Realistic Train Lengths
This mod aims to bring a bit more immersion/realism to the game via making the trains realistic lengths according to each locomotive/railroad. Changes are as follows:
AC44 – Max. 50 cars, min. around 30
SD40-2 – Max. of around 30, Min. 1 car
P42 – Max 11, Min. 4 cars
MP36PH – 3 cars for NM, 4 for UT railrunner.
LOD updates for all Light rail, passenger/freightcars, and all locomotives.
Freight train types are as follows:
SD40-2:
5 short mixed freights
2 long mixed freights
1 gravel train
2 varients of a wood train
2 varients of a lumber train
1 Short autorack
1 Gondola train
AC44:
2 long mixed freights
1 extra long mixed freight
1 Coal train
1 Grain Train
1 Tank Train
1 gravel train
TEMP REMOVED AC44 TRAINS:
2 intermodal trains
Intermodal w/ autoracks
One thing to note. As much as real life Freight trains pulled by AC44s typically end up being 100 cars, I have limited them to 50 cars as stated. This is for 2 reasons;
1. The game is scaled down heavily and therefore 100 car-long trains look out of place.
2. the game starts to spawn trains out of thin air when above 50 cars, thus the limit is in-place to prevent this.
WARNING: Trains in the City of Olympia and The boeing Plant at everett will block crossings. I dont know why this mod affects the boeing trains as they are not in the normal config file. A work around is forcing the game to reload traffic. Open up the dev console, type "G_traffic 0" and then "G_Traffic 1" after traffic despawns. Its not Ideal I know, but there is nothing I can do to fix this. So for now I’d stay out of Olympia and Everett’s boeing plant.
This mod is designed to be compatible with Sound Fixes. As such, I recommend having sound fixes installed. This mod does not include sounds, however the files are written to use the sounds from Sound Fixes. The mod should work fine standalone though.
–THIS MOD MUST BE PLACED ABOVE SOUND FIXES IN LOAD ORDER–
This mod does not change the spawn rate. Please stop asking.
Recommended mods:
Sound Fixes by drive safely – https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=830663438&searchtext=Sound+fixes
BFSN & Railcar liveries by me – https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3141406477
Vanilla Style train lengths by me – https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3170347445
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
