This kind of operation remained in use on various lines around the world into the 1870s or so.

I cant imagine this concept being a good end for the horses if they had any kind of accident while in motion

吃着火锅唱着歌,突然就被劫了.

@name goes here trains were sort of popular among industries early on (they cared little for the speed and really only cared for the freight hauling capacity which for a good time before 1830 was a LOT more than horse and cart (the other issues were the rails not being strong-enough (in america the first locomotive to operate here actually was too heavy for the tracks lol)

It would be cool to start in 1800 since you have 14 years before trains become popular and even work functionally, and I think until somewhere around 1830 or something train probably only then became faster than horses, and by the you have horse and cart and ship transportation, the coolest part will be the fact that if you have water boats will be the fastest mode of transportation for 15ish years giving us a legit reason to use ships. Anyway sorry this is a good looking mod imma try it out.

wtf

大清老火车

ok so whats next a train pulled by gopniks well or missile launchers so uhh fun

Now that's Funny. Great Work Gr1m :-) :-) :-)

I would love to start the game in 1800, then like real railways, there would be more time to make money before 1850, because by that time most railway networks were more than a 3 city stop, unlike starting in 1850 where you only have enough money to go to 3 cities with one railway

Are there any mods that include older track types, plateways or sth. similar?

Finally the pre-steam-trains for TPF2 - Thank you very much!
Now all we need is the ability to start the game in 1800...

idea mix horses and steam what do you get iron horse dum dum chhhhhhh

Nice work as always, did not expect this.
Quick Question: are you still interested in doing locomotive oddities? If so, I might have a suggestion (not a request)

Thank you so much

None as of yet but with the mod update coming, it might well be possible for someone to implement that. 1820 to 2020 would be nice.

@Dinosbacsi What mod goes back before 1850?

Nice, lol. But maybe you could make it become available earlier? There are a few mods with steam locos from like 1820 and such, and also a mod that lets you start earlier than 1850, so it would be more fitting for really early era railways. Could become available in 1800 or something.

Why not Slaves and a guy with a whipp behind them! lol! :-D

Amazing idea :D

UPDATE: Okay, so through some bounding box and invisible axle magic, I've managed to rework this mod into something more standalone.

The mod dependency is gone, and the open wagon has been reworked into a floating driver's box which then attaches directly to the train carriage (see picture).

There's an invisible, tiny axle on the driver's box vehicle, which means its pivot point for corners will be close to the approximate point of most short/early carriage's first axle, so when navigating corners the box shouldn't swivel too much and should more or less give the illusion of being firmly attached, or at least be passable enough for most purposes.

However, the sharper the corner, the more likely you are to run into visual glitches. So just be aware of that.

Yesterday when looking at Steve's Puffing Billy I was thinking about this. The game should allow us to start at 1800 with horses, and introduce steam engines slowly as time progresses.

I actually hoped that such a mod would one day come along. Especially in early games, this can help many players who would like to start a railway line, but are tight on funds. With that, one can start with a horse drawn railway, and gradually upgrade to steam traction as they gain more funds

Shame about the dependency. This is a nice small mod but the dependency is big and includes a lot not needed for this mod.