# The DB Set

### A new Train Set for `TTDPatch`
by Michael Blunck
June 2003
Version 0.8 (XL) - Nov 30st, 2004

### Content

What is the DB set?
What is the DB set XL?
Why a DB set?
How to install the DB set XL?
What vehicles make up the DB set XL?
Refitting freight wagons
Tractive effort and choice of locomotives
What about the DB set XL liveries?
Known Bugs
History - Bug fixes
Further plans
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgements
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#### Tables

DB set engines
DB set coaches and mail vans
DB set train services
DB set freight wagons
Wagon refittability
Hauling capacities of locomotives
Liveries of german railways

### What is the DB set?

Itīs the very first full regional train set for Transport Tycoon (deLuxe) working under `TTDPatch`. Itīs a set of vehicles for the temperate climate using the most important german DB (Federal Railways) rolling stock and including a range of older vehicles of the german "Reichsbahn" (DRG).

The DB set allows for an early start of the game (in 1920) which is highly recommended.

### What is the DB set XL?

Itīs the newest version of the DB Set which uses the most advanced `TTDPatch` features, namely the diverse range of "callbacks" which allow patch functions to change their behaviour according to specific requirements of a vehicle.

In consequence, youīd need one of the latest alpha versions of `TTDPatch` to run the DB Set XL.

### Whatīs new in v0.8?

Besides from implementing newest `TTDPatch` features, adding another couple of new locomotives, coaches and freight wagons and a massive redesign of most of the existing vehicles, version 0.8 makes available a novel price and cost scheme, full AI support and a better user interface. For details, please check out the history section.

#### New price and cost scheme

Since alpha 39 itīs possible to have a more flexible price system for vehicles and infrastructure which the DB set v0.8 makes full use of. If used with the "hard" setting for building cost the DB set uses real historical prices, at least for the early and medium engines but not for the modern ones - an ICE-1 would cost 50 million DM. Because the new prices are very much higher than before and because some of the very early rolling stock has been launched before the DB setīs start date in 1920, youīll get the chance to buy those ones for a reduced price:

> "A budding entrepreneur wants to open a railway business (that happens to become the DB in later years), and to start with, buys old rolling stock from other railways in Germany. Then, they move onto electrics, and order some from Bavaria (which is why they are brown). As time goes on, newer tech is developed and bought brand-new for the railway, painted in the livery of the DB." (Raichase)

Higher prices for engines, wagons, track building and infrastructure, together with the features of "waggonspeedlimits" and "freighttrains" will put a new touch to your games. Now, itīll be very unusual to use all engine models in a single game because engines are much more differentiated with the new features: some are well suited for hilly terrain, others are best at level ground, some are special for passenger trains, others for hauling heavy cargo - and the higher prices require a thorough investigation of transportation needs and route planning which will make even older engines useful.

From now on, every game will be a different game.

### Why a DB set?

Since the 19th century, Germany has always been a country with one of the largest railway systems in the world, both in terms of track length and in terms of number and variety of rolling stock. E.g. in 1935 the "German Reichsbahn" (DRG) had 655,000 people on its payroll and was using 23,197 locomotives and 677,242 coaches and wagons. (For more information on german railways, especially on long-distance trains visit the comprehensive pages of Joost Wilbrink.)

Added to that the interesting mix between traditional steam usage and early electric services in the mountainous regions of Bavaria and Silesia, together with the heritage of old stock from the former "Länderbahnen" and famous train services like "Rheingold" or "TEE", youīll get an impression why I have been tempted to choose the DRG and DB railways as a model for a new set of train vehicles for `TTDPatch`.

OTOH, itīs complexity in number of locomotives (some 200 different types), in coaches (many hundreds of different types) and in liveries cannot be mapped at all onto a set of only a relatively small number of vehicles. In addition there are many locomotives which wonīt fit into the game roster which requires locomotives being successively more powerful. Therefore, many locomotives had to be discarded, though many of them would have been important enough for inclusion from a historical point of view, e.g. the famous E18 and E19 electrics.

Thatīs why Iīve been forced to simplify the whole thing, e.g. historically there have been three different red liveries alone (purple red, orient red and traffic red) in the DB age, but due to the limitation of red colours in ttdīs palette this couldnīt be achieved well, so in this set there are only 2 red liveries.

Same is true for coaches and freight wagons. For both classes, Iīve designed a rather simple scheme of just 5 different coach models for both local and long-distance traffic with roughly the same introductory years. Also each of these coaches got an accompanying mail van which is handy for the game but far from reality.

Nevertheless, the rough scheme is there: youīll find the very early passenger coaches of the 20īs (the "thunder bolts"), the "Hechtwagen" (pike coaches) of the 30s, the well-known "Silverfish" coaches, the blue "F" train coaches, the "TEE", the "Rheingold" and a choice of InterCity coaches together with an assortment of dining-cars.

Additionally, all "train sets" (DMUs, EMUs) got fitting coaches. Because most of these train sets, like VT-137 or VT-08, have been always pure passenger trains, I abstained from designing fictional mail vans for them. Instead, as a compromise, mail vans on these train sets will look like normal passenger coaches.

### How to install the DB set XL?

#### Preliminaries

The DB set XL is available in a DOS and in a Windows version ("dbsetxl.grf" resp. "dbsetxlw.grf"). Just copy the appropriate DB set XL .grf file into the "newgrf" directory under your TTD main directory and add the entry "newgrf/dbsetxl.grf" resp. "newgrf/dbsetxlw.grf" to your "newgrf.cfg" resp. "newgrfw.cfg" file.

The actual version of the DB Set XL is 0.82, grf-ID is 6D 62 04 01 and itīs of may 5th, 2005.

Youīll need `TTDPatch` version 2.0.1 alpha 48 (or higher) to run this version.

Because of the need to preserve the 0.5x versions of the DB Set for the benefit of people which are not using the latest alpha versions of `TTDPatch` (and in need to differentiate between both DB Set versions) a different grf-ID had to be introduced for the XL version.

Therefore, youīll have to enable the DB set XL from the graphics status menu if you want to use save games which have been saved under the previous (non-XL) DB Set.

It would be also a very good idea to remove all those original wagons in save games because they donīt fit well with the new ones, at least because they have different offsets than the new wagons.

#### Configuring "newgrf[w].cfg"

.grf files of different vehicle sets can only coexist if theyīre for a different climate. This is due to the internal mechanism how a .grf file is loaded and activated by `TTDPatch`. E.g. TempSet and ArcticSet could be both included into "newgrf[w].cfg" but only one of them would be activated, depending on the chosen climate.

Because the DB Set XL, the DB Set v0.5 and the TempSet are all intended for the temperate climate, you could encounter difficulties with this mechanism. Because the DB Set XL is a full set it uses (nearly) all available vehicle IDs, but e.g. the TempSet does not. Insofar, you would get only the expected behaviour when having the line "newgrf/dbset[w].grf" after the line "newgrf/tempset[w].grf", but not vice versa!

In the latter case, the TempSet vehicles would overload those DB set XL vehicles with the same identifiers resulting into an (unwanted) mix of both sets.

To prevent this, especially with additional train sets for the temperate climate to come, a special mechanism has been built into `TTDPatch`. This mechanism prevents a vehicle set from being loaded if another vehicle set for the same climate has been loaded before.

Because of the way this feature is implemented itīs only possible to skip loading of further sets for the same climate, i.e. always the first set of the same climate will get activated. If there is more than one set for the same climate in your "newgrf[w].cfg" you have to take care of order of entries in "newgrf[w].cfg" yourself.

However, because this mechanism relies on a joint behaviour (mutual exclusive sets have to check against each otherīs grf-ID) itīs only possible to set up such a scheme to include a new set by modifying all those other sets too (only to include the grf-ID of the new set).

Because this procedure isnīt always suitable with regard to the novice user, alpha 14 introduces an additional mechanism for grf-handling which enables deactivation of incompatible .grf files.

The DB Set XL uses this feature to cooperate with following sets:

- DB Set v0.5 (both 5.0a and 5.0b, grf-ID 6D 62 04 00)
- TempSet v0.4 (grf-ID 6D 62 02 04)
- CargoSet (both v0.4 and v0.5, grf-ID 6D 62 03 05)

Because the DB Set XL is able to overwrite previously loaded .grf files and to reset the list of vehicle IDs which could have been already re-ordered by a previously loaded .grf file itīs best to have this order of .grf entries in "newgrf.cfg":

...
newgrf/dbset.grf
newgrf/tempset.grf
newgrf/cargoset.grf
newgrf/dbsetxl.grf
...

When deactivating .grf files the DB Set XL issues a warning message to give the user a hint for re-arranging his/her newgrf.cfg file.

E.g. if youīre using

...
newgrf/dbset.grf
newgrf/tempset.grf
newgrf/dbsetxl.grf
newgrf/cargoset.grf
...

the warning message "Deactivating CargoSet. Must be loaded before DB Set XL." is given. This is because both the CargoSet and the DB Set XL contain freight wagons, hence those loaded first would be overwritten by the set loaded afterwards. OTOH, because there are no cargo trucks in the different DB Sets youīll still need the CargoSet for availability of trucks.

Therefore, to get the DB Set XL running and to include the trucks of the CargoSet you should have the DB Set XL entry after the CargoSet entry in "newgrf[w].cfg". If you have the CargoSetīs entry after the DB Set XL entry, it would be deactivated to avoid confusion. Of course, this would result in having none of the CargoSetīs trucks available.

OTOH, if you want to use one of the older DB Set versions youīll have to comment out the DB Set XL entry in the "newgrf.cfg" file because it cannot be overwritten by any of the other .grf files, neither by the old DB set versions nor by the TempSet.

#### Supplying parameters to the DB set XL

The DB set XL uses some default settings, e.g. for using new railway gates or usage of random liveries. However, you can pass parameters to control some of its features. Simply add up the numbers given below and pass the result as a parameter to the DB Set XL:

1 - disable railway gates

  The new railway gates of the DB set XL replace the original crossings. There are two types of gates:

  - rural - these are so called "half-gates" outside city centers including traffic cross signs.
  - city - these are full gates in city centers including the usual warning lights.

  Depending on the chosen road traffic side, gates will be right- or left-handed, i.e. in the case of half-gates they will be closing on the correct side of the road.

2 - set random livery for tankers

  When buying new tankers for crude oil, their livery will be random but uniform for a consist. You can change this to random liveries for every single tanker of a consist by supplying this parameter. Notice however, that tankers for liquid goods will always have time-dependant liveries, i.e. never get randomized.

4 - set random load for stake wagons

  In the XL version the stake wagon is able to show eight different steel products. The default sets one of these eight products for the whole consist each time the train is loaded. However, you can change this to a totally random behaviour so that each stake wagon in a consist will show a different product.

8 - disable german-style semaphores

  Keep in mind that german-style semaphores are shown only if the switch "signalsontrafficside" has been set to "on" in the file ttdpatch.cfg and the "right" side has been chosen as road traffic side.

Examples

  - "newgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf" - enables new railway gates by default, also sets random liveries of the tankers and random load of the stake wagon to default,
  - "newgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf 1" - disables railway gates,
  - "newgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf 2" - sets random liveries for tankers,
  - "newgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf 3" - disables railway gates and sets random liveries for tankers,
  - "newnewgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf 6" - sets random liveries for tankers and random load for steel.
  - "newnewgrf/dbsetxl[w].grf 11" - disables railway gates and german-style semaphores and sets random liveries for tankers.

#### Variables to set in ttdpatch.cfg

You need to set following variables in your "ttdpatch.cfg" file:

- newtrains on - mandatory, will be checked for at start
- multihead 0 - mandatory, will be checked for at start. Though "multihead on" would be sufficient to correctly handle trains with powered wagons, only "multihead 0" would give original engine specifications, e.g. using multitraction increases power but wonīt increase speed, as it is in reality.
- electrifiedrailway on - mandatory
- startyear 1921 - a "must" because there are many interesting locomotives (including the steamers) in the early years which youīll miss when starting too late.
- semaphores on - a "must". The steaming age needs semaphores!
- wagonspeedlimits on - a "must" to get different speed limits for coaches and freight wagons,
- enginespersist off - strongly recommended because there are so many engines following one another that you shouldnīt stick to an early "favourite". There are many favourable engines in the set!
- tracktypecostdiff on - strongly recommended to achieve a better balance between electric engines and non-electrics.
- signalsontrafficside on - recommended to get the right types of signals (see below under other Options how to get the original german semaphores).
- gradualloading on - recommended to see loading/unloading of mail/baggage vans.
- freighttrains on - recommended to have realistic freight trains behaviour (the default introduces a factor of five, you may want to experiment with smaller factors though).

You should also enable the "realistic kinematic model" of train acceleration to get full benefit from the different engines in the set. I.e. you should include:

- mountains 33[xy]
- curves 33[xy]

into your "ttpatch.cfg" file. (Only the settings for trains and monorail/electrics are shown, the last two digits are for maglevs and road vehicles and should also be set to a value of [0 ... 3])

#### Specialities with the locos

##### Articulated locomotives

Some of the original electric locomotives are articulated engines, these are implemented internally as double-headed engines (even if youīll notice it only in curves), therefore you must have set the switch "multihead", preferably in the form "multihead 0" (and not the default value "multihead 35"!) to keep power and speed according to the original specifications of those engines.

##### Dual-headed engines

These are "normal" dual-headed engines. When used in train sets there will be one head in front (looking forward) and the other on the rear end of the train (looking backward). You may use <ctrl>+click to drag them around inside the depot window:

- VT-137
- VT-08
- VT-11
- ICE-TD
- BR612
- ET-30
- ICE-1

##### Custom train sets

Historically, many DMUs and EMUs have been used in fixed layouts, due to technical reasons or because the power of the motor heads were limited to move only a specified number of coaches, especially in hilly terrain. To overcome that limitation, often two (or three) of those train sets were linked together, a feature which can be achieved in the DB Set XL either in the traditional way of TTD or by exploiting some of the newest patch features in a much more sophisticated way.

Although there have been already some DMUs and EMUs in recent versions of the DB Set, not all of them have been changed over to the new building scheme from a couple of reasons, mostly game-related.

Since alpha 11 `TTDPatch` uses a "callback" scheme to enable modifying locomotivesī and wagonsī behaviour in a subtle way. E.g. itīs possible now to have different wagons (powered and unpowered) depending on their position in a consist.

E.g. the DB Set XLīs new ICE-3 train set is no simple "dual-headed" consist anymore, instead a "full consist" is composed as follows:

- trailer, motorized, no pantograph, (thatīs TTDīs "engine")
- coach, inactive panto (AC for Germany and Austria),
- coach, motorized, inactive panto (DC for France),
- coach, no panto
- coach, no panto
- coach, motorized, inactive panto (DC for France),
- coach, active panto (AC for Germany and Austria),
- trailer, motorized, no panto

These different coaches and trailers are made available automatically, i.e. you have to buy only the ICE-3 "engine" (i.e. the first trailer) and then - constantly buying coaches and/or mail vans, either local or long-distance ones with different capacity - these are automatically allocated according to their specific design and data (weight and power) and will even give you the end trailer automatically.

Like in reality, itīs possible to have either a single 8-unit consist or a so-called "double consist" (two linked 8-units). In reality the smallest operational ICE-3 consist has to be composed of 4 units (a "half consist"), so thatīs possible too in the DB Set XL. However, because these half consists donīt look very good, both in reality and in the game, you may try to avoid building them.

There are more custom train sets, however:

- the DRG ET-87 was a three-component train set consisting of a driving trailer, a motorized coach and an end trailer. In TTD, of course, the first vehicle of a consist has to be the engine, thatīs why the driving trailer has a power of exactly 1 hp (BTW, this will hinder you to use it stand-alone ...). Simply add coaches to the "pseudo engine" to get a complete three-part or even a "double consist" (six-parts).
- the DRG ET-11 was the first high-speed electric train set travelling 160 km/h (on the Munich - Stuttgart route) already in 1935. Originally, it was a two-component train set but with the DB Set it will be possible to add an additional middle car. Simply add max. two coaches (or mail vans) to the ET-11 "pseudo engine" to get a complete consist.
- the DB BR420 is a three-component train set consisting of two trailers and a middle coach, all powered. Up to three units of these train sets could be coupled into a single consist which is also possible with the DB Set. Simply add coaches to the first BR420 engine to get a whole consist (of 3, 6, or 9 vehicles) automatically.
- the DB BR614 which is also a three.component train set consisting of two motor units and a middle coach. Again, up to three units (3, 6, or 9 vehicles) may be linked together.

#### Building custom train sets

Whenever buying a custom layout train set, the usual procedure is as follows:

- build the "engine" (this wouldnīt be always the "real" engine, but TTD insists on having the engine first in a consist),
- build passenger coaches or mail vans as required (local- or long-distance ones, not the short coaches/vans),
- whenever youīll have to build still more coaches or vans, special symbolic wagons with the word "MORE" on it (in green) will be shown in the building window,
- if youīre adding more coaches or vans as possible, symbolic wagons with the word "STOP" on it (in flashing red) will be shown. If this is the case, simply remove wagons until theyīre looking "normal" again or add more in case youīre building a multiple unit train (ET-87, BR420, BR614 to get a total of 6 or 9 vehicles, ICE3 to get 16 vehicles),
- all wagon types, capacities, loading amounts and additional power will be adjusted automagically.

The difference between "double-head" locomotives and "custom train sets" is highlighted in the buying menu by using different icons: "double-head" engines are shown in the usual way (by a combination of a normal and an inverted head) but custom train sets are shown as a part of the real train set.

#### Other options

In Germany, signals - including semaphores - are on the right side of track (the "arm" pointing outward). To get "german" semaphores (they look different than the british) you have to choose "drive on right side of road" in TTDīs options menu.

The road side to drive on can be changed until the first road vehicle has been bought. In case youīve forgotten to choose the right side to drive on, change the side before buying a road vehicle and save the game. After reload, the side should be corrected.

#### DB set XL and the AI

The DB set XL is most useful for those of you who like to play without the weird AI. However, for those of you intending to let them participate in building up the world, version 0.8 of the DB Set offers a much better support of the AI as has been possible before.

Now, the AI would be able to use multipart locomotives, itīll built long-distance trains for the longer routes and commuter trains for city lines as well as fitting freight wagons, depending on cargo and the type of industry serviced. With regard to locomotives, itīll even try to use suitable engines depending on the type of cargo transported.

Check the vehicles table what engines the AI will use (the AI always uses the engine with the highest rank at a specific date and if itīll be affordable).

#### DB set XL and "vehicle.dat"

Because the "vehicle.dat" file will be loaded by TTD after the names in the dbset[w].grf file have been processed, those custom names will overwrite the DB set XLīs engine names. Therefore you should remove or rename an old "vehicle.dat" file in TTDīs directory or switch "vehicle names" to "default" in Game Options.

### What vehicles make up the DB set XL?

The DB Set XL is a "full set", i.e. it replaces all 35 originally available train, monorail and maglev engines. In total, there are 48 engines and more than 60 passenger coaches and mail/baggage vans plus a full set of freight wagons, most of them generated by special features of `TTDPatch` like "wagon override" (when adding a passenger or mail carriage to some of the locomotives the graphics of the carriages is changed automatically to fit the train set type) "variational sprites" (the graphics of engines and carriages are changing, mostly when reaching a special date, e.g. to reflect a change in livery) and "wagon refitting".

The DB Set XL also includes freight wagons which are divided in three groups (generations). A first generation of shorter length and smaller capacity wagons is introduced as early as 1920 so thereīll be transporting capacities for all kind of goods. However, more specialized wagons of higher capacities are introduced successively in the later years. In v0.8 a third group for use with the "wagonspeedlimits" feature has been added.

Nearly all of the new freight wagons are refittable to different cargo. Please read how to refit them.

Since alpha 19 `TTDPatch` supports a more realistic behaviour of locomotives by taking into account their max "tractive effort" which is depending on the "adhesive weight" of an engine. In general, an engine with a higher max tractive effort will be better on grades, regardless of its max speed and also its max power will not be that decisive.

Max tractive effort has been included in the following vehicleīs table. For more information e.g. what engines to use best, read the chapter about tractive effort.

#### Locomotives

Locomotives
Veh-ID | Name | Traction | Type1 | Availability2 | Power [hp] | Speed [km/h] | nax. tractive effort [kN] | Capacity3 | Reliability Decay4 | AI usage5
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
00 | BR92 (pr T135-11) | Steam | U | 1920 - 1945 | 500 | 50 | 115 |  | 9 | [1111]
73 | BR75 (wü T5) | 1922 - 1950 | 880 | 80 | 101 | 7 | [1110]
01 | BR38 (pr P8) | 1923 - 1950 | 1180 | 100 | 138 | 6 | [0101]
02 | BR183 | P | 1925 - 1954 | 1715 | 115 | 90 | 12 | [0100]
03 | BR01 | U | 1931 - 1965 | 2240 | 130 | 152 | 10 | [0101]
5B | BR85 | F | 1932 - 1955 | 1150 | 80 | 280 | 8 | n/a
04 | BR05 | P | 1936 - 1965 | 2360 | 165 | 154 | 16 | n/a
05 | BR45 | F | 1937 - 1954 | 2855 | 90 | 260 | 16 | n/a
06 | VT-137 | Diesel | DMU | 1935 - 1955 | 2 * 5106 | 150 | 1157 | 56 pass. | 11 | [0100]
07 | V-140 | U | 1936 - 1953 | 1400 | 100 | 137 |  | 25 | [0010]
08 | VT-08 | DMU | 1952 - 1975 | 2* 1000 | 120 | 1287 | 56 pass. | 15 | [0100]
09 | VT-95 | P | 1952 - 1980 | 150 | 90 | 347 | 40 pass. | 6 | [1000]
0A | BR221(V200) | U | 1954 - 1982 | 2700 | 140 | 235 |  | 11 | [0011]
0B | VT-11 | DMU | 1957 - 1975 | 2* 1100 | 1287 | 20 mail | 11 | [0100]
0C | BR212 (V100) | U | 1962 - 2000 | 1348 | 100 | 176 |  | 5 | [0010]
0D | BR218 (V160) | 1968 - 2002 | 2500 | 140 | 235 | 6 | [1010]
5C | BR614 | DMU7 | 1972 - 2000 | 2 * 600 | 977 | 56 pass. | 13 | n/a
0E | BR232 | F | 1973 - 2002 | 4000 | 120 | 410 |  | 5 | [0001]
0F | BR605 (ICE-TD) | DMU | 1998 - 2018 | 2 * 2300 | 200 | 160 | 40 pass. | 17 | n/a
10 | BR612 "RegioSwinger" | 1998 - | 2 * 1520 | 160 | 1287 | 72 pass. | 17 | [1000]
6A | DE-AC33C "Blue Tiger" | F | 1997 - | 3300 | 517 |  | 12 | [0001]
71 | E 62 (bav. EP1) | Electric | P | 1920 - 1950 | 710 | 60 | 133 | 11 | n/a
6B | BR152 (E52, bav. EP5) | P/U | 1924 - 1960 | 2990 | 90 | 196 | 16 | n/a
5D | BR191 (E91) | F | 1925 - 1975 | 2990 | 60 | 300 | 16 | n/a
6C | BR116 (E16, bav. ES1) | P | 1926 - 1962 | 3182 | 120 | 141 | 14 | n/a
6D | ET-87 | EMU8 | 1927 - 1954 | 680 | 100 | 76 | 75 Pass. | 11 | n/a
11 | BR175 (E75) | U | 1928 - 1970 | 2175 | 70 | 235 |  | 16 | [1110]
12 | BR195 (E95) | F | 1930 - 1955 | 3777 | 353 | 15 | n/a
6E | ET-11 (el T 1900) | EMU8 | 1935 - 1954 | 1700 | 160 | 74 | 75 pass. | 17 | n/a
13 | BR144 (E44) | U | 1935 - 1970 | 2530 | 90 | 200 |  | 8 | [1010]
14 | BR194 (E94) | F | 1940 - 1975 | 4400 | 363 | 5 | [0001]
72 | BR515 | EMU9 | 1954 - 1988 | 220 | 100 | 907 | 56 pass. | 5 | [1000]
15 | ET-30 | EMU | 1956 - 1978 | 2 * 1245 | 120 | 2 * 1467 | 56 pass. | 12 | [1000]
16 | BR140 | U | 1956 - | 4920 | 110 | 320 |  | 7 | [0011]
18 | BR110 (E10) | P | 1956 - 1992 | 4670 | 150 | 275 | 7 | [0100]
17 | BR150 | F | 1957 - | 6000 | 100 | 443 | 7 | [0001]
19 | BR103 | P | 1969 - 1995 | 8090 | 200 | 312 | 8 | [0100]
6F | BR420 | EMU8 | 1971 - 2005 | 3264 | 14010 | 181 | 65 pass. | 9 | n/a
1A | BR155/250 | F | 1974 - 2004 | 7350 | 125 | 380 |  | 8 | [0001]
36 | BR181 | U | 1974 - 2005 | 4400 | 160 | 271 | 15 | [0010]
70 | BR11111 | P | 1975 - 2010 | 5030 | 150 | 274 | 7 | [1000]
37 | BR120 | U | 1979 - 2000 | 7620 | 200 | 340 | 13 | [0110]
38 | BR112 | P | 1990 - | 5650 | 160 | 248 | 8 | [1000]
54 | BR401 (ICE-1) | EMU | 2 * 4624 | 280 | 200 | 9 | [0100]
55 | BR101 | U | 1996 - | 8700 | 220 | 300 | 13 | [0010]
56 | BR403 (ICE-3) | EMU8 | 1999 - | 10880 | 330 | 46 pass. | 13 | n/a
57 | BR182 | U | 2001 - | 9520 | 230 |  | 11 | [0010]
58 | Transrapid 09 | MagLev | EMU | 2010 - | 18000 | 500 | n/a | 120 pass. | 25 | [1110]
1 U = universal, P = passenger, F = freight locomotive, DMU = Diesel multiple unit, EMU = Electric multiple unit, all DMUs and EMUs, as well as engines marked as bold P wonīt allow attaching of freight wagons (except for valuables), 2 end year given is set by "early vehicle retirement", i.e. these engines cannot be bought anymore after "phase 2" of model life has ended. Reason for this is to avoid purchasing of engines in their end phase of reliability decrease.
3 General refittability to passengers and mail.
4 Reliability decay: 5 (98% - best) to 25 (45% - poor).
5 AI engine usage: [1111] = all cargo, [1000] = local passenger service, [0100] = long-distance passenger service,
[0010] = light/fast goods (mail, valuables, livestock, goods, steel, paper),
[0001] = heavy/slow goods (coal, crude oil, grain, iron ore, lumber).
6 real power is 2 * 410 hp.
7 estimated
8 Custom train set, special building procedure required.
9 battery-powered
10 real top speed is 120 km/h.
11Since 1980 in gray/orange "S-Bahn" (commuter) livery w. "wagon override" for local coaches (livery and loading amount).

#### Coaches and mail vans

Coaches and Mail vans
Veh-ID | Name | Type | 1st Livery | Year1 | Capacity | Load2 | speed limit | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
28 | pre-war DRG Coach | local | dark green or brown3 | 1920 | 30 pass. | 5 | 100 | short carriages / limited lifetime
29 | pre-war DRG Mail van | 18 bags | 3
1B | DRG Coach Bi | dark green | 1925 | 40 pass. | 8 | 140 | Type "Thunder bolt"
1C | DRG Mail van Pwi | 24 bags | 6
2A | DRG AB4ü-26 Coach | long-distance | 56 pass. | 7 | 160 | Type "Hecht" ("pike" coaches)
2B | DRG Post4ü-26 Mail van | 36 bags | 9
2A | Mitropa WL4ü-24 Dining car | dark red | 40/56 pass. | 5
2A | DRG SA 4ü Coach "Rheingold" | violet/cream | 1928 | 63 pass. | 7 | n/a | BR18/BR01 only
2B | DRG SPw4ü Mail van "Rheingold" | 40 bags | 8
1B | DRG Coach | local | dark green | 1930 | 40 pass. | 8 | 140 |
1C | DRG Mail van | 24 bags | 6
2A | DRG VT-137 Coach | long-distance | violet/cream | 1933 | 56 pass. | 14 | n/a
2B | DRG VT-137 Mail van | 36 bags | 9 | same as coach
2A | DRG AB4ü-35 Coach | green | 1935 | 56 pass. | 7 | 160 | semi-streamlined
2B | DRG Pw4ü-35 Mail van | 36 bags | 9
2A | Mitropa WR4ü Dining-car4 | dark red | 40/56 pass. | 5
2A | DB Coach Aüm | blue | 1950 | 63 pass. | 8 | n/a | "F" train allocation
2B | DB Mail van | 40 bags | 8
2A | DB Wrüm Dining-car4 | purple red | 40/56 pass. | 10
2A | DB Coach Büm | green | 56 pass. | 8 | 160 |
2B | DB Mail van | 36 bags | 9
2A | DB VT-08 Coach | purple red | 1952 | 56 pass. | 14 | n/a
2B | DB VT-08 Mail van | 36 bags | 9 | same as coach
1B | DB VT-95 Coach | local | 40 pass. | 10 |
1C | DB VT-95 Mail van | 24 bags | 8 | same as coach
2A | DB BR515 Coach | 1954 | 56 pass. | 14 |
2B | DB BR515 Mail van | 36 bags | 9 | same as coach
2A | DB ET-30 Coach | long-distance | 1956 | 56 pass. | 14 |
2B | DB ET-30 Mail van | 36 bags | 12 | same as coach
2A | DB TEE Coach | cream/red | 1957 | 56 pass. | 8 | VT-11 only
2B | DB TEE Mail van | 36 bags | 9
2A | DB Rheingold II Coach | cream/blue | 1960 | 56 pass. | 8 | Rheingold allocation
2A | DB Rheingold II Dome car | 7
2A | DB Rheingold II Dining-car
2B | DB Rheingold II Mail van | 36 bags | 9
1B | DB Coach "Silverfish" | local | silver | 40 pass. | 10 | 140 |
1C | DB Mail van "Silverfish" | 24 bags | 12
2A | DB TEE Coach | long-distance | cream/red | 1968 | 56 pass. | 8 | n/a | TEE allocation
2A | DB TEE Dome car | 7
2B | DB TEE Mail van | 36 bags | 9
2A | DB TEE Dining-car4 ("hump" type) | 40/56 pass. | 7
2A | DB TEE Dining-car4 (Pantograph) | 1971 | 40/56 pass. | 7
1B | DB BR614 Coach | local | pop, cream/blue, mint, red | 1972 | 56 pass. | 56 | 140 |
1C | DB BR614 Mail van | 24 bags | 12 | same as coach
2A | DB Coach | long-distance | cream/blue | 1974 | 56 pass. | 8 | 160 |
2B | DB Mail van | 36 bags | 9
1B | DB "S-Bahn" Coach | local | gray/orange | 1975 | 40 pass. | 40 | 140 | BR111 only
1C | DB "S-Bahn" Mail van | 24 bags | 12
2A | DB InterRegio Coach | long-distance | white/blue | 1987 | 48 pass. | 16 | n/a | IR allocation
2B | DB InterRegio Mail van | 32 bags | 16
2A | DB Intercity Coach | white/red | 56 pass. | 14 | IC allocation
2B | DB Intercity Mail van | 36 bags | 12
2A | DB Intercity Dining-car | 56 pass. | 8
1B | DB Coach | local | white/green | 40 pass. | 20 | 140 |
1C | DB Mail van | 24 bags | 12
2A | DB Intercity Coach | long-distance | white/red | 1990 | 56 pass. | 14 | n/a | ICE-1 only
2B | DB Intercity Mail van | 36 bags | 12
2A | DB Intercity "BordRestaurant"4 | 56 pass. | 8
1B | DB Coach | local | red/white | 1997 | 40 pass. | 20 | 140 |
1C | DB Mail van | 24 bags | 12
2A | DB Intercity Coach | long-distance | white/red | 56 pass. | 14 | n/a | IC allocation
2B | DB Intercity Mail van | 36 bags | 12
2A | DB Intercity Dining-car4 | 56 pass. | 8
2A | DB Intercity Coach | 1998 | 56 pass. | 28 | ICE-TD only
2B | DB Intercity Mail van | 36 bags | 12
1B | DB RegioSwinger Coach | local | red/white | 40 pass. | 40 | 140 |
1C | DB RegioSwinger Mail van | 24 bags | 12 | same as coach
2A | DB Intercity Coach | long-distance | white/red | 1999 | 56 pass. | 28 | n/a | ICE-3 only (same as ICE-TD)
2B | DB Intercity Mail van | 36 bags | 12
59 | DB Transrapid 09 Coach | 2010 | 120 pass. | 40 |
5A | DB Transrapid 09 Mail van | 54 bags | 18 | refittable to goods and valuables
2C | generic Tender |
1The short coaches and mail vans have a limited life span of 30 years (1920 - 1950). 2Load amount specifies how much cargo is loaded/unloaded per tick. 3Brown w. bavarian locomotives ES1, EP1 and EP5 in brown livery 4Dining-cars are only available in sufficiently long consists, i.e. youīll need 8 coaches or mail vans to get
a dining-car which will replace a normal coach being on the fifth position of the consist (i.e. engine,
tender, coach1, coach2, dining-car, ...).

#### Train services

Following table summarizes those express train services which can be represented by the DB Set XL. This is done by choosing an appropriate locomotive during the desired time-frame and adding long-distance coaches resp. mail/luggage vans to it. Depending on the type of locomotive, different configurations regarding dining-cars and dome-cars are possible.

Please notice that coaches will be converted to a specific livery only when built within the assigned time-frame.

Normally, a dining-car will be attached if there is a minimum of eight vehicles in a train (incl. engine and tender, if any). However, for those services intending also the use of a dome-car, a dining-car will be attached if there are at least six vehicles in a train and a dome-car for a minimum of eight vehicles.

Some of the trains can be refitted either to their special service or to normal long-distance service (both coaches and mail vans). e.g. using a BR18 in the time frame of 1928 - 1939 its coaches and mail vans may be alternatively refitted to "Rheingold" livery or to the normal green livery of that time. Notice that all express train services get a slightly higher passenger and mail/luggage capacity of 63 passengers (or 40 bags of mail) in contrast to the normal long-distance coaches and mail vans.

In this way, quite interestic and genuine livery schemes can be obtained, e.g. for the V200 which in the years 1950 - 1960 may be used with F-trainīs "Aüm" or normal long-distance coaches, and in 1969 - 1973 w. TEE coaches, alternatively. From 1974 - 1986 itīll use cream/blue long-distance coaches and until 1996 itīll use InterRegio coaches. In addition, you may also include some old or local coaches to boost that special DB feeling further ...

Express services
1928 - 1939 |  |  | Rheingold | refittable?1 | intern. Express: (London) - Amsterdam - Switzerland
| BR18 | yes |
BR01
1950 - 1959 |  | "F" trains |  | national and international Express trains
| BR01 | yes | Dining-car "Wrüm" (purple)
V200
BR110
1960 - 1967 |  |  | Rheingold |  | intern. Express: (London) - Amsterdam - Switzerland
| BR110 | no | Dining-car, Dome-car
1968 - 1986 |  |  | TEE |  | Trans-Europe-Express
| BR110 | no | Dining-car, Dome-car
BR103
V200 | yes | Dining-car
BR120 | no
1987 - 1996 |  |  | IR |  | InterRegio (medium-range)
| BR110 | no |
BR103 | IC | IR coaches refittable to IC
V200
BR111
BR181
1987 - 1996 |  |  | IC |  | InterCity (national Express)
| V160 | IR |
BR120 | Dining-car for IC
BR112
ICE-1 | no
BR101
BR182
1997 - |  |  | IC/EC |  | InterCity (national), EuroCity (intern.)
| V160 | no | Dining-car
BR120
BR112
ICE-1
BR101
ICE-TD |
ICE-3 | Dining-car
BR182
1refittability to normal long-distance coaches and mail vans

#### Freight wagons

For each wagon class (hopper, tanker, ...) there will be successors with a higher speed limit and, possibly, a higher capacity in later years.

Freight Wagons
Veh-ID | Name | Type1 | Livery | Year | Capacity | Speed limit | Cargo | Refittable to
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1D | DRG low side wagon | short | brown | 1920 | 15 tons. | 60 | coal | iron ore, grain, goods, lumber, steel, paper
1E | DRG tank wagon | random | crude oil |
1F | DRG closed wagon | brown | livestock | goods, mail
22 | DRG low side wagon | normal | 1930 | 25 tons | 80 | lumber | coal, iron ore, grain, goods
24 | DRG flat wagon w. stakes | steel | lumber, goods, grain (straw ), paper
20 | DRG closed wagon3 | 30 tons | goods | livestock, goods (beer)
21 | DRG high-sided wagon | 1935 | 28 tons | grain | coal, iron ore, goods
34 | DRG tank wagon | random | 1940 | 30 tons | goods | crude oil
23 | DB self-discharging hopper | brown red | 1950 1997 | 40 tons | iron ore | coal, grain
3C2 | DB closed wagon | brown | 1950 | 30 tons | 100 | goods | livestock
31 | DB flat wagon w. stakes (heavy load) |
2E | DB refrigerator | random | 120
3B2 | DB high-sided wagon | brown | 1970 | 30 tons | grain | coal, iron ore, goods
412 | DB flat wagon w. stakes | steel | lumber, goods, straw (grain), paper
402 | DB refrigerator | random | 140 | goods |
33 | DB container wagon | 1975 | 40 tons | 120
32 | DB sliding wall wagon | silver/brown white/red | 1975 1997 | 35 tons. | 140
2F | DB car transporter | brown | 1980
3D2 | DB tank wagon | random | 40 tons | 120 | crude oil
422 | DB flat wagon w. stakes (heavy load) | brown | 1990 | 140 |
3F2 | DB self-discharging hopper | brown red | 1990 1997 | 120 | iron ore | coal, grain
35 | DB tarpaulin wagon | silver red | 160 | goods |
1The short wagons have a limited life span: low side wagon (1920 - 1960), tanker (1920 - 1970), closed wagon (1920 - 1980). 2Only available with "wagonspeedlimits" 3Brakeman's cabin in 1930 - 1950 on last wagon

### Refitting freight wagons

The following table summarizes refitting possibilities of freight wagons ordered by year of availability:

Wagon refittability year | capacity | speed | Veh-ID | Name | goods | coal | iron ore | grain | steel | paper | lumber | crude oil | livestock | mail
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1920 | 15 | 60 | 1D | low | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |  |  |
1E | tanker |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |
1F | box | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x | x
1930 | 25 | 80 | 22 | low | x | x | x | x |  |  | x |  |  |
24 | stake | x |  |  | x | x | x | x |  |  |
30 | 20 | box | x1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |
1935 | 28 | 21 | high | x | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |
1940 | 30 | 34 | tanker | x |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |
1950 | 120 | 2E | reefer | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
100 | 3C | box | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |
31 | stake | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
40 | 80 | 23 | hopper |  | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |
1970 | 30 | 120 | 3B | high | x | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |
41 | stake | x |  |  | x | x | x | x |  |  |
140 | 40 | reefer | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1975 | 35 | 32 | slide | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1975 | 40 | 120 | 33 | container | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1980 | 30 | 3D | tanker | x |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |
35 | 140 | 2F | car | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1990 | 40 | 42 | stake | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
120 | 3F | hopper |  | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |
160 | 35 | tarp | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1refittable to piece goods or beer.

Most of the freight wagons are refittable for a different number of cargoes but itīs only possible to refit a whole consist rather than a single wagon. To do this you have to link the wagons you want to refit to a locomotive and then you can use the refitting button in the train window when being inside a depot to get a "refitting list".

Now, this refitting list will contain all the cargoes which the (possibly different) wagons of a consist will be refittable to, i.e. the refitting list will show a combination of the refittable cargoes of all wagons of that consist.

E.g. if you have two types of wagons in a consist and type "a" will be refittable to "coal" and "iron ore" and type "b" will be refittable to "wood" and "goods" then the combined list will read {coal, iron ore, wood, goods}. Now, if you refit the consist to "goods", all wagons of type "b" in that consist will be refitted to "goods", (obviously, not the ones of type "a"). If youīll do a second refit to "iron ore", all wagons of type "a" will be refitted to "iron ore", but not the wagons of type "b".

Although youīll have only single type cargo trains most of the time, itīs possible to carry out more complex refitting actions:

E.g. if you have two types of wagons in a consist and type "a" will be refittable to "goods" and type "b" will be refittable to "wood" and "goods" then the combined list will read {wood, goods}. Now, if you want only wagons of type "a" to be refitted to "goods" but not those of type "b", you have to de-couple those type "b" wagons during refitting. Thatīs called shunting - a long-missed feature in TTD. :o)

Youīll find a graphical carriage allocation scheme on the Patagonia TTD page and thereīs also additional information (including images) about each of the original locomotives on that web page.

### Tractive effort and choice of locomotives

#### Whatīs "tractive effort"?

"Tractive effort" is the force that a locomotive can apply to pull a train. Itīs a function of power and speed:

(1) TE = P / v

However, TE is limited by "adhesion" which is a measure of the resistance of friction to slippage, in this case between the powered wheelīs surface and the rail.

I.e. the max force that a locomotive can generate in order to pull a train is limited by its weight and the amount of adhesion that it can maintain without wheel slippage: once the wheels start to slip the pulling force is lost.

(2) TE_max = W adh * ĩ

where ĩ = 0.20 ... 0.33, depending on the condition of the steel surfaces (roughness, moisture, ...).

The attached diagram shows tractive effort vs. speed for the BR101 electric engine. The blue line is tractive force according to friction, the black hyperbola is the tractive force according to motor power (Eq. 1) and the red line is the max speed.

Thus, for motion, only area 3 will be usable: Area 1 is beyond max friction, which results in wheel slippage, for area 2 the tractive effort is too low. If it wasnīt, wheels would slip, too. In area 4 wheels wouldnīt slip at all but the tractive effort is too low, either. And area 5 is inaccessible because itīs beyond max speed. Anyway, notice that TE at max speed is only a third of TE_max.

#### What engines to use best?

Because tractive effort is limited usually by the power of the engine but only for very small speeds by the ratio of weight and adhesive weight this will have consequences for choice of locomotives, especially in mountainous terrain.

Many high-speed locomotives, especially steam locomotives, have only powered half of their axles. This makes them rather unsuitable for steep grades. OTOH especially electrics with all axles powered are very well suited for such a terrain.

The following table summarizes maximum train weights for the DB setīs passenger and freight locomotives (ex DMUs and EMUs) and ttdīs extraordinarily steep grades. You can easily calculate the max number of coaches or wagons from the max train weight numbers, taking into account your setting of the "freighttrains" switch. Engines with highest max tractive effort have been highlighted: these are best suited for steep grades:

Hauling capacities of locomotives Veh-ID | Name | Traction | Type1 | Year | Power [hp] | max speed [km/h] | max. tractive effort [kN] | max train weight [t]
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
00 | BR92 (T13) | Steam | U | 1920 | 500 | 60 | 115 | 217
73 | BR75 | 1922 | 880 | 80 | 100 | 188
01 | BR38 (pr P8) | 1923 | 1180 | 100 | 140 | 264
02 | BR18 | P | 1925 | 1715 | 115 | 90 | 170
03 | BR01 | U | 1930 | 2240 | 130 | 153 | 288
5B | BR85 | F | 1932 | 1150 | 80 | 280 | 539
04 | BR05 | P | 1935 | 2360 | 165 | 142 | 274
05 | BR45 | F | 1936 | 2855 | 90 | 267 | 519
07 | V-140 | Diesel | U | 1936 | 1400 | 100 | 131 | 252
0A | BR221(V200) | 1954 | 2700 | 140 | 237 | 452
0C | BR212 (V100) | 1962 | 1348 | 100 | 177 | 334
0D | BR218 (V160) | 1968 | 2500 | 140 | 231 | 435
0E | BR232 | F | 1973 | 4000 | 120 | 414 | 780
6A | DE-AC33C "Blue Tiger" | 1997 | 3300 | 160 | 517 | 971
71 | E62 | Electric | P | 1920 | 710 | 60 | 131 | 247
6B | BR152 (E52) | U | 1924 | 2992 | 90 | 196 | 369
6C | BR116 (E16) | P | 1926 | 3182 | 120 | 141 | 266
11 | BR175 (E75) | U | 1928 | 2175 | 70 | 236 | 445
12 | BR195 (E95) | F | 1928 | 3777 | 70 | 355 | 669
13 | BR144 (E44) | U | 1935 | 2530 | 90 | 199 | 375
14 | BR194 (E94) | F | 1940 | 4400 | 90 | 364 | 686
16 | BR140 | U | 1956 | 4920 | 110 | 322 | 607
18 | BR110 (E10) | P | 4670 | 140 | 275 | 518
17 | BR150 | F | 1957 | 6000 | 100 | 445 | 839
19 | BR103 | P | 1969 | 8090 | 200 | 316 | 596
1A | BR155/250 | F | 1974 | 7350 | 125 | 384 | 724
36 | BR181 | U | 1974 | 4400 | 160 | 272 | 513
70 | BR111 | P | 1975 | 5030 | 150
37 | BR120 | U | 1979 | 7620 | 200 | 344 | 648
38 | BR112 | P | 1990 | 5650 | 160 | 249 | 469
55 | BR101 | U | 1996 | 8700 | 220 | 305 | 575
57 | BR182 | 2001 | 9520 | 230
1 U = universal, P = passenger, F = freight locomotive.

What can be seen from the table is firstly, that steam engines are very weak in general. This is due to their low "adhesive weight". E.g. the BR01 has a total weight of 114 Mp but its adhesive weight is only 60 Mp. This is corresponding to the axle scheme 2'C1'. OTOH the BR92 has a weight of 57 Mp which is identical to its adhesive weight (because there are no non-powered axles). This enables to pull a higher load as the BR75, although the BR 92 has a power of 500 hp but the BR75 has 880 hp.

On the other hand, heavy (and usually slower) 6-axle diesel and electric engines are far superior. Even the modern lighter 4-axle (passenger) locomotives arenīt as bad because their built-in "slip control" causes a better use of the available tractive effort.

### What about the DB set XL liveries?

The german Reichsbahn (DRG) and the DB were using quite a couple of different liveries of those the most important ones have been collected into the following table.

Liveries of german railways
Co. | colour | RAL code | colour name | Vehicles
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
DRG | 1920 - 1945
| Locomotives
| 9005 | jet black | Steam locomotives
| 3005 | wine red | Streamlined steamers BR03 and 05 1928 -
| 8017 | chocolate brown | Electrics - 1927
| 70181 | blue gray | Electrics 1927 - 42
| 3004 | purple red | Train sets
|  | 1001/3004 | beige / purple red | Train sets 1929 - 1941
|  | 1001/40002 | beige / violet | SVT train sets 1937 -
Coaches
| 6008 | brown green | - july 1939
| 6007 | bottle green | july 1939 - 1959
|  | 1001/4000 | beige / violet | "Rheingold" express 1937 -
| 3005 | wine red | "Mitropa" sleeping and dining cars
| 3003 | ruby red | "DSG" dining cars - 1954
| Freight wagons | 7011 | iron grey | tankers
| 9022 | pearl light grey | reefers
| 8012 | red brown | all other wagons
| DB | Locomotives | 1948 - 1974
| 9005 | jet black | Steam locomotives
| 3004 | purple red | Diesels 1955 -
| 6007 | bottle green | Electrics 1953 - 59
| 6020 | chrome green | Electrics w. max speed < 120km/h 1959 - 75
| 5011 | steel blue | Electrics w. max speed > 120 km/h 1955 - 60
| 5013 | cobalt blue | Electrics w. max speed > 120 km/h 1960 -
|  | 1001/3004 | beige / purple red | "TEE" service 1965 - 75
| 1974 - 1986 |  | 1014/5020 | ivory / ocean blue | diesels, electrics and train sets
|  | 7035/2012 | light gray / salmon orange | "S-Bahn" engines
1986 - 1996
| 3031 | orient red | diesels, electrics and train sets
| 1996 - | 3020 | traffic red | diesels, electrics and train sets
| Coaches 1948 - 1974
| 6007 | bottle green | local and long-distance 1948 - 1958
| 6020 | chrome green | 1959 - 75
|  | aluminium | "Silverfish" local
| 5011 | steel blue | "F" trains (fast services) 1959 - 60
| 5013 | cobalt blue | "F" trains (fast services) 1961 - 75
|  | 1001/5011 | beige / steel blue | "Rheingold" express 1953 - 62
|  | 1001/5013 | beige / cobalt blue | "Rheingold" express 1962 - 66
|  | 1001/3004 | beige / purple red | "TEE" express 1965 - 75
| 3004 | purple red | Dining cars 1965 -, Sleeping cars 1970 -
|  | 7035/2012 | light gray / salmon orange | "S-Bahn"
| 1974 - 1986 |  | 1014/5020 | ivory / ocean blue | medium and long-distance
| 1986 - 1996 |  | 7035/6033 | light grey / mint turquoise | local coaches
|  | 7035/7042 | light grey / traffic grey A | luggage vans
|  | 7035/5053 | light grey / distant blue | "InterRegio" (medium-distance)
|  | 7035/5053 | light grey / orient red | EC/IC (EuroCity/InterCity) (long-distance)
| 1996 - |  | 7035/3020 | light grey / traffic red | local coaches, EC/IC 1996 - 2000
|  | 3020/7035 | traffic red / light grey | IC 2000 -
| Freight wagons | 7011 | iron grey | tankers 1942 - 74
| 7022 | umbra grey | tankers 1974 -
| 9022 | pearl light grey | reefers 1942 - 74
| 7032 | pebble grey | reefers 1974 -
| 8012 | red brown | all other wagons - 1996
| 3020 | traffic red | all other wagons 1996 -
1RAL 7018 no longer available, instead RAL 7031 is shown 2RAL 4000 no longer available, instead RAL 4001 (lilac red) is shown which seems to be slightly brighter

Depending on launch year and lifetime, the DB set XLīs engines will have different and changing liveries. When an engine is first introduced it will come in the actual livery of this time. If youīre buying an engine at a later date when livery has changed the new bought engine will be in this new livery. Of course your old engines will stay in their old liveries (and thus will be easy detectable as "old" engines ...)

Again, for an overview about possible liveries for all the engines of the set, check the carriage allocation scheme.

### Known Bugs

The railway gates are made by simple sprite replacement of the original tiles, i.e. both old and new ones are "flat" tiles which lack height information. Consequently, in some rare circumstances there will be clipping errors, e.g. caused by high buildings on a neighbouring tile, or when a vehicle passes in front of an open gate. These effects cannot be avoided by using flat tiles and therefore are normal.

Thereīs a small bug in `TTDPatch`īs randomized cargo routine which cannot handle the case that a random trigger which is attached to the consist instead of a single vehicle should not be randomized again even if the engine of the consist is replaced. As a consequence, tankers are changing livery when replacing the engine of its consist and having a parameter of 2 supplied to the DB Set XL.

Due to an attempt to spare some sprites, only "symmetrical" mail vans have been designed to show loading states. Because a symmetrical wagon (i.e. no back lights) needs only 4 sprites but an asymmetrical vehicle (i.e. w. back lights) needs 8 we could spare 12 sprites per van (assuming three extra loading states). If you want to have loading states for local and long-distance mail vans, donīt put them last in a consist. The short "pre-war" and the "Rheingold" mail vans are showing loading states when last in a train, though.

Passenger capacities for custom train sets could be wrong due to `TTDPatch`īs missing callbacks for capacity, i.e. at the time being itīs impossible to adjust the capacity of standard passenger coaches when adding them to a custom train set which uses different capacities for itīs coaches.

### History - Bug fixes

V0.82 (May 5th, 2005)

- fixed bug with AI usage of freight wagons if "waggonspeedlimits" set to "off",
- fixed bug with parameter handling if no parameter was specified at all,
- added compatibility for the "alpine climate".

V0.81 (Mar 15th, 2005)

- fixed bug with long-distance coaches not attaching to several locomotives in alpha 46,
- fixed bug with BR111 not using mail vans when in S-Bahn livery,
- fixed bug allowing to add specific freight wagons to passenger-only locomotives,
- fixed bug w. white/red IC coaches erroneously displayed as red/white IC dining-cars with BR181 and BR111 after 1997,
- fixed bug w. container cars unable to carry all 32 random liveries,
- fixed bug w. tankers changing to modern livery in 1997 instead of 1980,
- restructuring of coach allocation: made IC and IR coaches refittable for a broader number of engines.
- added "early vehicle retirement" for locomotives, see engines table for availability years.

V0.80 (Nov 30th, 2004)

- redesign of all coaches and mail vans,
- redesign of VT-137, VT-08, VT-11 and BR612 DMUs,
- redesign of ET-11, ET-30 and BR420 EMUs,
- redesign of BR92 and BR195,
- redesign of TransRapid, TR coaches and wagons,
- restructuring of coach allocation scheme,
- made all steam engines with tenders "articulated engines" (tenders will be added automatically),
- made the BR194 and 195 "real" articulated engines too,
- made Transrapid "heads" refittable for valuables,
- made TR wagons refittable, veh-IDs 5E/3E and 63/43 have been removed,
- decreased life span for short coaches / mail vans to 30 years,
- introduced support for the AI to make better usage of engines and coaches / wagons,
- introduced cargo text suffixes for wagons and coaches,
- introduced passenger-to-passenger refittability, thus allowing different services for a single class of coaches,
- introduced means for preventing adding freight wagons to specific engines, e.g. DMUs and EMUs,
- introduced a scheme for freight wagon speed limits,
- added the BR 75 (wü T5) tank engine in 1922,
- added the BR 85 tank engine in 1932,
- added the E 62 (bav. EP1) electric freight locomotive in 1920 in brown livery of the K.Bay.Sts.B. (Royal Bavarian State Railways), later in DRG gray and DB green livery,
- added the BR 515 (ETA 150) battery-powered railcar in 1954 in DB purple red and in cream/blue livery,
- added the BR 614 DMU in 1972, in "pop" livery as well as in cream/blue, mint and traffic red,
- added the BR 103 in "orient red" livery in 1987,
- added DRG "Hecht" coaches, mail/luggage vans and dining-cars,
- added DB "Aüm" and "Büm" coaches, mail/luggage vans and "Wrüm" dining-cars,
- added post-war "Rheingold" coaches incl. dining and dome-cars,
- added a second TEE dining-car and a dome-car,
- added IC dining-car for the period 1987 - 1996,
- added additional freight wagons for the new speed limits scheme,
- added realistic historical purchase prices,
- added error messages for missing patch flags,
- added signals for PBS (path-based signalling).

V0.71 (June 20th, 2004)

- fixed bug with BR111, erroneously specified as maglev engine.

V0.7 (May 31th, 2004)

- fixed bug (missing string delimiter) resulting into a crash in the spanish version,
- fixed bug with VT-95, erroneously showing TransRapid wagons for coaches in middle of train set in case two motor cars were used,
- improved shape and livery of the DRG "Rheingold" mail/luggage van in 1928.,
- made the DRG closed van refittable for mail too, because those vans were commonly used for transporting mail, especially on local routes,
- changed coaches and tender life spans,
- changed weight of coaches and mail vans (pre-war: 18 tons, local: 40 tons, long-distance: 50 tons)
- due to introduction of additional engines I had to change the AI ranks,
- made the ICE-3 usable as a double (i.e. 16 units) and as a half consist (4 units) too,
- added the E52 (bav. EP5) electric engine in 1924 in brown livery of the K.Bay.Sts.B. (Royal Bavarian State Railways), later in DRG gray and DB green livery,
- added the E16 (bav. ES1) electric engine in 1926 in brown livery of the K.Bay.Sts.B., later liveries as above. These two early electrics are highly usable in mountainous terrain but very expensive to give the steamers a chance.
- added bavarian brown livery for the short coaches/mail vans when built before 1930 and used first w. E16 or E52,
- added the ET-87 custom train set EMU in 1927 in KPEV (prussian) green, DRG cream/red and DB red livery,
- added the ET-11 custom train set EMU in 1935 in its special DRG light cream/red and in DB red livery,
- added the BR420 EMU in 1971 in gray/orange "S-Bahn" livery, later in traffic red,
- added the BR111 electric engine in 1975 in cream/blue, from 1979 - 1996 in "S-Bahn" livery w. matching local coaches, later in traffic red,
- added german-style semaphores.

V0.64 (Apr 4th, 2004)

- added adhesive weight data for all engines,
- added life span for wagons,
- added the ET-30 EMU in cream/blue livery (1975).

V0.63 (Feb 18th, 2004)

- fixed bug with some of the freight wagons being not initialized independently from the CargoSet,
- fixed inconsistencies with introduction dates of new liveries when performing wagon overrides for the V200, the V160, the BR181, the BR120 and the BR112.

V0.62 (Feb 18th, 2004)

- fixed bug in refitting mask of the high-sided wagon/gondola (veh-ID 21) which erroneously allowed refitting for wood,
- fixed graphicīs glitches (missing undercarriages) in horizontal views of that same wagon when refitted to goods.

V0.61 (Feb 11th, 2004)

- fixed bug in callback of Rheingold coaches shown as rubber wagons,
- fixed bug with low side open wagon (1930) showing coal when transporting lumber,
- removed warning messages erroneously given when DB Set 0.5 or TempSet were already deactivated by mutual exclusion.

V0.6 (Feb 9th, 2004)

- complete re-design: added DR/DB-style freight wagons
- redesigned ICE-1, ICE-3 and ET-30 to use new "callback" features of `TTDPatch`
- new graphics for ICE-1, ICE-3 and ICE-TD,
- graphical redesign of VT-95,
- graphical redesign of VT-137,
- introduction of dining-cars,
- "short" coach/mail van added,
- modified all vehicles according to the new offset scheme.
- introduced callbacks for "load amount" for all coaches/mail vans.

V0.5 (Nov 15th, 2003):

- fixed graphical glitch with the TEE mail wagon when last in a train (back lights version only)
- fixed DMU/EMU refitting according to a bug fix in 2.0.1 alpha 7.

v0.4 (Sept 16th, 2003):

- corrected weights for some steam locomotives
- fixed (again) a bug with the TransRapid carriages which was introduced by the complex behaviour of "unifiedmaglev" when combined with "electrifiedrailway",
- added back lights for all coaches/mail vans and trains sets. Now only the last coach of a train shows red back lights, giving the ultimate railway feeling. This is also implemented for DMUs and EMU engines.

v.0.3 (August 16th, 2003):

- IR mail waggon "open doors" sprite fixed when moving,
- made the TransRapid carriages to appear before the engine to ensure thereīll be carriages available when the engine is introduced,
- fixed a bug which prevented the BR38 to stay in green livery after the year 1930,

### Further plans

There are still some ideas to enhance further the DB Set XL but most of them rely on specific patch features which havenīt been implemented yet:

track maintenance vehicles
  Such vehicles have been designed already but ATM thereīs no real usage for them in the game, this could be changed by implementing a "trackmaintenancecosts" feature.

driving trailers
  Those are very common today sparing time by not to have the train reversing at end of line stations. Nevertheless, in TTD trains are reversed instantaneously and only travelling with their locomotive in front.

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### Acknowledgements

The availability of new vehicles was only made possible by the outstanding work of Josef Drexler and Marcin Grzegorczyk on `TTDPatch`. In particular Iīd like to express my gratitude to Josef for the fruitful collaboration during further developing the `TTDPatch`.

The short "time to market" of version 0.8 could only be achieved by Raichase who made his way through quite a big number of test games in an indefatigable bug-hunting.

Iīd like to thank Georg Ringler for help with the DB coachesī colour scheme and the reliability numbers for the engines.

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