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, 2015-10-19
General Products 200CC30-class Freight Train v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL7) Copyright 2015 by Onno Meyer Railways are easier to maintain than grav flyers, and most earthlike planets have at least some hydrocarbon fuels. This leads to technology like the 200CC30-class heavy diesel engine, which is used in pairs for mile-long freight trains. Freight Engine Each 200CC30 unit is a complete diesel-electric engine with a cab in front, but usually two units are coupled end to end. The pair can then be operated by a single engineer from either cab. If there is another engineer, both would stay in the same cab, but it is possible to move between the units if required. Two engines can pull 120 ore hoppers at 30 to 50 mph. Each uses 437.5 gallons of diesel per hour at routine speed. A full tank is $7,680. Subassemblies: Body +6, twelve Railway Wheels +4. Powertrain: 12,000-kW rugged all-wheel drivetrain; 12,500-kW rugged standard diesel engine; 12,800-kWs lead-acid battery. Fuel: 6,400 gallons diesel (fire on 9). Occ: 1 RCS, 2 folding CS. Cargo: 50 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 Wheels: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 Equipment: Body: Whistle; intercom; medium-range radio; two transponders; two 2-man airlocks; simple remote control; cramped toilet; 3-man NBC-kit. External: Plow; 1,000 sf top deck; two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 100'x11'x15' Payload: 40,000 lbs. Lwt.: 400,000 lbs. Volume: 15,000 cf Maint.: 7 man-hours Price: $2,304,020 HT: 12. HPs: 18,000 Body, 2,000 each Wheel. gSpeed: 50 gAccel: 1 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.125 gSR: 6 Ground Pressure Very High. No Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Performance was calculated with two engines and 9,600 tons of towed weight. Body is 10,000 cf, articulated, with heavy compartmentalization. Wheels are 5,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, extra-heavy. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. Mechanical controls with remote control. 243.05 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 360,000 lbs. Hopper This simple open railcar is used for 70 to 140 cubic meters of coal, ore, or similar materials. Subassemblies: Body +5, eight Railway Wheels +3. Cargo: 5,000 cf open. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/12 3/12 3/12 - 3/12 Wheels: 4/32 4/32 4/32 4/32 4/32 Equipment: External: Two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 44'x11'x9' Payload: 100,000 lbs. Lwt.: 160,000 lbs. Volume: 4,000 cf Maint.: 38 hours Price: $274,000 HT: 12. HPs: 7,200 Body, 1,200 each Wheel gSpeed: * gAccel: * gDecel: * gMR: * gSR: * Ground Pressure Very High. No Off-Road Speed. * Use towing vehicle's statistics after adding towed weight. Design Notes Body is 2,769.8 cf, articulated. Wheels are 1,230.2 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, extra-heavy. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. Empty weight is 60,000 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 the vehicles. Next Week: An atomic train. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
