Alpine Mountains Trains Basic Information.

This guide is about all the default Alpine Mountains trains you can buy in Chris Sawyer's Locomotion in a spreadsheet. It contanes the model starting year, model end year Reliablity stats, Cargo Space and Top speed. There is also a section that contains all the train cars.

Spreadsheet Legend.

This guide is in google convered KPH from MPH so some errors might be still there.
* = Aprroxment due to humman errors
Type = Type of engine

Standard Gauge Train spreadsheet

Train Name	Start year/ Desgin year	Starting Reliability	After 1 year*	40% Year*	End Year or 45 years	End Year/ 45 years Starting Reliablity	After 1 Year*	40% Year*	HP	Top Speed	Type
SLM C 3/3	1900	65%*	60%	1904	1950	85%	69%	1953	380hp	72kph	Steam
SLM C 5/6	1913	65%	60%	1917	1945	85%	72%	1948	1,100hp	89kph	Steam
Ce 6/8 Crocodile	1920	69%	64%	1925	1965	90%	72%	1968	2,440hp	64kph	Electric
EB 3/5	1923	59%	54%	1926	1960	77%	69%	1962	470hp	80kph	Steam
Ae 4/7	1929	71%	63%	1934	1985	92%	79%	1988	3,000hp	97kph	Electric
RBe 2/4 RailCar	1936	69%	60%	1941	1960	90%	82%	1963	500hp	105kph	Electric
Re 4/4 1	1948	71%	65%	1953	1985	92%	84%	1988	2,500hp	121kph	Electric
Re 4/4 2	1964	72%	67%	1969	1995	94%	82%	1998	5,375hp	137kph	Electric
Class 656	1975	73%	68%	1980	1998	95%	88%	2005	2,500hp	145kph	Electric
TGV	1985	70%	64%	1990	NA/ 2030	91%	86%	2039	4,500hp	234kph	Electric
Re 460	1991	77%	71%	1997	NA/ 2036	100%	94%	2046	8,180hp	225kph	Electric
Electra Star Power Car	1994	72%	67%	1999	NA/ 2039	94%	89%	2046	8,240hp	300kph	Electric
Train Name	Start year/ Desgin year	Starting Reliability	After 1 year*	40% Year*	End Year or 45 years	End Year/ 45 years Starting Reliablity	After 1 Year*	40% Year*	HP	Top Speed	Type

Narrow Gauge Train spreadsheet

Train Name	Start year/ Desgin year	Starting Reliability	After 1 year*	40% Year*	End Year or 45 years	End Year/ 45 years Starting Reliablity	After 1 Year*	40% Year*	HP	Top Speed	Type
SLM HG 2/3	1900	66%	61%	1904	1941	86%	74%	1944	180hp	40kph/ 11kph	Steam
HGe 4/4	1929	69%	64%	1934	1955	90%	79%	1958	990hp	48kph/ 24kph	Electric
Ge 6/6	1940	74%	68%	1945	1980	96%	84%	1983	2,000hp	72kph	Electric
Den 4/6	1941	73%	68%	1946	1980	95%	84%	1983	1,150hp	72kph/ 30kph	Electric
Ge 4/4 2	1973	73%	68%	1978	2000	95%	84%	2003	2,210hp	90kph	Electric
HGe 4/4 2	1986	71%	65%	1991	NA/ 2031	92%	87%	2040	2,590hp	90kph/ 30kph	Electric
Ge 4/4 3	1993	75%	69%	1998	NA/ 2038	97%	92%	2048	3,350hp	100kph	Electric
Train Name	Start year/ Desgin year	Starting Reliability	After 1 year*	40% Year*	End Year or 45 years	End Year/ 45 years Starting Reliablity	After 1 Year*	40% Year*	HP	Top Speed	Type

Standard Gauge Train Car Info

This is a brief overview of all the standard gauge train cars. Will convert the speeds and carring capacity to metric at a later time.

Covered Wagon: 1900- NA, 89kph, 20 Tons of grain.
Covered Wagon: 1968- NA, 120kph, 38 Tons of grain.

Flatbed Wagon: 1900- NA, 80kph, 20 Tons of Cargo.
Flatbed Wagon: 1955- NA, 113kph, 50 Tons of Cargo.

Goods Car: 1900- NA, 89kph, 15 Tons of Goods, Food, or Grapes.

Hooper Car: 1940- NA, 97kph, 25 Tons of Iron or Coal.
Hooper Car: 1965- NA, 113kph, 40 Tons of Iron or Coal.

Livestock Car: 1900- NA, 80kph, 8 Livestock.

Mail car: 1900- 1955, 72kph, 20 bags of mail.

Stockcar: 1950- NA, 80kph, 15 Livestock.

Tanker Wagon: 1970- NA, 80kph, 10 Tons of Liquids.
Tanker Wagon: 1960- NA, 113kph, 60 Tons of Liquids.

Wagon: 1900- NA, 80kph, 20 Tonns of Iron or Coal.

EW Passenger Car: 1980- NA, 210kph, 72 People.
EW Driving Car: 1980- NA, 210kph, 60 People.

Passenger Carriage: 1900- 1955, 72kph, 24 People.
Passenger Carriage: 1929- 1965, 113kph, 60 People.
Passenger Carriage: 1949- 1981, 97kph, 65 People.
Passenger Carriage: 1965- 1990, 137kph, 70 People.

Electra Star Passenger Car: 1990- NA, 300kph, 67 People.
TGV Passenger Car: 1985- NA, 274kph, 70 People.

Narrow Gauge Train Cars Info

Flatbed Wagon: 1900- NA, 64kph, 10 Tons.

Goods Wagon: 1900- NA, 64kph, 8 Tons.

Livestock Wagon: 1900- NA, 64kph, 8 Livestock.

Mail car: 1900- NA, 64kph, 15 bags of Mail.

Tanker Wagon: 1900- NA, 64kph, 7 Tons.

Wagon: 1900- NA, 64kph, 10 Tons.

Passenger Carriage: 1900- 1954, 72kph, 20 Passengers.
Passenger Carriage: 1954- NA, 100kph, 45 Passengers.

Standard Gauge Train Personal Description.

I will not discuss purchase price or maintenance cost due to their monthly cost changes unless there is a big reason why but not in detail.

SLM C 3/3: Your first train you can get in the default Alpine Mountains. Its slow and underpowered as most first trains are. But because of the types of train cars in the early game it might be worth the keep this train due to its cheaper maintenance cost. This train is good for short to medium range.

SLM C 5/6: The upgraded version of the first train. It’s a fair bit faster with a lot more power behind it. But it has a higher maintenance cost as a trade. I personally recommend sticking with this train till the Ae 4/7 comes out. This train is good for medium to long range.

Ce 6/8 Crocodile: What a Crocodile doing in the mountains. I'm not sure but it is powerful but slow and expensive. This is the first electric train in the default Alpine Mountains and to be honest it don'st bring too much to the table. It’s slow and expensive but its power is nice to have if you have a heavy train but even so I say just skip this train. This train is good for short to medium range.

EB 3/5: Trash.
What you expected me to say anything? Just don't use this train it's expensive, slow, underpowered and unreliable. This is the worst train in the default Alpine Mountains. This train is good for short to long range.

Ae 4/7: I hope you got your lines electrified for this machine. This train is worth it and is the first electric train I recommend in the default Alpine Mountains. It’s got a good speed, extraordinary power for its time and quite reliable. I suggest you replace every train before 1936 with this train. This train is good for medium to long range.

RBe 2/4 RailCar: This is a a good passenger train. It can carry 50 passengers along with any other car you wish but at the cost of having extremely low power. I suggest you use this for passenger routes only. This train is good for medium to long range.

Re 4/4 1: Where do I start besides incredible. This is one of the best trains in the default Alpine Mountains. Good speed, good power and good reliability. It's more expensive than the RBe 2/4 railcar but it’s also faster so I suggest you replace every train but the RBe 2/4 railcar right away to this machine. This train is good for medium to long range.

Re 4/4 2: Everything said above applies to this train but times it by 2. More power, more speed with no negatives to speak of. Replace everything with this once it comes out. This train is good for medium to long range.

Class 656: What do I say about this train. It's fast but less power. I suggest you use this as your first "high speed" train and ignore cargo with this train. To me it's just a meh train for the default Alpine Mountains. This train is good for medium to long range.

TGV: Welcome to high speed land travel. This is the 2nd fastest train in the game. At 274kph its able to transport passengers over 250 blocks under a month (which is extraordinary good). But it is really expensive to buy and maintain. Give it designated tracks and private stations (although multi use passenger stations can be used) for maximum profits. This train is good for Medium to MAP WIDE.

Re 460: 100%......... This is the only vehicle (at the current moment to me) that has 100% reliability at the start. Its also fast and powerful with nice prices to boot. It can do any job you give it (except scale a mountain) with ease. Short, Long, Heavy, Light, Fast, Slow or even congested this train can do anything. It's top speed though can not be reached in the default Alpine Mountains game mode because of the train cars given to it. The top speed you can get while carring cargo of some sort is 209kph with the EV IV passenger - Driving carriages. This train is good for Short to Very long range.

"Electra Star Power Car: High and bye. This is the Electra Star, it's the fastest train in the game at 300kph. It's only capable at transporting 1 type of car and that's the Electra Star Passenger Car. If you want to transport passengers across the map without planes this is your best option." It's faster than the TGV and it has a lower maintenance cost then the TGV. I recommend replacing all TGV's with the Electra Star. "This train is good for Medium to MAP WIDE."

Narrow Gauge Train Personal Description.

Notes: To start off I am a bit biased in this section. I'm of the belief that if the train can't use rack rail then its next to worthless. The biggest advantage to narrow gauge to me is the ability to scale mountains. Yes the construction of the narrow gauge is around 50% cheaper to build then standard gauge and it can make 1 block turns but the max turning speed for the largest turn is 23mph (kph coming soon) and for the 1 block turn is 8mph while standard gauge is 101mph for the largest turn. If you going to use narrow gauge rail but not use a mountain why not use a road vehicles, trams or standard gauge track. This does not mean these trains are unprofitable but in comparison they are not worth the work for them in my opinion.

SLM HG 2/3: The first mountain climber. Well That's all I see it as. Its slow underpowered and unreliable. I would recommend you replace this 2 year after the HGe 4/4 comes out. This train is good for short to medium range.

HGe 4/4: The 2nd mountain climber. It climbs mountains and has over 8x more power then the SLM HG 2/3. Replace all SLM HG 2/3 about 1 year after it comes out for best results (or just do it as soon as it comes out for the power). This train is good for short to medium range.

Ge 6/6: To me this is one of the most useless trains in this category due to its lack of ability to use rack rails. It has a great top speed and its HP is great but just don'st match Deh 4/6 which comes out 1 year later. Overall I say don't use this train. This train is good for short to medium range.

Deh 4/6: I consider this to be one of if not the best overall narrow gauge train you can buy. The reason why I believe this is because of the fact it can carry 25 bags of mail and being able to use rack rails at no major speed penalty (excluding rack rails). This is also the last train for 7 years before the next narrow gauge train that can use rails comes out. It won't make it all 7 years for the 40% but I say keep it till HGe 4/4 2 comes out otherwise your rack rail routes will be shut down till then unless you want to remove them. This train is good for short to long range.

Ge 4/4 2: Ahh here comes what I consider another very pointless train. Its fast for its type and very powerful but it can not go on rack rails. This train is good for short to long range.

HGe 4/4 2: The final rack rail train. This train is the 2nd overall best of the narrow gauge trains. Its relative high speed and high amounts of horsepower make it effective at transporting passengers over mountains or to ski centres. It is cheaper then the Ge 4/4 3 and since most cargo top speeds are around 45mph it might be better just to use this then the Ge 4/4 3. This train is good for short to long range.

Ge 4/4 3: Now this is another one of those narrow gauge trains that can't use a rack rail. But this is the highest performance narrow gauge train in the game. It’s the fastest, most powerful and best reliability in the game. But the cost of the rack rail makes this a mostly useless vehicle. This train is good for short to long range.

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