Locomotives Post 1930
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is quite a good frieght locomotive with reasonable running costs. Use it for general purporse routes with meduim grades with medium wieghts. |
Cost: $98,000 |
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Background: This is based on the Gresley Class A4. The engine called Mallard set a speed record of 126 mph (202km/h). These trains ran in Britain between London to Edinburgh until the early 1960s Advice: This is the fastest steam train in the game, breaking right through the 100mph (160km/h) barrier. I don't advise asking it to pull more than three cars as it will be slowed down. It is very good for long distance passenger services, but make sure you only use it on track which is very flat. It does have quite high running costs so it will make losses if you don't ensure it gets to run at high speed most of the way. |
Cost: $200,000 |
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Background: This is based on the locomotives used on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad between Washington and New York. These locomotives were used into the 1970s. Advice: This is the most reliable locomotive in the game - useful for a busy network. It is also capable of high speed, useful for passenger services, although running costs are quite high for an electric engine. Provided you keep the train to only three cars it will be able to negociate grades well too. Although its expensive it is worth it, provided you have the demand. |
Cost: $119,000 |
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Background: This was a German locomotive and often used for express passenger and mail trains Advice: If you don't have access to the GG1 such as in Europe, this is the first electric engine fast enough for a reasonable passenger service. It has fairly low running costs. However, it doesn't have much power so only use short trains and it performs badly with grades. Given the choice use the GG1 even though it is more expensive. |
Cost: $97,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is quite a fast Locomotive, clearly for express passenger services on long distances. It has reasonable running costs but don't waste it on cargo that isn't very sensitive to speed ie iron or coal. |
Cost: $210,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is available in the same year as the Hudson. Although it is slower, it does have better grade handling abilities although proportionately higher running costs. Again this should be used for passenger services over long distances. If the route involves lots of fairly steep grades use this locomotive. If its fairly flat your better off with the Hudson. |
Cost: $230,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This locomotive is both fast and powerful. However, this has to be paid for and the Streamliner has exceptionally high fuel costs. Use this locomotive to haul long passenger trains over very long distances over fairly level track to make a profit. If you try to use it for anything else then the high costs will probably make it into a loss making service. |
Cost: $255,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is the electric version of the Big Boy (see below). Its running costs are very low for such a powerful engine. This can haul long heavy frieght trains at high speed and negociate steep grades very well. Its also useful for passenger trains in mountainous areas |
Cost: $210,000 |
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Background: This was the largest and most powerful locomotive ever built. It was built in North America as a way of negiciating steep grades in mountainous track without having to double-head engines. Advice: This is an expensive engine to build, and running costs are very high. However it is very powerful, and will happily pull a full length train at speed. Use this locomotive for full length trains, either passenger or freight that must negociate steep grades. Otherwise look for another locomotive with lower running costs. |
Cost: $375,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is another good electric locmotive. It has low running costs, and reasonable speed for a good freight service. Its probably too slow for passenger services so use the E18 or GG1 for those, although it does have quite good performance on steep grades so it might be faster than the E18 in that respect. |
Cost: $119,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is the last steam locomotive available in the game. It will always be available. However, its for show more than anything because I can think of no practical reason for using it. Its high running costs mean that you may as well use the diesel below instead. |
Cost: $284,000 |
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Background: This was a General Motors diesel locomotive. The F3A+B is two units, the "B" being the booster. This can be seen in use. Advice: This is a good locomotive with plenty of power. Diesels have lower running costs than steams although higher than electric's. Use this loco for anything, bear in mind it can pull long trains at reasonable speed. |
Cost: $185,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is cheaper and faster than the F3A+B and has similar running costs. On the other hand it has slightly worse acceleration and reliability. If you have a busy track and or with lots of curves the F3A+B is probably a better choice. Otherwise this is probably the best choice. |
Cost: $146,000 |
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Background: This was a passenger locomotive used in the USA Advice: This is certainly a fast locomotive. It can haul quite a few passenger/mail cars at speed, and it could possibly be used on some of those more speed sensitive cargos. It also handles grades reasonably well, so you could put this train to pull some passenger cars even in regions with high grades, say as much as 4%. |
Cost: $235,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is a cheep and cheerful locomotive. It is cheep to build and has low running costs. This is a good locomotive to build if your short on cash, the low running costs should guarentee a reasonable profit, although it won't make any outstanding amounts of money. Its reasonable speed and reasonable performance with hauling many cars and on grades means that you can use this for most cargo types, although perhaps, the most speed sensitive should be left to other locomotvives. I recommend medium length trains. |
Cost: $165,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This locomotive is very cheap, but also rather slow. It is saved by the fact that it is so powerful. It isn't much use for anything vaguely time sensitive, but you can use it to haul cargos such as coal and iron in very large quantities, possibly with a six-car train. Although its not that fast, extremly low running costs make this desirable, although you will need the electric infrastructure. |
Cost: $86,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is a bit faster, a bit more powerful, a bit more reliable than the GP 9 (see above). But it is also a bit more expensive. Use this locomotive for those routes where more cargo is being transported, leave the more marginal routes to the GP 9. This is all round a nice locomotive, a good comprimise between performance and costs. |
Cost: $245,000 |
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Background: The V200 was a German diesel hydraulic passenger locomotive. It was displaced in the early 1980s when electrification became more widespread. Advice: This is surprisingly cheap to build, if you are short on cash/starting a company, this is a good locomotive as you will be able to build a lot of them. It performs accetably with freight although don't ask it to pull really heavy trains, and try not to employ this on routes with high grades. Be careful not to use this on a busy railway, below average reliability could proove a hinderance. |
Cost: $160,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is an expensive locomotive to built, but being an electric locomotive it has correspondingly low fuel costs. If your network is electrified I suggest using it on all your medium speed freight trains, use a faster locomotive for passenger work, but you might consider the E69 for the heavy freight work because it is so much cheaper. |
Cost: $370,000 |
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Background: This is a British passenger locomotive, designed as a part of the British Rail's modernisation program to replace steam engines with diesels. It was used to pull express trains between London and Edinburgh. Advice: This is a good all round locomotive, it is quite fast making it suitable for passenger operations and speed sensitive freight. Running costs are reasonable although use cheaper locomotives for those routes which don't look like they will bring in much cash. |
Cost: $235,000 |
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Background: This is a Japanese high-speed train, which started the first regular passenger services with average speeds over 100mph (160km/h) in 1964. Advice: Its very expensive to build and run. It needs electric track. Only a big company would consider this engine. It performs terribly with grades, and don't ask it to pull large trains. Despite such high running costs it has the potential to make enourmous profits in the right circumstances. Use it on very long distance routes which are mainly straight and flat with passengers/mail. Use all station upgrades, eg hotels. Never use it to haul freight, you will loose money. |
Cost: $650,000 |
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Background: The FP45 was an Amtrak passenger locomotive Advice: This locomotive offers a nicer alternative to the Shinkansen Bullet if you don't have any electric infrasrtucture. Its not quite as fast but it does have, lower running costs, and its much cheaper to build. Use this for all medium and long distance passenger operations where you don't have electrified railway, you can use this for frieght too, but I would recommend using something a little cheaper when it comes to frieght. |
Cost: $366,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: Its a rather slow locomotive, otherwise reasonably specified. It does have remarkably low running costs though. This is useful if you want to be conservative, it will bring modest profits, although for passenger work its probably a bit too slow. |
Cost: $360,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is similarly specified to the FP45, but it is slightly cheaper. So is the cost saving worth while? It has slightly lower running costs, probably a good idea for those passenger trains routes which are a bit more mountainous and therefore a bit more marginal. Poor reliability means you won't want to use this on a busy railway, so I would tend to use the FP45 rather than this loco. |
Cost: $292,000 |
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Background: Based on Amtrak locomotive Advice: This is a nice general purpose electric locomotive, although its not particularly powerful, but cheap, so you can build them in large quantites. |
Cost: $260,000 |
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Background: This is a German Locomotve Advice: It is a little on the expensive side but this locomotive is very well specified. Reasonable top speed with good grade performance and good hauling ability, on an electric network you would almost certainly want to use this for most of your trains, although you may prefer the Shinkansen Bullet for long distance passenger operations. Once this is invented it obsoletes the E 60 CP (above) |
Cost: $390,000 |
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Background: Italian passenger locomotive. Advice: This is slightly faster than the E111 (above), cheaper but less powerful. Use it on small passenger/frieght trains where the extra speed may be useful. However, with longer trains, and especially on grades, the E111 will be much faster. If your short of cash its low price might make it attractive too. |
Cost: $226,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is a well specified freight locomotive. Its too slow for passenger work, but it can haul heavy trains at quite reasonble speeds, and also doesn't have much problem with grades. Whatch out for those high running costs though, you might prefer to use something a bit cheaper for smaller freight trains. |
Cost: $334,599 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is clearly a passenger lcomotive, it is fast and reasonably powerful. Whatch out for those high running costs though, I would generally prefer to use the FP45, although this is slightly cheaper to buy and slightly better with grade performance. |
Cost: $297,499 |
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Background: This is one of the many locomotives in the family of TGV trains from France. This particular TGV, runs between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. Currently it can only achieve its top speed between Paris and Brussels, where special track has been built for it. Advice: This is remarkably expensive to build, it has very high running costs. Only use short trains, and it performs terribly with grades. I suggest only using it when grades are kept below 2.5%. Only use it on very long distance routes, as straight as possible. It has the potential to make millions of dollars if allowed to free run for long distances between large cities. |
Cost: $1,000,000 |
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Background: Unknown Advice: This is essentially similar to the Dash-9 but slightly better specified, albeit with slightly higher running costs. |
Cost: $344,399 |
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Background: Mag-lev is short for Magnetic Levitation. Japanese and German researchers have already built Mag-lev vehicles, and in 1998 a Japanese train called the MLX-1 set a speed record of 340mph (545km/h). However, there are no Maglevs currently operating, and there are non currently under construction. Advice: Realistically, in order to run maglev trains, you would need completely new track, but this isn't the case in RRT2. This is the fastest train in the game, and most expensive to build and run. Like the Thalys, it will make significant profits when employed on flat, straight, long distance passenger/mail runs. However, it doesn't seem to make significantly more profits than Thalys, yet it is much more expensive. |
Cost: $2,500,000 |