GBRf 99002 has been presented by Stadler at Innotrans in Berlin It is similar to the Eurodual Co-Co locos working in Europe but to UK Loading Gauge This loco is Blue on one side and Black on the other. Hopefully somebody will build this loco for TSC
Different types of loco. The 88 & 93 and both 100mph Electric locos that have the ability to work away from the wires with limited power. The 99 is a true Duel power loco with the same output as a 66 on Diesel and 8000 hp on Electric with a max speed of 120kph
According to Wikipedia the Class 99 has greater tractive effort than the Eurotunnel Class 9 on electric and even a Class 60 on diesel, two classes I like to call the 'destroyer of worlds' because of their power. The 99s are a serious bit of kit. That said, they're not as powerful as the other Class 99, of which 99001 has 24,500hp. Then again, 99001 is a ship formerly called the MS Nord Pas-de-Calais. I assume that someone will make a GBRF reskin for the existing EuroDual in TS as a stop gap until we get a proper 99. Hopefully they'll do a 93 at the same time.
Don't be so harsh, there are some really cool locos you have in Australia like the NSW 81, the ANs and the C44aci.
From what I can see, the diesel prime mover fitted is a Cummins QSK50, so wonder what it will sound like? probably silenced to hell and back though.
The RSSLO Eurodual is rather poorly made/scripted - not sure of the correct term When you set up a train there needs to be the Diesel Cube added to the loco between it and the first vehicle. And it means you can only couple stock at one end of the loco. Forget about running round the train. Compare that with the MKS Class 73 which happily runs on Diesel or Electric (you can run it on Electric anywhere because the loco is set up as a Diesel.)
I did not know that. It is a weird way to have it set up. It would have been less weird to force them to use only diesel or only electric, but it still wouldn't be ideal.
Copy and pasting yet another Clyde design will do for Queensland. I cannot deny though the newer Clydes 2700 & 2900 Classes are nice to look at since they're so new despite being of a design that has existed and been constantly re-used since the 1990s.
To be fair, it would be nice to see something like this on the North Coast line - at least the overhead would get more use compared to now with the 2 daily return tilt train services. Could run the spirit of the outback all the way to longreach without changing locomotives. Same with the westlander.
There is already a Eurodual loco that RSSLO make with Diesel or overhead power Rather than waiting for somebody to make a Class 99 that would be an easier start Reskins already available on Rail-Sim.de - https://rail-sim.de/forum/filebase/filebase/1847-eurodual-eccorail/ https://rail-sim.de/forum/filebase/entry/7917-fiktive-eurodual-repaints/
I expect that someone will make reskins for both the Class 93 and 99 in the near future, so I'll keep an eye on that page.
This? Train Simulator: Euro BR 159 Electro-Diesel Loco Add-On on Steam (steampowered.com) Granted probably the version on the RSSLO website instead
Apart from the fact the BR 159 is a Co-Co and the Class 93 is a Bo-Bo Will anyone spot the difference?
Do me a little favour Peter, could you explain what co-co and bo-bo are? I've heard the terms many times but never figured what it actually means.
I mean true - but it is a "Euro Dual" , i mean I made the 166 look like a 465 when rail simulator first came out (in Southeastern colours )
Anyone who tries to drive it will notice the European controls and safety systems a lot sooner than they will notice the bogies. The suggestion is not to make a realistic Class 93/99 using the existing EuroDuals, but to make an 'it'll do' reskin to use as AI until proper Class 93s and 99s come along.
ABC is similar to steam notation except it means driven axles, 123 respectively. A1A is a tri-axle with the middle wheel not driven. So a 4-8-8-4 steam is 2DD2. (Hence the EMD DD35, DD40. Not the GG1, though. ) B vs Bo is individual vs shared drive. Typically you would have BoBo with diesel-mechanic or hydraulic drives, although being cogwheels you could have it with pure electrics. Regardless, it's fairly common with shunters in my country. There are additional elements like apostrophe and parentheses, to clarify. AA is a fairly obvious railbus but A1 could be a gondola-like loco but also a railbus. A-1 tries to clarify that they are separate bogies.
This may or may not be helpful: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UIC_classification_of_locomotive_axle_arrangements The bit about the UK being an exception is somewhat misleading; UK diesel and electric locomotives (with the notable exception of small-ish shunting engines) do use this method of classification. Steam locos and shunters use the Whyte notation method: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyte_notation
But the 166 does look something like a 365/465/466 - apart from the Length I still think there are too many differences between a 93 and a 259 Although a passable GBRf class 99 might be possible Peter
Someone else also linked to that above - https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/gbrf-class-99.83565/#post-877753
I know, I was just re-posting it. I don't know that much about EuroDuals, but there seem to be multiple front designs that buyers can choose from.
I can tell The UK Eurodual - Class 93 + 99 have to fit to a different loading gauge hence the different front on the locos and bodywork But the two locos are of different sizes - the 93 Bo-Bo is about the same as a 68. The 159 Co-Co is longer, taller and wider than a UK loco
