Trains

Background

A train is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons. Most trains operate on steel tracks with steel wheels, the low friction of which makes them more efficient than other forms of transport.

Gameplay

Trains run on railway tracks. The player plans and constructs the railway system including semaphores or signals, and buys trains from the train depot. The trains can be bought with dollars or rubles. The game provides a few types of locomotives:

• Diesel locomotives
• Electric locomotives
• Trainsets
• Motor wagons

A train is composed of a locomotive with one or more wagons. These wagons can be divided into passenger wagons and cargo wagons. The player also buys these wagons in the train depot. This building is also the place where the player assembles the train. The player can create any train that meets their needs by dragging and dropping the wagons and locomotives. When a train runs somewhere in the world and the player would like to add, remove, sell wagons or even sell the train, the train first has to be sent back to the train depot. From the moment the train is parked in the train depot the player can change the configuration of the train or sell the train or parts of the train.

A special kind of train is the track builder. These trains are bought in the train depot and moved to their workplace, the rail construction office. From the rail construction office, they load the resources needed to build railway tracks, under the player's control, to expand the railway system.

Apart from the above-mentioned locomotives, trainsets, and wagons, trams and metros can also be bought from the train depot.

Train control buttons

Train control buttons, visible when a train is selected:

• New stop - Add a stop to the schedule.
• Copy schedule to another train.
• Delete stop - Delete the selected stop from the schedule of the train, enabled only when a stop is selected.
• Move to this stop - Force the train to drive to the selected stop from the schedule of the train, enabled only when a stop is selected.
• Launch - Available only at the rail depot to start the train moving.
• Go to depot - Force the train to drive to the selected depot.
• Change direction of train - The train comes to a halt, then starts driving again in the opposite direction.
• Sell vehicle - Sell the train immediately.
• Change color/skin - Change the color of a train, only applicable for some trains.
• Rename.
• Stop train - The train comes to a stop, and the button changes to 'Start train'.
• Start train - The train starts driving again, and the button changes to 'Stop train'.
• Ignore red signal - Force the train to ignore the red signal ahead and continue driving on the same railway track.

Train schedule buttons, visible when a train is selected:

• View line detail - Opens the line editing window.
• Set line - Opens the list of lines window.
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Diesel locomotives

Main article: Railways

Read the main article for information about railway tracks, semaphores/signals and buildings related to railways.

Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Start Date	End Date	Origin
060 DA	115 km/h	118 t	1250 kW	1970	1976	Romania
Type-753	100 km/h	73 t	1360 kW	1968	1977	Czechoslovakia
CME2	80 km/h	72 t	552 kW	1957	1965	Czechoslovakia
CME3	95 km/h	123 t	993 kW	1963	1994	Czechoslovakia
DR Class-V100	100 km/h	64 t	736 kW	1966	1985	East Germany
DR Class-119	120 km/h	99 t	1980 kW	1976	1985	Romania
M62	100 km/h	120 t	1500 kW	1965	2001	Ukraine
SU45	97 km/h	118 t	1544 kW	1959	1993	Poland
2TE-2116	95 km/h	170 t	4500 kW	1971	1991	Soviet Union
T3M2	95 km/h	120 t	925 kW	1959	2000	Soviet Union
T678	100 km/h	111 t	1470 kW	1961	1967	Czechoslovakia
TE7	100 km/h	252 t	2944 kW	1956	1964	Soviet Union
TEP70	100 km/h	135 t	2942 kW	1973	2006	Soviet Union
C201	95 km/h	125 t	1450 kW	1976	1992	USA

Electric locomotives

Main article: Railways

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Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Start Date	End Date	Origin
Type-163	120 km/h	85 t	3480 kW	1984	1992	Czechoslovakia
ChS2 (25E)	75 km/h	120 t	3190 kW	1958	1976	Czechoslovakia
ChS2r (53E)	160 km/h	126 t	4200 kW	1966	1972	Czechoslovakia
ChS2t (63E)	160 km/h	126 t	5100 kW	1973	1980	Czechoslovakia
ChS4 (52E)	160 km/h	131 t	5100 kW	1963	1972	Czechoslovakia
ChS7	160 km/h	172 t	6160 kW	1983	1999	Czechoslovakia
DR Class-243	120 km/h	82 t	3720 kW	1985	Present	East Germany
PW-201E	120 km/h	115 t	3120 kW	1969	1989	Poland
DR Class-E251	80 km/h	124 t	3300 kW	1965	1972	East Germany
VL10	100 km/h	184 t	4600 kW	1961	2005	Soviet Union
VL23	80 km/h	137 t	3105 kW	1956	1967	Soviet Union
VL80K	110 km/h	192 t	6400 kW	1961	1995	Soviet Union

Trainsets

Main article: Railways

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Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
DP (trainset)	105 km/h	225 t	1200 kW	210	1949	1972	Hungary
DR1A (trainset)	120 km/h	231 t	1472 kW	295	1963	1970	Latvian SSR
PFWG EN57	100 km/h	100 t	350 kW	325	1961	1993	Poland
ER 1 (trainset)	110 km/h	359 t	600 kW	605	1957	1968	Soviet Union
ER 2 (trainset)	120 km/h	288 t	1200 kW	416	1962	1984	Soviet Union
DRG Class SVT 137	150 km/h	182 t	1208 kW	130	1950	1965	East Germany

Motor wagons

Main article: Railways

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Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
MV-820	70 km/h	32 t	206 kW	95	1959	1970	Czechoslovakia
MV-853	120 km/h	50 t	515 kW	115	1968	1986	Czechoslovakia
M131	60 km/h	16 t	113 kW	65	1948	1965	Czechoslovakia
M152	80 km/h	20 t	155 kW	85	1973	1982	Czechoslovakia
DR Class-VT2.09	90 km/h	17 t	132 kW	68	1962	1969	East Germany

Trams

Main article: Railways

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Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
102NA	55 km/h	18.1 t	166 kW	53	1971	1982	Poland
105NA	72 km/h	17 t	166 kW	88	1979	1992	Poland
13N	68 km/h	18.1 t	166 kW	83	1959	1969	Poland
CSMG	50 km/h	15.1 t	182 kW	90	1964	1978	Hungary
KT8D5	65 km/h	18.4 t	180 kW	125	1985	2003	Czechoslovakia
KTM-2	45 km/h	8 t	100 kW	90	1957	1969	Soviet Union
LM68	65 km/h	19 t	180 kW	75	1968	1975	Soviet Union
LM68M	72 km/h	21 t	180 kW	150	1974	1992	Soviet Union
RVR6	60 km/h	20 t	172 kW	75	1959	1987	Latvian SSR
T1	60 km/h	16.6 t	160 kW	72	1952	1963	Czechoslovakia
T2	65 km/h	16.6 t	160 kW	82	1957	1968	Czechoslovakia
T3	65 km/h	16.6 t	160 kW	86	1962	1997	Czechoslovakia
T6B5	65 km/h	18.4 t	180 kW	95	1983	2003	Czechoslovakia
Tim2	70 km/h	21 t	240 kW	92	1969	1990	Romania

Metros

Main article: Railways

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Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Length	Engine	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
Ecs	80 km/h	96 t	58 m	864 kW	525	1968	1997	Soviet Union

Passenger wagons

Vehicle	Weight	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
Ammd Wagon	45 t	115	1962	1989	East Germany
RIC wagon	36 t	115	1963	1992	East Germany
RT200 passenger car	45 t	155	1972	1989	Soviet Union
TV50	54 t	98	1953	1965	Soviet Union
TV61	54 t	110	1964	1991	Soviet Union
UIC-Y wagon	35 t	125	1962	1997	East Germany

Cargo wagons

Vehicle	Weight	Capacity	Start Date	End Date	Origin
Boxcar 11-066	24 t	67 t covered	1960	1972	Soviet Union
Boxcar 11-270	22 t	68 t covered	1971	1981	Soviet Union
Boxcar 11-280	22.5 t	69 t covered	1980	1995	Soviet Union
Hopper 11-715 Cement	18 t	67 t	1970	1999	Soviet Union
Refrigeration - Isotherm	24 t	24.5 t	1973	1999	Soviet Union
Refrigeration - ZB5	25 t	22.5 t	1960	1975	Soviet Union
Boxcar for livestock	17 t	37.5 t	1950	Present	Czechoslovakia
Hopper car	17 t	60 t aggregate	1950	Present	Soviet Union
Open car 12-132	23 t	69 t open	1964	1998	Soviet Union
Open car 12-515	21.5 t	69 t open	1972	1998	Soviet Union
Open wagon 13-401	20.3 t	67 t open Carries vehicles	1959	1993	Soviet Union
Open wagon 13-4012	18.3 t	70 t open	1978	Present	Soviet Union
Open wagon 13-926	22.3 t	79 t open Carries vehicles	1971	Present	Soviet Union
Tanker 15 1443	25 t	60 t oil	1960	1975	Soviet Union
Tanker 15 1547	24 t	68 t oil	1973	Present	Soviet Union
Tanker 15 871	47 t	120 t oil	1965	Present	Soviet Union
Cement tank	25 t	35 t	1950	Present	USA

Track builders

All track building vehicles use diesel engines and require fuel. The laying crane UK 25 is a special case in that it cannot build bridges or electrified track. The second level value indicates how many workers the wagon can load, the other might be for storage capacity.

In expert mode: buy a disassembled track layer at a customs house. Send an open hull truck with enough capacity to carry it to the customs house, with it set to load vehicles. Then send it to the rail construction office with orders to unload vehicles.

Vehicle	Speed	Weight	Engine	Skill	Start Date	End Date	Origin
Kzh 461 Railway crane	50 km/h	93 t	775 kW	level 35 40	1968	1995	Soviet Union
AGMu	60 km/h	29 t	77 kW	level 10 20	1955	1985	Soviet Union
DKGU-5 Crane	50 km/h	47 t	170 kW	level 17 33	1965	1985	Soviet Union
MUV 69	55 km/h	22 t	81 kW	level 12 25	1968	1991	Czechoslovakia
EDK-300 Railway crane	65 km/h	140 t	1105 kW	level 70	1961	1995	East Germany
Laying crane UK 25	20 km/h	102 t	240 kW	level 35 25 3 Can't build bridges or electrified track	1985	Present	Soviet Union