY station by one of MN's P32AC-DMs.
In my (attempted) recreation of a 1953 Union Pacific publicity photo, a UP GTEL is photographed next to a 1920s electric car (substituted with a regular 20s car in mine). Route used is Sherman Hill.
9 SP GE U33C(3 in front,3 in middle and 3 in the rear) with a heavy oiltrain on Tehachapi Pass. Route: Tehachapi Pass Locos: SP GE U33C
The most famous event in all of U.S.A. railroading: The completion of the first transcontinental railroad! Route: Promontory Summit Locos: CP "Jupiter" UP 119
A passengertrain on Washington to Baltimore route with a CSX freighttrain in the background. Route: Washington to Baltimore Loco: ACS-64 Amtrak
Rio Grande Zephyr on the Soldier Summit route Route: Soldier Summit Loco: Rio Grande Zephyr (Rio Grande EMD F9A and F9B)
Rio Grande Zephyr with other DRGW locos on break Route: Soldier Summit Loco: Rio Grande Zephyr (Rio Grande EMD F9A and F9B)
Amtrak Dash 8 #503 leads the northbound Coast Starlight, running a bit late, to its next stop in Klamath Falls, Oregon sometime on a summer morning in the early 90's. Mount Shasta looms in the background. Route: Mount Shasta Line: Dunsmuir - Klamath Falls Locomotive: GE Dash 8-32BWH
The 1977 Continental Steam Excursion blasts uphill through Cantara on it's way back to Portland. This will be the first scenario I create on the new Shasta Line Route. Route: Mount Shasta Line: Dunsmuir-Klamath Falls Loco:GS-4, SDP40F
A quartet of Southern Pacific Tunnel motors lead by Kodachrome unit #9351 heads northbound with an intermodal train bound for Portland Oregon on a spring morning sometime in the late 80's. Route: Mount Shasta Line: Dunsmuir - Klamath Falls Locomotives: EMD SD40T-2, EMD SD45T-2
Some really awesome shots of the USA, well done everyone. This Weeks Winner is Buynot with this lovely shot of a Santa Fe GE B40-8W. Congratulations. Have a good weekend everyone. Next Weeks Contest : https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ts22-screenshot-contest-week-05-february-2022.51656/
Wow! I really wasn't expecting to win this week, there was some stiff competition, especially late in the going.
I actually think this is the 1st time that the iconic Santa Fe Warbonnet Scheme has appeared as a winning screenshot for TS. Nice shot.