Steam train - Page 3

Navaronegun · 06-21-2021, 12:40 PM

Gurps Steam-Tech has stats and info for a military train (P.80).

Armored trains in the steam age and early 20th century were very much a thing as well.

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/a-r...a-db3e3180b50c

https://youtu.be/XsjzY0lGLdw

maximara · 06-25-2021, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dexion

I'm looking for the stats of a steam-powered train like in cowboy movies for a post-apocalystic scenario. In which book can I find it? I look in HT but nothing.

Vehicles: Steampunk Conveyances on the GURPS wiki should point you in the right direction for the basic stats.

You are likely looking for a variant of the Colonial Locomotive; ~1880s or a Military Train; 1882 (prototypes 1860s) which have ST/HP of ~139 and ~250 respectively. Acceleration is slow (1) and unless the track are in good condition (odds are they aren't) you don't want be coming another near even Colonial's top move.

Luke Bunyip · 06-25-2021, 05:45 AM

The thing about a steam train is it's contextual. If you're not dealing with a sophisticated, numerous and/or well equipped opponent, a train can be a force multiplier extraordinaire. A motorised base of supplies, able to move artillery and quickly overwhelm dispersed defenders with superior firepower, grab loot and then leave.

Think of it in terms of how it was used in Manchuria, the Russian Civil War, the Russo-Polish War, and in China during the Warlord period. A train can be more like a cross between an airship and a warehouse, rather than a tank.

If the setting has a valid reason for folk to not damage rail infrastructure, a train can be an interesting mobile base for a bunch of PCs.

My two pence worth of brown coal....

DangerousThing · 06-25-2021, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

If the setting has a valid reason for folk to not damage rail infrastructure, a train can be an interesting mobile base for a bunch of PCs.

I've seen this used in some movies. I remember the movie "Wild,Wild West" used it. I forget if the series did.

maximara · 06-26-2021, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by DangerousThing

I've seen this used in some movies. I remember the movie "Wild,Wild West" used it. I forget if the series did.

The series used the train car as mobile base as well. But what happened off the train was far more interesting: the steam powered automaton and the land ironclad.

06-21-2021, 12:40 PM	#1
Navaronegun Join Date: Jun 2021	Re: Steam train Gurps Steam-Tech has stats and info for a military train (P.80). Armored trains in the steam age and early 20th century were very much a thing as well. https://medium.com/war-is-boring/a-r...a-db3e3180b50c https://youtu.be/XsjzY0lGLdw

06-25-2021, 05:45 AM	#3
Luke Bunyip Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Kingdom of Insignificance	Re: Steam train The thing about a steam train is it's contextual. If you're not dealing with a sophisticated, numerous and/or well equipped opponent, a train can be a force multiplier extraordinaire. A motorised base of supplies, able to move artillery and quickly overwhelm dispersed defenders with superior firepower, grab loot and then leave. Think of it in terms of how it was used in Manchuria, the Russian Civil War, the Russo-Polish War, and in China during the Warlord period. A train can be more like a cross between an airship and a warehouse, rather than a tank. If the setting has a valid reason for folk to not damage rail infrastructure, a train can be an interesting mobile base for a bunch of PCs. My two pence worth of brown coal.... __________________ It's all very well to be told to act my age, but I've never been this old before...