Best Loco for Freight?

[Melluns07]

My buddy and I are loving the game! Problem is we are newly emerging train nerds and know nothing about different locomotives. What is the best loco we should work towards currently in terms of fuel economy and range? We both are hauling tier 2 contracts with one passenger car each.

[Colonel Wolfe]

The 0-6-0 is exceptionally weak for the stats it gives.
These were well known Loco's. They were not known for being weak.
Maybe the devs should look at it

[James 296]

I've been using the G25 Mogul in place of the switcher and it's works fairly well as a mixed freight and/or Passenger locomotive. Althrough I've have been looking at the switcher again as possible engine to run up the tight Walker branch. While the mikey tank has the power, I really dislike the range it will have.

back on topic, for me the G25 and C25 were perfect replacements for the starting engines or save up for the C46....at this point my C46 has been up and down the line so much, per head cannon, the residents are starting to think I have 2 or 3 of them .

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

I traded in my starting Ten-Wheeler for an Atlantic on day 3. Obviously an Atlantic is not a freight engine but it's a significant upgrade over the starting engines while still being just affordable enough to buy early on.

Later down the road you can pick up one of the larger engines and use that for freight, while keeping the Atlantic for passenger use.

Originally posted by Colonel Wolfe:

The 0-6-0 is exceptionally weak for the stats it gives.
These were well known Loco's. They were not known for being weak.
Maybe the devs should look at it

Thanks for the heads up. I was thinking of getting one as a yard switcher for Bryson but I guess I'll look at the Tank Mikado instead.

[Rudolf Jan]

I sue separate passenger trans, now hauled by the original Mogul. I bought the G25-Mogul for freight, which works quite well now. The ten wheeler is exclusively used for logging.

[JE55BUNN1]

From my limited understanding, the 0-6-0 in game is based on a Canadian National Railway (CNR) designed / built, not the USRA 0-6-0. So stat wise etc they may differ.

However, the 0-6-0 in game is pretty chunky. It does the thing. Great for running logs to the saw mill / Connelly Creek and sometimes switching outgoing freight from the saw mill.

But the G25 Mogul is a beast for me, it does the lion's share of all my switch work and routinely does freight drags up to Ela, switching freight as required on the way.

[Alexej]

Diesel all the way. I am so glad that i dont have to see that smoke anymore(camera settings make playing steam engines an nightmare, as you either have to zoom all the way out or be blinded).

[JJ2078]

Every loco can be the right tool for the job, depending on the job. Which loco is "the best" well entirely depend on what you are doing at any given time.

[chadnesbit]

I'm looking at upgrading locos soon. How does the 'turning radius' parameter really play out? Does it affect how slow it will take turns? I would assume this is already limited by track speed but not sure...