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In my city (Liège, Belgium) the last tramway stopped in 1967, as many places in the western part of the world did, because of the explosion of the automobile's use but while these places were taking back their old tramways in the 70's, we didn't and politicians are now talking of taking it back (If interested and comming round, there is a museum of the public transports with some trams).
Anyway, we have one of the world's coolest train station !
(And some of the ugliest trains, in my opinion)
Sorry for my not-so-good english and so many things I don't know about transports but I though it could be interesting for you people to get little informations about the belgian thing !
Anyway, we have one of the world's coolest train station !
(And some of the ugliest trains, in my opinion)
Sorry for my not-so-good english and so many things I don't know about transports but I though it could be interesting for you people to get little informations about the belgian thing !
Anyone game for trying to find the real life equivalents of the rest of the vehicles in the game? I found the "modern tram" (~year 2000) which, perhaps unsurprisingly, runs in Helsinki. Same smiling front as in the game.
It's a Variotram.
It's a Variotram.
Jerusalem Light Rail
You may know it as Louis Enviro X in CiM. In the real world it is the "Alstom Citadis 302"
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You may know it as Louis Enviro X in CiM. In the real world it is the "Alstom Citadis 302"
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I think I can beat you all with a pic from my home city Darmstadt (train from 1919 but only semi-historical because it was never actually used as a tram, we had similar ones, though):
Find some other interesting pics here: http://www.historische-heag-fahrzeuge.de/galerie/index.html
Find some other interesting pics here: http://www.historische-heag-fahrzeuge.de/galerie/index.html
The biggest bus in the world is now circulating in Curitiba, Brazil. The news said it's the biggest. I don't know. Capacity: 250
The model is Mega BRT, made by the company Neobus.
The bus is 100% fueled with soybean oil.
The model is Mega BRT, made by the company Neobus.
The bus is 100% fueled with soybean oil.
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The only trams (light-rail) I've seen in person is the one in phoenix, nothing really special and can't find specs (though one site said it could seat 66 and had a total capacity of 200(ish)). Apparently they Kinki Sharyo LF LRVs, so far it doesn't seem like the Phoenicians have managed to destroy them....yet.
better then the buses (this is the older ones, the newer ones look nice but are still hunks of junk, often you had to pray you'd get the one bus that actually had air conditioning)
better then the buses (this is the older ones, the newer ones look nice but are still hunks of junk, often you had to pray you'd get the one bus that actually had air conditioning)
An excellent thread! Our art team worked really hard with the vehicles and used a lot of references, so it's nice they are recognizable! It's also very interesting to see different vehicles from all over the world.
This is one of my personal favorites from Helsinki. These trams are built in 1959 and they are still part of the fleet, but not used often.
In Helsinki it's a constant complaint that the new trams don't work (even though they are from a German manufacturer!), for some reason they just don't handle snow very well. You'd think someone might have thought of that when buying the trams, since there's snow for 4-5 months of the year, but I guess not! Also the Italian trains are always broken, much for the same reason. They must have been cheap!
This is one of my personal favorites from Helsinki. These trams are built in 1959 and they are still part of the fleet, but not used often.
In Helsinki it's a constant complaint that the new trams don't work (even though they are from a German manufacturer!), for some reason they just don't handle snow very well. You'd think someone might have thought of that when buying the trams, since there's snow for 4-5 months of the year, but I guess not! Also the Italian trains are always broken, much for the same reason. They must have been cheap!
Have people in PHX stopped driving into or into the way of the metro yet? I remember when it first opened a couple years back there were several incidents where that happened.
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I recognized the Musketeur C4 as the C20 from the Stockholm Metro:
Very true, used to travel with the lovely C20s every day. Unlike most modern trains (you all see to complain), the C20 runs beautifully in Sweden during the winters as well. Both above and below ground too. It's a great metro train, really
Interesting thread. Any photos of the earliest buses used in the game, from 1920 etc?
If I had to choose one amazing TRAM network (in term of track design and planing) it would be the Montpellier TRAMWAY system in France. They manage to build one of the longest tramway system in Europe while laying the tracks on as little road as possible, meaning that traffic was not affected much by it.
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My only criticism would be about the design that was chosen for their second line cars ... i'll leave you make up your mind :
My only criticism would be about the design that was chosen for their second line cars ... i'll leave you make up your mind :
You can look at there : http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?521180-Real-world-vehicle-types&highlight=
We still look for the "Galaxie Zoner" metro and for the "Mandrake Steamer" ferry.
If I had to choose one amazing TRAM network (in term of track design and planing) it would be the Montpellier TRAMWAY system in France. They manage to build one of the longest tramway system in Europe while laying the tracks on as little road as possible, meaning that traffic was not affected much by it.
My only criticism would be about the design that was chosen for their second line cars ... i'll leave you make up your mind :
That is one good looking machine. Not even the hippies could ruin it!
This is very cool. San Fran 1906 right before the earthquake.
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Funny, I recognized it as Market Street even a hundred years ago. Traffic rules seem to be approximately equivalent to what is implemented in CiM
Good lord. I can see two things that clearly didn't exist back then: Anti-jaywalking laws, and road rules.
An excellent thread! Our art team worked really hard with the vehicles and used a lot of references, so it's nice they are recognizable! It's also very interesting to see different vehicles from all over the world.
This is one of my personal favorites from Helsinki. These trams are built in 1959 and they are still part of the fleet, but not used often.
I also like these old trams of Helsinki very much.
I hope that they will stay in service for a long time.