Unsinkable Sam

New Ships for OpenTTD

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Passenger Vessels

  • 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, and higher performance
pax
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900

Mail / Packet / Utility Ships

  • 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, and higher performance
mail_utility
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900

Dry Cargo Vessels

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.

dry_cargo
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900
Small
Large
Large

Liquid Bulk Tankers

  • These run at the speed of 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
liquid_bulk
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900
Large
foodstuffs
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900
Large

Specialist Vessels

  • high-speed diesel passenger engines with dedicated high-speed coaches
  • can attach other types of cars to haul mail or freight cargos but will travel at less than maximum engine speed
specialist
Intro Date: 1900 1900 1900 1900
Unsinkable Sam, with thanks to all who helped