Electric Locomotive

experimental

The Electric Locomotive is a vehicle used to transport cargo and the engineer along the Railway. Connected Freight Cars can be loaded/unloaded via a Freight Platform. The Electric Locomotive can be automated, by setting a list of Train Stations for it to stop at.

Multiple cargo freight cars and locomotives can be attached together to form a single train. Trains are currently the fastest vehicle in game, which is about 130km/h, allowing for efficient long ranged resource transportation.

It requires 15MW of power to operate, and up to 80MW if the train is going uphill or gaining speed.

Construction
Do not build the locomotive on a slope. When it start moving by itself you lose the control to it, that means you cannot accelerate nor brake it.

Deconstruction
You cannot deconstruct the locomotive when it is moving. Wait until it completely stops.

Collision
Trains and railways do not have collision at the current version. Train will not collide to each other nor collide with anything else. This holds true even if a player is in the train.

Speed
Trains has a speed around 120km/h at flat terrain. The max speed measured is 130km/h when doing downhills. Train suffer speed loss when going uphill or when the railway curves. In reverse driving, train can move with the same speed. Long trains accelerate and brake very slowly.

Max train length
On a flat level such as foundations, a locomotive can pull all freight car attached to it. On uneven terrain it is advised to keep the number freight car below 20. If more freight car is needed, use multiple locomotives as to provide greater pulling force. The locomotive need not to be at the leading position of a train.