This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on a website or the like. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2015-08-24
GSbAG Talus-class Switcher Engine and Hopper v0.0 (GURPS Traveller TL6) Copyright 2015 by Onno Meyer GSbAG uses steam railways on some underdeveloped planets. They can be maintained using local ressources, a cost-saving measure which can make the business case for a new mine viable where imported grav technology would run at a loss. The Talus is used to move individual rail cars or small trains at marshalling yards and mine sidings. Switcher Engine The Talus is an 0-6-0T tank engine with an integral coal bunker in the rear. Her engineer and stoker ride in the enclosed and heated cab. There are running boards for railyard workers in the front and the rear. The locomotive has a vacuum tube radio to talk to the dispatchers, a small expense which greatly facilitates operations. The Talus has a triple expansion engine for fuel efficiency. She burns 0.625 tons of coal per hour of routine use. A full load is $150. Subassemblies: Body +5, six Railway Wheels +3. Powertrain: 500-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 500-kW triple expansion steam engine; 3,600-kWs lead-acid battery. Fuel: 150 cf coal bunker. Occ: 1 RCS, 1 RSR. Cargo: 5 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Wheels: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Equipment: Body: Whistle; medium-range radio; 1-mile searchlight; 2-man environmental controls. External: 333 sf top deck; two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 36'x11'x12' Payload: 8,000 lbs. Lwt.: 80,000 lbs. Volume: 3,000 cf Maint.: 71 hours Price: $79,095 HT: 12. HPs: 6,000 Body, 1,200 each Wheel. gSpeed: 35 gAccel: 1 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure Very High. No Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Performance was calculated with 360 tons of towed weight. Body is 2,000 cf. Wheels are 1,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, extra-heavy. Armor is cheap metal. Mechanical controls. 653.55 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 72,000 lbs. Self-Discharging Hopper This open car carries 68 cubic meters of ore or coal. It is loaded by conveyor belts or cranes, and unloaded through hatches in the botton. Subassemblies: Body +5, four Railway Wheels +3. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/5 3/6 3/5 - 3/8 Wheels: 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 Equipment: Body: 2,400-cf bunker. External: Two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 48'x11'x10' Payload: 120,000 lbs. Lwt.: 180,450 lbs. Volume: 4,000 cf Maint.: 112 hours Price: $31,650 HT: 10. HPs: 4,500 Body, 900 each Wheel gSpeed: * gAccel: * gDecel: * gMR: * gSR: * Ground Pressure Extremely High. No Off-Road Speed. * Use towing vehicle's statistics after adding towed weight. Design Notes Body is 3,000 cf. Wheels are 1,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, heavy. Armor is cheap metal. 106.875 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 60,450 lbs. Both vehicles uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, July 2010 errata], VXi, and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller rules affect the background and design choices, but not the technology of this vehicle. Next Week: A container train. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
