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Another week has come and gone, and now it's time to present my top 3 picks for this week's contest! In P3, we have Craigie-C with their shot of a...

[ATTACH] Here's a poster/advertisement that I made with the help of Photoshop a few months ago. I think it turned out quite nicely!

[ATTACH] It's August of 1943, and a pair of FEF-3's are heading up an All-Pullman troop train bound for Evanston and points East as they speed...

[ATTACH] It's the late 80's and it's race day in Del Mar, but it's not for the the horse race that locals have become accustomed to. A set of...

I just go into the game settings and turn on the Depth of Field to the highest setting (this can also be done in game by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F4)....

Wow! Didn't expect a clean sweep this week, but here we are! [ATTACH] New thread is up now and can be found here:...

Woohoo! Thanks guys! When I was taking this screenshot, my original intent was for it to be a shot of the train going over the bridge just beyond...

[ATTACH] Heading up an excursion special in 2009, Union Pacific 844 bursts out from one tunnel before diving right back into another. In this...

[ATTACH] A set of GP38-2's struggle to get a loaded coal train up to speed in the forest just outside of Elkhorn City. The engineer and the...

[ATTACH] Coming in hot! Having encountered a stuck throttle during the final few miles of this train's run into Cheyenne, the engineer finally...

[ATTACH] It's the evening rush hour in Poughkeepsie, and a NYC Hudson is rocketing out of the station with a commuter train in tow, 20 minutes...

Yep! It absolutely murders my framerate but it makes for a great end result.

[ATTACH] In the dead of night, a B&LE 2-10-2 deadheads an employee appreciation special from the Greenville Shops to Conneaut for the trip the...

[ATTACH] It's the early 1970's, and NKP 759 is heading up a High Iron Company excursion special along the Erie Lackawanna from Binghamton, PA to...

[ATTACH] A Sacramento Northern Interurban train rolls along the California countryside just outside of Pittsburg on a cold and wet morning in...

[ATTACH] A few miles down the line form Bay Head, an NJT commuter train races along amidst a rainy morning rush. Route Used: North Jersey Coast...

Correct! Your turn.

[ATTACH] Originally constructed in the early 1900's, this station served the nearby rail line for decades until it was closed towards the end of...

That's great to hear! Good luck! I'm excited to see how it turns out!

Looks to be somewhere in/around the Johnstown Yard. The first pic was definitely near the Woodvale tracks. Not too sure about the second one though.

Correct! Back to you.

[ATTACH] Alright, here's one. What trestle is this?

[ATTACH] Speeding across the plains of Colorado, a set of Warbonnet F7's head up the Super Chief, bound for Trinidad and points west.

[ATTACH] A Tuscan Red Pennsy K4 leads a matching heavyweight consist over the world famous Horseshoe Curve on a bright and sunny summer afternoon...

That would be Johnstown, PA.

Fantastic idea! I'd love to see this come to train simulator! I tend to favor mainline routes when it comes to steam era stuff, but shortline...

[ATTACH] It's a hot summer's day on Miramar Hill, and Amtrak Heritage Unit #145, along with another P42DC, is heading up an AAPRCO Convention...

[ATTACH] A mixed freight, headed up by an SD70M, slowly crests the summit of Sherman Hill and begins its descent towards Cheyenne. Route Used:...

[ATTACH] Figured I'd throw my hat in the ring for one of these unofficial contests this week. Here, we see a C&O passenger train, headed up by a...

[ATTACH] It's the summer of 1960. Photographer Emery Gulash is wrapping up another successful day of railfanning along the CB&Q when the...

[ATTACH] The ever so iconic keystone number plate of a Pennsylvania Railroad K4 absorbs the last few rays of the setting sun as a passenger train...

[ATTACH] Jumping ahead several decades from the previous screenshot, passengers on the California Zephyr are again waking up to find themselves...

[ATTACH] On an early morning in 1962, passengers of the westbound California Zephyr are waking up to find themselves in the scenic Feather River...

[ATTACH] Heading up a CSX employee appreciation special, Clinchfield F7 #800 turns its consist on a wye just outside of Magnolia Park, Florida on...

[ATTACH] A set of GP7's creep past an interlocking tower as a film/maintenance crew are busy filming work on nearby switches as part of a...

Close, but no cigar. Gallitzin is about 30 miles East of where the screenshot was taken.

Correct! It's Johnstown, PA. Your turn!

[ATTACH] While this was once the site of a busy railroad town in the 1950's, much of the infrastructure seen here is no longer there today.

That would be Gettysburg, PA and the locomotive you're referencing is Canadian Pacific #1278 (now on display at the Age of Steam Roundhouse in...

[ATTACH] Passenger numbers may have been down during the early to mid 1960's as the automobile and air travel ate away at the railroads, but that...

[ATTACH] November, 1954 - As a GP7 switches cars along the South Fork wye a few miles outside of Johnstown, a manifest freight and a passenger...

Wow. Thanks for the corrections/additional info! When I first made this I only had some scattered articles/blog posts on the Hamilton Sub to go...

[ATTACH] On a late Spring evening in 1944, the Eastbound Overland Limited makes a station stop in Evanston, and tops off with water before...

[ATTACH] A set of the Pennsy's finest pose for a publicity photo in the Altoona Yard one late night in the early 1950's. Route Used: Horseshoe...

[ATTACH] The crew of a Pennsy K4 glance out at the open track ahead as they wait for clearance from the station master to depart from Altoona...

[ATTACH] Union Pacific FEF-3 #835 idles on Track 5 at Ogden Union Station one late evening in 1942 heading up Train #21, the Pacific Limited,...

[ATTACH] Yoooooo! The thread hit a million views!

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] On a cool spring morning in 1955, a worn out Pennsy H10 switches a cut of empty boxcars at...

Now THIS is definitely a route I can get behind! I've been to the PSRM a number of times over the years. It's a really nice museum, and a very...