Budd Dome Car Pack
Folks, they’re finally here, the non-revenue cars the game’s simplistic economy can’t possibly hope to support: Budd Dome cars!
These cars typically were configured in a wide variety of ways – from lounge cars to bar cars to bar-lounge-observation cars. Passengers seated in other cars could use the facilities offered by the dome cars, and enjoy the beautiful views from the dome itself. Because the Transport Fever engine doesn’t simulate, y’know, passenger fare bonuses, like Railroad Tycoon II (1998) these cars are configured in-game as standard passenger cars with seating equivalent to the number of seats in the car.
The Budd Company produced these and similar cars out of stainless steel for a huge number of American railroads, and many of them are on the rails to this day, in private ownership or as part of Via Rail’s Canadian and Ocean. These cars mostly follow the model of the D&RGW California Zephyr (Dome and Dome-Observation) and the ATSF Super Chief (Big Dome) but for convenience’s sake, all are lettered for the ATSF since to my knowledge there aren’t any D&RGW F-units yet.
There are three cars in this pack:
Dome Car
Available: 1945-1980
Capacity: 68 passengers
Top Speed: 124 mph
Weight: 81 tons
Dome-Observation car
Available: 1945-1980
Capacity: 54 passengers
Top Speed: 124 mph
Weight: 79 tons
Big Dome
Available: 1954-1980
Capacity: 97 passengers
Top Speed: 124 mph
Weight: 93 tons
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