How to upgrade all trains?

[Xan]

When you have opened a new train, how to upgrade all old traines without clicing every one?

[Mikey]

1. Go to your "Engine Shed" (top panel 6th button from the left)

2. Select the engine you wish your active engines to be replaced with

3. Click button labeled "Replace Locomotives" (dollar sign with lines behind it, panel on the right hand side)

4. Select which engines you wish to replace based on either age, usability, route properties or a combination of them all.

[Xan]

Yes, i saw this option. But i do not want to replace on the base of age or usability, i want to raplace on the base of model of train. Not posible i quess. Logically the replace by type is more acurate, because you have traines for goods and traines for people and mail. Replacing them by age, for example, makes it for all the types (goods and people) and you loose the advantages of different train types.

[Mikey]

No, you can't upgrade based on engine model

You can however replace trains by age and by usability (type)
Ex. Replace all 2 year old express engines

Note the old engines are sold off for scrap when you replace them which brings down the cost a lot. There is no loss of credits from replacing an EMD with a new EMD except for the loss over time, which is generally not a lot.
So if it's because you have already upgraded some engines but not all just go ahead and upgrade all of them anyway.

[Xan]

Thank you, Mikey

[WereWolf112]

Thanks (Bump)

[Colonel Sanders Lite]

Since werewolf decided to necro this, I'll note that it is now possible to upgrade based on engine model in the same way you can replace based on age or route properties.

[Zapp]

Upgrade based-on-engine does work, yes, but does based-on-age work?

[The_10th_Man]

You can replace based on model. In the early part of the scenarios you won't normally have access to express trains. When you eventually do, you need to replace passenger and mail trains manually on an individual basis. After that, each time you get a new model of express train, you can upgrade all of your passenger and mail trains to the new model at once using the engine shed. You do the same with new mixed or freight models as you get access to them.

The models are scrolled through using the arrows on either side of the 'locomotive' field. However, while you still only have one model of train in your fleet, you will only see one model to replace. After you have changed some of them individually through the individual route management screen (click on the dollar sign in the top right hand corner), then you will have more than one model to scroll through in your engine shed.

I've never felt the need to replace based on age. I just use maintenance sheds on all stations to keep my trains running without replacing them between new models becoming available.

[chaney]

Originally posted by Zapp:

Upgrade based-on-engine does work, yes, but does based-on-age work?

It has so I expect it still does, without verifying, so please try it yourself!

Like gfe90604 I tend to use Maintenance Sheds and typically by the time engines are aging enough to replace, a better model is available anyway. Still replace by age is a nice feature for the cases when you get a great early Engine with nothing better for a long time :)

[Stranamore]

Replace by age does not work for me. I checked in several game saves, both free mode and scenario, both paused and unpaused. As long as I don't select an age it works fine but when I do select an age the shed does not replace the engines nor does it take my money.

[Stranamore]

Update: when I select a number lower then 7 it does replace some trains but I still see trains a lot older then 6 years that were not replaced even though I had no other variables selected other then age. The shed also took less money then it said. It seems I am only paying for the engines that actually get replaced but there is definitely something buggy going on with the selection by age.