M4rek wrote:Vienna and Zürich use trams as mobile recycling depots.
In Vienna there has been a pilot scheme with cargo trams from 2004 to 2005. Since this was quite a success, there exist 4 cargo-trams in the meanwhile (with a regular capacity of 13 tons each, that has been succesfully expanded to 40 tons per trial). As they carry the brunt of the cargo that is needed and moved by the Municipial Transport Services it might be a bit of understatement to call them mobile receycling depots.
The extension of the viennese cargo tram goes on, and in the not too far future it shall reach two goals: To serve the needs of the urban infrastructure and to carry a greater deal of goods for the private industry. As a company you might already take advantage of it, but only on restricted routes - as the logistik for the fleet management system is still in its incipiencies. (To what the increase of the vehicle pool seems to be coherent too...)
An official quicktime-video of the viennese cargo tram can be seen here
M4rek wrote:...Kislovodsk had a freight-only tram system comprising one line which was used exclusively to deliver bottled Narzan mineral water to the railway station...
Now that puts a new meaning on precious water
The occasional look back at your past can teach you a great many things...
so we need stats!
we need a manufacturer
it needs a name
you will purchace this as a set (the loco with [4/5/6] wagons permanently coupled) you can attach [one/three] more sets to the first set.
it will be refittable to cargoes [a-z]
it needs a top speed
it needs a hp rating
it needs a weight
it needs a cargo capacity
it needs a start year
it needs a life
it needs a production end year
and anything else we can think of...
my idea:
company: Meers Electrics
model: HG32
top speed: 45mph
hp: 2,500
weight: 70t
start year 1995
life 25 years
production finishes in 2030
The occasional look back at your past can teach you a great many things...
Full name: M4S HGRTV32
Manufacturer: M4S
Model: HGRTV32
Top speed: 23-31mph
Horsepower: 5,243hp
Weight: 104t
Prototyped in 1975
Entered service 1976
Design life: 10 years
Actual lifespan: 40 years
Production stopped 1990
Cost: £74,697
Running costs: £3,258/yr
Available refit in 2005:
Complete overhaul of systems, replacing actuators on the pantos, installing new power conduits, controls, brakes, wheels and rare-earth motors
Those are suggestions, by the way. Feedback would be much appreciated. Some final tweaking might be necessary once it is in-game, but please comment on the first draft.