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(0.7) 4-10-4 'Panzer-Minotaur' Armored Locomotive (100 km/h, 500 t)

The cars seen on the pictures can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1691687874

Other locomotives from us can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1692456187

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The 4-10-4 'Panzer-Minotaur' Armored Steam Locomotive

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Big thanks to creators of all those amazing mods we are using: Equinox, peaceman, wolfgar7474, C3ntron STORI3D PAST Productions, Johnbeere and Oobfiche.

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Technical data:

- max width: 12 blocks (3 m)
- max height: 14.5 blocks (3.62 m)
- max lenght: 76 blocks (19 m)
- weight: 36.750 t
- number of engines: 3x large
- driving wheel size: 5 (medium)
- number of driving wheels: 10
- number of weighting chests: 4
- suspension: X-RAI spring suspension mk I
- max speed with no load: 100 km/h (62 mph)
- max load while maintaining 15-40 km/h: 200 t @ 4° * (47 full stone stockpiles)
- max absolute load: 500 t @ 2° * (117 full stone stockpiles)
- max weighting needed: 0 t @ 500 t load

*Grades bigger than 5 have not been tested, as I consider them unrealistic. The engine should work just fine with steeper slopes, but the maximum possible cargo load may decrease a bit. Also it may possibly pull more than 500 t, but the train gets veeery slow (1-3 km/h). In such case just use two locomotives.

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Description:

In times of war normal locomotives are not enough as they can be easily disbled by more and more advanced weaponry. That is why one of X-RAI most versatile and useful engines was converted into an armored version. Every vulnerable part was hidden between thick steel plates and a powerful plow was added, making the locomotive basically indestructible by any threats. Of course it has its price in form of a bit of speed loss in comparison to the civilian version, but its an armoured train after all.

A suitable armored car by Johnbeere can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1721004708
They were tested and work great together. Using them both requires either my Coupling Converter or modifiying one of the couplers since we use different standards.

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Setup instructions:

Just place on a straight piece of track and it's ready to go!

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Operating hints:

- There is a hidden coupler beneath the front plow, accessible by picking up the 2x1 plank on the front.
- The engines can be reached for switching/grabbing throttle and refueled by climbing on the front of the engine and walking on the sideskirts.
- Clanging and crackling noises are normal and should not be worried about.
- The engine has no breaks. To slow down, just decrease the throttle. If more stopping power is needed, throttling up in reverse works great.
- While sitting in the cab, the third person camera is sadly being blocked by the roof, which renders it pointless. If you want to drive your train from third person though, you can do that while standing freely in the inside of the tender, as there is no roof. For especially slow and precise manouvers like coupling, you can just stand outside.

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