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This is a collection of ideas about new vehicles.

Flying vehicles
There are ideas about introducing planes/Zeppelins or ships/boats

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3973 planes and such
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7750 Flying buildings
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7798 Air Transportation
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8620 Whater Vehicles Ship
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8838 Zeppelins!
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8955 Planes! (specifically mentioning gyrocopters)
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12731 Airships
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=14024 Boats
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=14121 Planes
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32599 Airships
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33864 One bigger logistic robot = "logistic ship"
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=35885 Better motion: Helicopters
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43882 Cargo Airships?


Tanks or Cars
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1111 Flamethrower car
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2240 vehicle and building ideas
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3722 New Vehicles
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5468 Road-rail vehicle
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6033 more cars
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12837 Logistics in vehicles.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13291 Mobile Construction Vehicle
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26790 the "Build"Dozer...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27823 Drill Bore Vehicle suggestion
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29032 Expeditionary Tank
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38557 Tree Crusher Machine.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=45431 Deforester vehicle


And see bulldozer mod below!


About Trains (locomotive, wagon)

General ideas about new types:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1512 My observations from playing the game (Trains/wishlist) - very old, but quite interesting and actual
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2848 Enrichment of train-stuff, and other
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3309 Additions to the train system.
viewtopic.php?f=67&t=8973 Electric locomotives ☸
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291 More wagons types [Roboport, Turret, Battery, Logistic...]
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16492 Multipurpose modular platform wagons
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23261 Aditional Rail Features
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28399 RoboCart / Logistic Trains
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33982 Way to load car/tank to train.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34293 New types of trains
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43884 Idea: Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=47472 Trains: Flatbed Wagon
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50113 Steam/diesel locomotives



This is an important problem: There is a difference between vertical and horizontal train length:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16464 Train length [wagon, locomotive]
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17795 Train car length changes depending on orientation?
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23261 Aditional Rail Features

Fluids with trains
There are very detailed overview about introducing fluid transport (tank-wagons or barrelling):
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=15330 Transport of Fluids/Liquids via Barrels or Tank Wagons

Newer suggestion:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28101 Water Reservoir / Fluid Transfer System
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28143 fluid barrels

Electric trains / Electric vehicles

... todo ... Most suggested, when talking about new train types, so see above!
Meanwhile use this search:
search.php?keywords=%22electric%2Btrain ... d%5B0%5D=6

New suggestions:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31220 electric trains
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=45643 Modern Trains

Here related:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17053 Make moving objekts acceppt Power from The Grid

With the new vehicle grid this idea changes to:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31616 Let Vehicle Grid tap the engine for electricity
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=31760 Electric transport ideas
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32365 Electric Trains


Steam Engine Trains

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20616 Steam Engines for Railroads
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21927 Electric and Steam Train
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32596 Steam Locomotives
(and much more)

Armored trains

viewtopic.php?f=71&t=332 Train cars, armored vehicles, nuclear power, and more
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=823 Artillery
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4200 Comprehensive overview of how artillery could be implemented
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21350 Gun Wagons
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22678 Things I would like with trains
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26118 train wagons - gun wagon and roboport wagon
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28140 Laser Cart

Related list: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=823&p=34941#p34902

New types of transport (transport without vehicles)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7977 Ropeway conveyor above the factory...
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13200 Discussing the (missing?) 4th type of transport!
Teleport: todo (important distinction between item-transport and character transport!)

Related
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2851 A Bulldozer
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9658 An early-game way to easily remove Trees is needed

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9341 Bulldozer MOD
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9478 RoadTrain MOD (aka Trailers)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3196 Bulldozer to fill in water tiles

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1351 Moving Fortress
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3072 Outpost logistics
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3882 Low volume, long range, low infrastructure goods transport

Graphical

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12587&hilit=vehicle* Character Customization (also valid for vehicles)

About Fuel
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12770 Wood and coal fuel should yield less power and top speed
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12772 Diesel. Liquid fuel instead of solid fuel
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17053 Make moving objekts acceppt Power from The Grid

Roads and tracks
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10315 Roads/streets as steering guide. Cars will try to stay on it
... todo ...

Modular Vehicles
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2241 Vehicles from parts
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3399 Custom vehicles and turrets like the modular armor
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5463 Modular Tanks
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7233 Modular Tanks Expansion
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13286 Modular Vehicles
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17645 Modules for vehicles (Equipment, PowerSuit for vehicles)
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21287 more combat option:Modular Combat Vehicle w/ remote control?
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25593 Vehicles should get power armor slots
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29775 Modular Vehicles + Vehicle Assembler.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30821 modular train
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46631 Make the upcoming artillery wagon modular



Remote control
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6885 I like tanks. The new tanks are awesome. (Remote control of many vehicles at once)

Far related
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7792 Filters (Stack Filters for all Vehicles)
viewtopic.php?f=80&t=15326 Stack Filters for Chest, Vehicles and others
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7475 Large and Heavy items
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8161 Items, too big for the inventory
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18262 Vehicle Assembly Plant / no hand crafting of tanks / trains


viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5263 New Biomes And New Kinds Of Playing ( use of tanks , roads )
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12663 Garage loader/unloader, parking lot

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16509 Whistle for when train is about to depart
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13979&hilit=wagon+tank%2A Add physics to Trains, and support for more Wagon options

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3383 multiple planets,bridges,vehicles and more recources

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2247 Chest-on-a-belt

Steam Powered Railroad Engines + Support Cars to Operate them as first step into railroads instead of the current Diesel Electric Engine: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=20616#p129506

Indeed, seems like I forgot to press save after adding it... thank you... added it now...

There was another planes thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8955 Planes! (specifically mentioning gyrocopters)

Yeah, thanks. The long term idea was to split this topic into the different vehicle-types.