New Locomotives and Wagons, More Trains.
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:29 pm
Diesel Locomotive, that burns wood/coal/fuel blocks... it just feels wrong.
I havn't read this myself, but was told that the reason a Diesel Locomotive runs on coal is because it would be too difficult to get going for the level it was intended for, so was made easier by just burning fuels instead.
So... Add more trains!
Start with a steam locomotive, water shouldn't be too hard to get into an engine, probably a special train fueling port that pumps a liquid into a train next to it would be sufficient, IF you even want to be accurate enough to supply it with water at all, otherwise keep the functionality the same as the existing locomotive.
At later stages, a fuel-oil, Diesel could be pumped into the engine the same way the water is in the previous example, without requiring a solid combustable fuel to burn.
And perhaps even an Electric train, which would require advanced electrified rails to use, requiring no fuel at all, but a link to your power grid.
There has to be some bonus to upgrade a train from steam to diesel, or electric though, EG, more powerful, faster etc.
Also, being able to "Multi-head" engines would be a good idea too, adds more power to add more speed, or be able to pull more carriages with less of a speed penalty.
On top of trains, also cargo carriages, Why can a car fit SOOO much cargo in the boot(trunk), far exceeding a steel chest, yet a train carriage only has the space of a wooden chest, this might not be much of a problem in most situations, but an oil barrel train for example, where barrels only stack to 8, it doesn't carry much at all...
So, Extra carriages, mk2 with the capacity of an iron chest, mk3 with the capacity of a steel chest, and perhaps even a mk4 with the capacity of a car would be useful for carrying large quantities of resources far.
What do you think?
I havn't read this myself, but was told that the reason a Diesel Locomotive runs on coal is because it would be too difficult to get going for the level it was intended for, so was made easier by just burning fuels instead.
So... Add more trains!
Start with a steam locomotive, water shouldn't be too hard to get into an engine, probably a special train fueling port that pumps a liquid into a train next to it would be sufficient, IF you even want to be accurate enough to supply it with water at all, otherwise keep the functionality the same as the existing locomotive.
At later stages, a fuel-oil, Diesel could be pumped into the engine the same way the water is in the previous example, without requiring a solid combustable fuel to burn.
And perhaps even an Electric train, which would require advanced electrified rails to use, requiring no fuel at all, but a link to your power grid.
There has to be some bonus to upgrade a train from steam to diesel, or electric though, EG, more powerful, faster etc.
Also, being able to "Multi-head" engines would be a good idea too, adds more power to add more speed, or be able to pull more carriages with less of a speed penalty.
On top of trains, also cargo carriages, Why can a car fit SOOO much cargo in the boot(trunk), far exceeding a steel chest, yet a train carriage only has the space of a wooden chest, this might not be much of a problem in most situations, but an oil barrel train for example, where barrels only stack to 8, it doesn't carry much at all...
So, Extra carriages, mk2 with the capacity of an iron chest, mk3 with the capacity of a steel chest, and perhaps even a mk4 with the capacity of a car would be useful for carrying large quantities of resources far.
What do you think?
