Welcome back to the Train Simulator Screenshot Contest! This week's theme is: Shunting/Switching 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 Monday 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 Monday (UK time). The winner will be chosen every Monday. 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)
... And thus the day begins in Altoona. Route: Horseshoe Curve Train: EMD GP7 I mean, seriously, imagine a loading screen where you're invited to climb in the cab.
Rio Grande local in Provo. Route: Soldier Summit Train: EMD GP9, with silo (covered hopper) and scrap loaded low gondola wagons There is an earlier one with much prettier scenery, but this might capture the shunting part better.
Grey Morning at East croft JT Midland Mainline Licester, Nottingham, Derby Regional Railways Class 101 HUD Class 142 WHBR Class 08 Default Class 43 ICS HUD 47 with Newspapers
I decided to make a black and white picture as it is always color pictures here so I wanted to do something different. EMD SW1200 PC on a switching mission on VNHRR Springfield Line in the 1960s.
A lone GP40-2 trundles through Roper Yard, having just switched off the westbound TrailBlazer. Route: Soldier Summit: Helper to Salt Lake Loco: GP40-2
A lone Geep switches grain hoppers at a Co-Op just outside of Rudyard, Montana as Amtrak #7, the Westbound Empire Builder, passes by on the mainline on a late summer afternoon. Route: Montana Hi-Line: Shelby - Havre Locomotives: EMD GP9, GE P42DC
Norfolk Southern Switcher 2324 moves an SD70M-2 onto the turntable at now Norfolk Southern's Junita Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Route: Horseshoe Curve Locomotives: EMD SW1500, EMD SD70M-2, GE ES44AC, EMD SD40-2, GE C44-9W
An ÖBB 2016 shunts the unelectrified yard at Salzburg on the Salzburg - Wels Route. The ÖBB 1042 pushed into the yard and abandoned was visible on Google Maps until 2022!
Some Lovely shots of Shunting and Switching well done all. This weeks winner with this great shot of a 08 on Woodhead is weecoolguyaj , congratulations! Have a great week everyone. Next Weeks Contest : https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tsc-screenshot-contest-february-2024-week-06.78381/
