Iron Horse

My Lovely Horse Train Set

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Standard Gauge

General Purpose / Express Engines

  • Passengers, mail and valuables
  • High-priority freight cargos like food and engineering supplies, which can be carried in high-speed mail cars and express cars
  • General freight, but if a dedicated freight engine is available with similar power, the freight engine will generally be lower cost to buy and run
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: branch_express
  • Branch number: 1
Light Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: branch_express
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Light Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: branch_express
  • Branch number: 2
Light Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: express
  • Branch number: 1
Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: express
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: express
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: express
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: heavy_express
  • Branch number: 1
Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: heavy_express
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: heavy_express
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: heavy_express
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: super_heavy_express
  • Branch number: 1
Super Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: super_heavy_express
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Super Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: super_heavy_express
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Super Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: super_heavy_express
  • Branch number: -4
  • Joker
Super Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_express
  • Branch number: 1
Ultra Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_express
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Ultra Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_express
  • Branch number: 3
Ultra Heavy Express
  • Role: express
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_express
  • Branch number: 4
Ultra Heavy Express

Freight Engines

Recommended for all general freight except cargos like food and engineering supplies, which can be carried in high-speed mail cars and express cars, which freight engines can't haul at maximum speed.

Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: branch_freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Light Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: branch_freight
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Light Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: branch_freight
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Light Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: branch_freight
  • Branch number: -4
  • Joker
Light Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: freight
  • Branch number: 1
Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: heavy_freight
  • Branch number: 1
Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: super_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: 1
Super Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: super_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Super Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: super_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Super Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: super_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: 3
Super Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: super_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Super Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Ultra Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: 2
Ultra Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Ultra Heavy Freight
  • Role: freight
  • Subrole: ultra_heavy_freight
  • Branch number: 3
Ultra Heavy Freight

Railcars / Multiple-Unit Trains

  • These run at similar speeds to freight trains, and are suited to
    • short routes
    • routes which are heavily used by freight trains, which limit the maximum speed of other trains on the route
  • Railcars can generally haul one additional unpowered coach, mail car or other wagon, on level routes
  • Railcars can be combined as needed
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railbus
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Railbus High Capacity
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railcar
  • Branch number: 1
Passenger Railcar High Capacity
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar High Capacity
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railcar
  • Branch number: 2
Passenger Railcar High Capacity
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar High Capacity

Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: mail_railcar
  • Subrole: mail_railcar
  • Branch number: 2
Mail Railcar
  • Role: mail_railcar
  • Subrole: mail_railcar
  • Branch number: 3
Mail Railcar
  • Role: mail_railcar
  • Subrole: mail_railcar
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Mail Railcar

Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: freight_railcar
  • Subrole: freight_railcar
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Freight Railcar

Express Railcars / Multiple-Unit Trains

  • These run at express train speeds, and have more power but lower capacity than standard railcars
  • Express railcars can be combined as needed
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: express_railcar
  • Subrole: express_pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar Express
  • Role: express_railcar
  • Subrole: express_pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar Express
  • Role: express_railcar
  • Subrole: express_pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar Express
  • Role: express_railcar
  • Subrole: express_mail_railcar
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Mail Railcar Express

InterCity Express Trains

  • high-speed engines with dedicated high-speed coaches and mail cars
  • can attach other types of cars to haul freight cargos but will travel at less than maximum engine speed
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: hst
  • Subrole: hst
  • Branch number: 1
InterCity Express

InterCity Express Trains With Distributed Power

  • TGV-style electric passenger trains with very high speeds
  • power is distributed throughout the train
    • engines are relatively low power
    • every set of coaches attached to the engine adds more power
  • tilt bonus for higher speed through curves
  • attaching other types of cars is not recommended, the train will be very underpowered and will travel at much less than maximum engine speed
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: very_high_speed
  • Subrole: very_high_speed
  • Branch number: 1
InterCity Express
  • Role: very_high_speed
  • Subrole: very_high_speed
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
InterCity Express
  • Role: very_high_speed
  • Subrole: very_high_speed
  • Branch number: 2
InterCity Express
  • Role: very_high_speed
  • Subrole: very_high_speed
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
InterCity Express

Driving Van Trailers

  • Attach to front or rear of express trains that have at least one other engine
  • Carries mail and express freight
  • Unpowered in real-life, but OpenTTD requires these to have some power so they can lead the train, so a low value is set
Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_mixed
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_pax
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_pax
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_pax
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Passenger Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_mail
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Mail Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_mail
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Mail Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_mail
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Mail Driving Cab

Gronk!

Slow engines that have limited gameplay use but look nice.

Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: gronk
  • Subrole: gronk
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Gronk!
  • Role: gronk
  • Subrole: gronk
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Gronk!
  • Role: gronk
  • Subrole: gronk
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
Gronk!
  • Role: gronk
  • Subrole: gronk
  • Branch number: -4
  • Joker
Gronk!

Lolz

Silly trains that have no gameplay purpose at all but look nice.

Intro Year: 1860 1900 1930 1960 1990 2020
  • Role: lolz
  • Subrole: snoughplough!
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Lolz

Narrow Gauge

Narrow Gauge Trains

  • low power trains with low buy and run costs, and relatively low speeds
  • effective for short routes
  • can be moderately effective on longer routes
Intro Year: 1860 1910 1960 2010
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: 1
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: 2
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: -3
  • Joker
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: -4
  • Joker
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: 5
General Purpose
  • Role: universal
  • Subrole: universal
  • Branch number: -6
  • Joker
General Purpose

Narrow Gauge Railcars

  • can generally haul one additional unpowered coach, mail car or other wagon, on level routes
  • narrow gauge railcars can be combined as needed
Intro Year: 1860 1910 1960 2010
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railbus
  • Branch number: 1
Passenger Railbus High Capacity
  • Role: suburban_or_universal_railcar
  • Subrole: pax_railbus
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Railbus High Capacity

Intro Year: 1860 1910 1960 2010
  • Role: mail_railcar
  • Subrole: mail_railcar
  • Branch number: 1
Mail Railcar

Intro Year: 1860 1910 1960 2010
  • Role: express_railcar
  • Subrole: express_pax_railcar
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Railcar Express

Driving Van Trailers

  • Attach to front or rear of express trains that have at least one other engine
  • Carries mail and express freight
  • Unpowered in real-life, but OpenTTD requires these to have some power so they can lead the train, so a low value is set
Intro Year: 1860 1910 1960 2010
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_pax
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Driving Cab
  • Role: driving_cab
  • Subrole: driving_cab_express_pax
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Passenger Driving Cab

Metro

Metro Trains

  • pax, mail, valuables, food and similar town cargos
  • for very busy routes in and around large cities
    • metro trains have very high capacity and relatively high run costs
    • to be profitable, metro needs to be used on routes with short distances between stations, and very high loadings
  • can be used in stations as small as 1 tile
  • metro trains can be combined as needed
Intro Year: 1900 1950 2000
  • Role: metro
  • Subrole: pax_metro
  • Branch number: 1
Passenger Very High Capacity Urban
  • Role: metro
  • Subrole: pax_metro
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Passenger Very High Capacity Urban
  • Role: metro
  • Subrole: mail_metro
  • Branch number: 1
Mail Very High Capacity Urban
  • Role: metro
  • Subrole: mail_metro
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Mail Very High Capacity Urban

Metro Freight

For freight on metro lines.

Intro Year: 1900 1950 2000
  • Role: metro_freight
  • Subrole: metro_freight
  • Branch number: -1
  • Joker
Urban Freight
  • Role: metro_freight
  • Subrole: metro_freight
  • Branch number: -2
  • Joker
Urban Freight
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