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Metro: Soviet Type D and Ganz P prototype

Every wanted to build a metro early in game (1960), but realised that you'd have to wait until 1968 for an Eastern trainset?
With this mod, I bring you a double feature: the Soviet Type D train (81-702) by Mytischchi Machine-Building Plant (later Metrowagonmas, the same company who produced all later Soviet models too), and the Hungarian Ganz P, which was a derivative of the Type D.

Soviet Type D (81-702)

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This train is the precursor the famous type E subway (featured in game by default). At first glance, the biggest difference is lack of horizontal lines, split passenger windows, and non-simmetrical driver windows. In real life, these were produced between 1955-1963. Also, every car has a driver's position, hence driver door as well. In the game, I've extended availability to 1975, to cover the gap until the type E becomes available, and to simulate second hand units to your republic. Unlike the later Type E, these weren't as widely exported, however they were in operation until the mid 1990's in Russia.

Ganz P


Like my other subway mod, this is another Ganz build, very heavily based on the Type D. This train is relatively obscure. The most distinctive difference is the wine-cream livery (or less elegantly, British Rail called this Blood and Custard on their trains), a thinner roofline, the lack of ventilation gills on the roof (replaced by vents above the passenger windows), double passenger winwows, and the different looking horizontal separator stripe (I couldn't model this fully accurate, but at least it differs from the Type D).
Budapest started a metro building project in the early 50's, and it was planned that the Hungarian company Ganz will deliver the trainsets. Appearently, the Mytichchi plant has created the derivative design from their own Type D, Ganz's job was to build it - which they did, a single prototype. After a couple of years, the tunneling project stopped (just to be restarted a decade later), however by that time, it was decided to use Soviet-built trainsets instead. 30 years later, Ganz had another go at building a metro trainset (this time their own design) - for that handsome baby, see my other mod, the Ganz-Hunslet G2.

Disclaimers: The models (especially the Ganz P), are not a 100% accurate, my modelling skills are fairly basic, and this way quite a challenge already. The equipment boxes between the wheels on both sides look different compared to the originals, but they are not too visible, so the experience remains great. The window shapes are also not 100% correct, but just a good approximation.