Rolling Stock

[ARmodder]

Such a great game though I have to say like others I'd really like to see all Rolling Stock made purchasable, right now it's only pulpwood flats, skeleton flat cars, and passenger cars, the 2 and 3 bay coal hoppers and single tanker are just for fuel resupply.

Many rail companies have their own Rolling stock for service on their own lines, those that don't rent from CSXT, GATX(mostly petro/chemical tankers), or other rental companies.

So having them unlocked would be nice for realism and to add to the diversity of the yards.

[Imperial Strikeforce]

What would you use them for? All box cars are to be picked up from the interchange or delivered to the interchange. There are no freight demands from one business to another on the map that warrants you to purchase your own box cars.

If they devs allow this kind of business interaction, then purchasing other types of rolling stock would be feasible.

[Oilman25]

Hopper cars and Gondolas for coal, rock, ore and other types of traffic for them, Flat cars for lumber and other such products and Boxcars and Refrigerator cars for their own types of freight traffic and in short more ways to make money would be nice.

[ARmodder]

Originally posted by Imperial Strikeforce:

What would you use them for? All box cars are to be picked up from the interchange or delivered to the interchange. There are no freight demands from one business to another on the map that warrants you to purchase your own box cars.

If they devs allow this kind of business interaction, then purchasing other types of rolling stock would be feasible.

Asthetics are one reason, and I'm sure they will eventually have freight for them in the meantime just for immersion, while I can use sandbox it's not as fun just spawning cars in.

IDK guess I'm just really excited about the game, been a longtime rail enthusiast

[JE55BUNN1]

No harm in that ARmodder =)

[thebear05]

I have put coal hoppers, carriages and a couple of cabooses in sidings at Bryson. It does make the area look more lived in.

[avgwarhawk]

You can also change the RR name on the rolling stock. My coal cars I changed to C&O. It shows on the cars. This can be done with the pulp and log cars. These cars stay in your rail system until sold. Occasionally I see C&O box cars.

[CMDR Sweeper]

There is one business interaction that would warrant owning some rolling stock.
The furniture factory in Bryson could use the lumber from the sawmill without going via the interchange for an example, so the potential already exists, limited but it is there in the game.

[Imperial Strikeforce]

Originally posted by ARmodder:

Originally posted by Imperial Strikeforce:

What would you use them for? All box cars are to be picked up from the interchange or delivered to the interchange. There are no freight demands from one business to another on the map that warrants you to purchase your own box cars.

If they devs allow this kind of business interaction, then purchasing other types of rolling stock would be feasible.

Asthetics are one reason, and I'm sure they will eventually have freight for them in the meantime just for immersion, while I can use sandbox it's not as fun just spawning cars in.

IDK guess I'm just really excited about the game, been a longtime rail enthusiast

If you want to spend money just to have box cars sitting around just for aesthetic reasons, by all means...

[Oilman25]

Originally posted by CMDR Sweeper:

There is one business interaction that would warrant owning some rolling stock.
The furniture factory in Bryson could use the lumber from the sawmill without going via the interchange for an example, so the potential already exists, limited but it is there in the game.

As well hauling coal from Robinson Gap Coal Mine to various fuel dealers, factories, interchanges and to fuel one's own railroad too with own hopper cars and gondolas would be nice to have.

[Kerry]

Yeah, having the option to either get coal from interchange or buy it in bulk from the Robilson Gap mine for your fuel hoppers would be a good example. Same with the ability to buy diesel in bulk from Standard Oil (though there would need to be a second track for that instead of just the one dock track at Bryson.)

And yes, hauling dimensional lumber from the sawmill and coal from the mines to the furniture factory would be pretty good as well.

There are plenty of opportunities for more captive service industries that could be added in addition to the interchange service, rather than replacing some amount of said interchange service.