Locomotives
Here is a list of Locomotives in Railroad Tycoon 2, with advice on where and when to use each of them.
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Background: This locomotive was truly pioneering. Before 1804 there were trains hauled by men and horses, and there were steam engines used in factories and on ships. Trevithick was the first person to combine the two. Advice: This locomotive is very poorly specified. However, if you start the game before 1830 then you have to use it. It does have low costs though. Only use it for short distance runs over terrain which is almost flat, don't ask it do pull a train over a grade of more than 1%. |
Cost: $10,000 |
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Background: This was an English locomotive. It can still be seen at the Science Museum in London. It was so called the Rocket because it set a speed record of 26mph (42km/h) Advice: This locomotive has the same running costs as the Trevithick but an all round slightly better performance. As a result replace all your trains with this and never buy the Trevithick again once the Rocket is available. Even so, still don't ask it to haul more than three cars and don't make it combat a grade of more than 2% |
Cost: $16,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: The John Bull is considerably faster than previous locomotives although it does have higher running costs. I would tend to use it in preference to the Rocket though, especially on passengers and mail operations which require reasonable speeds. |
Cost: $28,000 |
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Background: Unknown Details: This train is very good for hauling freight compared to previous ones. Its not too bad with grades too. Use this on your heavy trains that carry things like coal or iron ore. However, it is slower than the John Bull, so use the John Bull in preference for passenger operations where speed is important. |
Cost: $28,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This Locomotive has a good top speed, and good hauling performance although it is bettered by the Dewitt Clinton when it comes to grade performance |
Cost: $35,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: Good at hauling freight and has low running costs. It also handles gradients very well. However, due to some bug in RRT2 it doesn't seem to be available in a lot of scenarios! |
Cost: $32,000 |
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Background: This is one of the early cross country locomotives for trains in the USA and quite a famous one seen in many old pictures. Advice: Once this locomotive is available it far outperforms everything before it. It has a higher top speed and good hauling abilities although it doesn't perform that well with grades. Running costs are only slightly higher than existing locos. |
Cost: $46,000 |
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Background: This was an English Locomotve built by Great Western Advice: This is a high-speed locomotive, it is the first to break past the 50mph (80km/h) barrier. However, it does have exceptionally high running costs so don't waste it doing short runs with heavy freight. |
Cost: $78,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: There seems to be a bug which prevents the use of this locomotive. |
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Background: Unknown: Advice: This is almost as fast as the Iron Duke, but it has much lower running costs. I wouldn't actually replace trains hauled by the Iron Duke which are under 15 years old, however it should be used in preference, especially for frieght. |
Cost: $59,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is essentially a cheap and cheerful locomotive. Its slow but very cheap to run. It will never make huge profits but is unlikely to make a loss. Probably useful for short runs along lines that aren't heavily used, otherwise it slows traffic |
Cost: $32,000 |
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Background: This was a freight locomotive, and greatly reduced costs because it was found it could pull trains twice as heavy than its predecessors. Advice: This is clearly a freight locomotive by its high hauling index. It can pull heavy trains at reasonable speed, and is not to bad when iit comes to grade. Use this engine for all freight uses when it becomes available |
Cost: $51,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This train is incredibly slow. Clearly speed has been sacrificed for power. This has exceptionally high hauling and grade indexes, this means it can pull a heavy train up steep grades without coming to a halt. Employ this train for routes involving steep grades pulling heavy frieght. Otherwise its low speed makes it fairly useless. |
Cost: $43,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is not a particularly good locomotive. It has no specific purpose, but the Consolidation seems a better choice for freight as it has lower running costs, and the 8 Wheeler seems a better choice for passenger/mail, as its faster and has lower running costs. |
Cost: $60,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is a good locomotive. It is most useful for passenger services because it has the speed and hauling capability to pull several cars at speed. It is certainly much better than the Mastodon, although in terms of economics, for freight it doesn't quite offer the same benefits as the Consolidation. |
Cost: $66,000 |
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Background: This was developed to pull fast heavy trains that were too much for the American. Advice: This has similar top speed to the Ten Wheeler, but slightly higher runnng costs and slightly less power. On the other hand it has better accleration and reliability. Use it for shorter high-speed hauls or on busy networks where reliability is important. |
Cost: $83,000 |
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Background: This locomotive was the first electric engine in the world. It hauled passenger trains on the Baltimore & Ohio railway where steam traction was prohibited Advice: The locomotive is only in the game for show. Unlike most other forms of electric traction, its fuel costs are signifigantly higher than steam (probably because electricity was not widespread in 1895). As a result it makes no sense to use this engine. |
Cost: $85,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is the first locomotive to break past the mile-a-minute (100km/h) barrier. It should only be used for passenger/mail services for only three cars because high running costs are prohibitive for friehgt uses. It performs terribly with grades, so try to make sure it is used on flat track. |
Cost: $93,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: The Camelback is a very good locomotive. It is capable of hauling very heavy trains at reasonable speed, and its very good with grades. On top of that it has very low running costs. Use it for all your freight duties. |
Cost: $75,000 |
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Background: These were the prefered locomotive for express passenger trains and 7,000 were built in the United States. Advice: This has a very high top speed although it isn't good at pulling heavy loads. It is really appaling when confronted with grades. It should make a lot of money on long-distance straight and flat passenger routes, but be careful because high running costs could lead to losses. |
Cost: $119,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is a medium speed locomotive but it is very powerful. It can haul long trains at near top speed and it performs exceptionally well with grades. However, because it has high running costs it isn't advisable for shorter trains which receive less revenue. |
Cost: $98,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: For freight this is quite a good alternative to the G10 (above) because of its lower running costs and higher speed. Although not quite as powerful it can still retain a good speed. Its also useful for some passenger operations where it isn't commerciably viable to use faster locomotives. A good general purpose locomotive! |
Cost: $85,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: In terms of specification this is an unimpressive locomotive. However, it does have the lowest running costs of all locomotives in its era. Use it as a general purpose locomotive, although it has poor grade performance so find another loco if you want to negotiate grades. |
Cost: $65,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is slow but powerful. It is very good at negotiating grades too. If your line has few grades then use the D16 above as it will attain about the same speed on flat ground at much lower running costs. Use this for heavy slow trains involving many steep grades as this train will handle them fine. |
Cost: $102,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This train effectively can do a better job than the Class 13 H (above) at lower cost, except for really high grades above 4%. Otherwise this train can pull very heavy trans at quite some speed. Running costs are very reasonable too. Overall a good frieght loco. |
Cost: $90,000 |
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Background: Originally designed in Japan, this became one of the most widely used freight locomotive in the USA. Advice: This Locomotive sets new standards in power. It can haul a 100 ton train up a 6% grade at 24mph (40km/h). No other train before the Mikado can do this. Use it for fast frieght on trains that need to negociate heavy grades. For small trains on flat track use other locomotives because this is very expensive to run. |
Cost: $133,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: The arrival of this locomotive makes electrification very attractive. Although it is not particularly fast, it is fine for frieght. Its extremely low running cost make it a very attractive alternative to steam traction although it brings in the question of whether or not to electrify It can handle grades and heavy loads well, although probably too slow for passenger work. |
Cost: $61,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This seems to be a medium speed passenger locomotive. It doesn't perform well with heavy trains and is terrible with grades, this is for level track only! It has reasonable running costs but seems quite expensive to construct. The Prairie seems to be its closest rival, but this has a slightly higher speed at similar running costs. So this is for medium distance passenger operations. |
Cost: $146,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is quite a powerful locomotive albeit slow. Not useful for passenger operations but for freight it has excellent hauling ability and performs very well even with the steepest of grades. Top that off with running costs even lower than the Be 4/6 this is really an excellent locomotive, provided you have the infrastructure to support electric traction. |
Cost: $47,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is faster than its predecessor, the E 3/3 and it has even lower running costs. Compared to steam traction the running costs are extremely small. Again its slightly too slow for serious passenger work. |
Cost: $95,000 |