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Seeing as the Transport Tycoon Deluxe was developed and produced here in England it would seem fair to assume most of the vehicles are based on English ones. Specifically trains, I do a fair amount of travelling on trains and it is easy to put them together. Unfortunately I don't know much about the extreme climate engines, although I have a feeling they are based on Canadian engines, and from what I have heard this would seem right because Canadian trains are very slow, with almost no electric engines whatsoever. If you come from Canada (or know something I don't) and dispute that, please tell me about it. I have included the basic technical specifications, and have pointed out where the game has got the specs wrong (lots of the engines have higher speeds in real life than in TTD). There are pictures of all these vehicles
To be annoying, Microprose changed the real vehicle names to fictitious ones, I really don't know why, probably some copyright thing. As you can see I don't have all the engines listed here because I couldn't find any pictures.
SH refers to BR (British Rail)
UU refers to EE (English Electric)
HST is an abbreviation for High Speed Train (125 mph and above)
Before the second world war all of the British railway networks were owned by four private companies:
LMS - London Midland and Scotland
LNER - London north eastern railways
GWR - Great Western Railways
SR - Southern Railways
A list of Engines that appear in TTD
This
is in fact called the Collet Panier Tank, built by Great Western
Railways (GWR). This was a cross between a shunting engine and
a short distance train engine. Most modern diesel shunters are
only capable of 15mph and have no use in pulling trains. This
little engine often pulled passenger trains along branch lines
in the west country.
| Speed: | 40 mph (64 km/h) |
| Power: | 300 hp |
| Weight: | 47t |
| Designed: | 1933 |
This
is the Stanier Jubilee Steam engine built by LMS. There is nothing
remarkable about this engine, a fairly standard steam engine in
the UK at the time, which may have pulled express train services
to the north.
| Speed: | 70 mph (112 km/h) |
| Power: | 1,000 hp |
| Weight: | 131t |
| Designed: | 1934 |
This refers to the Gresley Class A4 steam
engine built in the 1930s by LNER, a private railway company with
services from London to the north. In fact it was one of these
class of engines, the Mallard
that set the former world rail speed record of 126mph (202 km/h)
in 1938, and still remains the steam world speed record today.
In 1938 the 126mph speed was not commercially viable then, so
as TTD suggests it probably only did around 80 mph in commercial
use, although it does seem a bit slow given this was an express
engine that fought of the diesels well into the 60s
| Speed: | 80mph (128km/h) |
| Power: | 1,200 hp |
| Weight: | 162t |
| Designed: | 1938 |
Related link: The A4 Society - with lots more pictures
This
is the British Rail Class 8P. Only one engine of this class was
ever built which survives today and was built in 1954 as an express
train engine, however the steam era was coming to an end which
is probably why the class didn't flourish.
Specifications:
| Speed: | 90 mph (144 km/h) |
| Power: | 1,600 hp |
| Weight: | 170t |
| Designed: | 1954 |
This
is the British Rail class 25 diesel. The Term "Hendry"
refers to Sulzer, an Italian company that went bust. This engine
cannot be seen in operation today because it was phased out in
1991.
| Speed: | 80 mph (128 km/h)* |
| Power: | 1,250 hp |
| Weight: | 72t |
| Designed: | 1961 |
* in fact this engine had a top speed of 90 mph (144 km/h)
This
is the English Electric (EE) BR Class 37 diesel, which used to
be used for passenger services, but because it is so slow. It
is generally now only used for freight rails. It can still be
seen doing shunting work and moving around cargo, and in some
remote parts you still can get it used for passenger services,
although generally I think the engine is too slow. Being one of
the early diesels it still has a certain 50s look, check out the
other pictures if you are interested.
| Speed: | 90 mph (144 km/h) * |
| Power: | 1,750 hp |
| Weight: | 101t |
| Designed: | 1959 |
In fact this engine has a top speed of 80mph (128 km/h)
I
didn't know this one at all, but after having done some research
I have found out that this is another British Rail diesel, class 47
which was used a lot for passenger services before the Inter-city
125. This engine may still be seen in operation today for passenger
services. The "Floss" refers to Brush, a major engineering
works in Crewe that builds many railway engines for the UK
| Speed: | 100 mph (160 km/h)* |
| Power: | 2,580 hp |
| Weight: | 112t |
| Designed: | 1963 |
*Designed to have 100mph top speed but most are limited to 95mph
(152km/h) because they are old.
The real name for this is the Metro-Cammel DMU, brought into being
in the 1950s to serve small short distance routes with the low
cost of a DMU, rather than using very costly steam engines. Their
only limiting factor like today is their top speed of around 70
mph which makes them unrealistic for long distance journeys. I
couldn't find the exact match up but DMUs are very common in the
uk used for short distance journeys.
| Speed: | 70 mph (112 km/h) |
| Power: | 600 hp |
| Wieght: | 64t |
| Designed: | 1956 |
| Capacity: | 38 passengers per coach |
More Pictures
See Also: The Diesel Multiple Unit, DMUs operating in the UK
One
of the many more modern DMU diesel engines, in reality called
the "sprinter". Although this class of DMU is becoming
dated compared to the much more modern 166 class,
there are still thousands in operation all over the UK, and being
a DMU the trains can be of any length, sometimes just one car,
sometimes 12 cars. It is unfortunate that in Transport Tycoon
you must buy two of the cars together, it would be much more realistic
if you could buy as many as you wanted and attach them all, seeing
as each car has its own engine there would be no power problem
on long trains.
| Speed: | 75 mph (120 km/h) |
| Power: | 700 hp |
| Weight: | 76t |
| Designed: | 1984 |
| Capacity: | 40 passengers per coach |
See Also: The Diesel Multiple Unit, DMUs operating in the UK
I
think this refers to the electric class 86,
because the class 30 is a diesel, and based on the given TTD specifications
it matches up. I don't think many are around these days, at least
not for passenger services because of their low speeds. The Yellow
tops have now been painted black so they might be hard to regencies,
and this is the only one in the original yellow head livery, although
clearly about to be repainted!
| Speed: | 100mph (160 km/h) |
| Power: | 3,600 hp |
| Weight: | 84t |
| Designed: | 1965 |
This
is the British Rail Electric Class 87
which can still be seen in operation today in the UK for some
inter-city routes. However they are diminishing as they are being
replaced by the faster Class 91
which can go up to 140 mph. This engine is a perfect example of
how much better electics are than diesels, it has 5,000 hp and
only weighs 82 tons
| Speed: | 110 mph (176 km/h) |
| Power: | 5,000 hp |
| Weight: | 82t |
| Designed: | 1973 |
I instantly recognised this engine, this is the inter-city 125
developed by British Rail to give all non-electrified routes a
high speed train. The name was intended to advertise its top speed
of 125 mph, which in the 70s seemed fast. However now the 125
has been dropped. It's speed record is 148 mph, making it the
fastest diesel engine in the world. There are 192 of these engines
in operation today around the UK. This is designated as class
43, although many people call it the HST (high speed train)
| Speed: | 125 mph (200 km/h) |
| Power: | 4,500 hp |
| Weight: | 140t |
| Designed: | 1977 |
| Capacity | 8 bags of Mail |
There is a general feeling that this refers to the French TGV (train de grande vitesse) although I have some doubts. First of all, the other train vehicles are british, then again the TGV technology is internationally available. Also limiting the TGV to a maximum of 150 mph seems very steep considering its real life speed record of 320mph. Also the TGV has been around since the 1960s, long before its transport tycoon release date of 1986. Could it refer to the British Advanced Pasenger Train (A.P.T.) which would much better fit the specifications, that got cancelled due to budget cuts?
| Speed: | 150 mph (240 km/h) in TTD | 168 mph (270 km/h) in reality* |
| Power: | 7,000 hp | |
| Weight: | 180t | |
| Designed: | 1986 | 1981s in reality * |
*This is a tricky one, although designed back in the 60s, its commercial speed has been steadily increasing
This is an easy one, it refers to the Eurostar that travels from London to Brussels and London to Paris, each with a journey time of 3 hours. All the transport tycoon specifications seem to match up, although the Eurostar does have a top speed of 186mph (which they ensure everyone knows about!) instead of the TTD top speed of 165 mph. This train is the most modern high speed train in the world, at the moment. Also in reality this comes as a train set, which is made up of 18 coaches and two engines at each end, all of which are inseparable.
| Speed: | 165 mph (264 km/h) in TTD | 186 mph (300km/h) in reality |
| Power: | 8,000 hp | |
| Weight: | 190t | |
| Designed: | 1992 |
Other things of interest about this train:
The cost of a Eurostar train set is £24 million ($40 million)
Its 400 meters long (1/4 of a mile)
It has 800 passenger seats
