Railroad Carriage

It is a kind of Vehicle and Ground Vehicle

Description (Specifications)

Railroad Carriages are a form of Rail Vehicle that is designed to carry Passengers. Rail Vehicles will only run of the specific type infrastructure for which it is designed.

See also Maglev Carriage

2 Railroad Carriage items

Item	Type	Mode	TL	Mass	Cost
Fringian High Speed Carriage	Railroad Carriage	Ground (Rail)	7	17.6 Tons	Cr765,000
Fringian Passenger Carriage	Railroad Carriage	Ground (Rail)	4	17.6 Tons	Cr575,000

History & Background (Dossier)

Railroad Carriages are forms of Wheeled Vehicle running on wooden, iron or steel rails. At higher technologies, they may run on just one rail (Monorail).

The general trade off is that the additional cost of the required infrastructure is offset by the increased weights and speeds that can be achieved by the resulting vehicles.

The presence of guide rails in the infrastructure makes the use of this technology relatively safe, especially in low-Gravity environments, or where the direction of travel for the vehicle is vertical (e.g. in a lift-shaft). Provided the motive power doesn't use air in its immediate provision, this technology allows early use of the sub-surface dimension for mass-transport on planets.

See also

Vehicles

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§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

• Vehicle
  • Primitive Craft - Craft of all types TL–1 to TL–3 powered by Wind or Animal power
  • Aerospace Vessel
    • Aircraft
    • Airship
    • Gravcraft
    • Spaceplane
  • Watercraft
    • Surface Vessel
    • Submarine
      • Submersible
  • Land Vehicle
    • Ground Vehicle
      • Rail Vehicle
        • Railroad Carriage
        • Railroad Locomotive
          • Cog Locomotive
          • Diesel Locomotive
          • Electric Locomotive
          • High Speed Locomotive
          • Light Rail Locomotive - n.b. May be a Railcar
          • Steam Locomotive
        • Railroad Wagon
        • Maglev Carriage
        • Maglev Locomotive
        • Maglev Wagon
        • Hyperloop Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
  • Exotic Craft
  • Multi-Environment Vehicle
• Vehicle Usage
  • Civilian Vehicles
  • Paramilitary Vehicles
  • Military Vehicles
• Vehicle Roles
  • Personal Vehicle
    • Bicycle
    • Motorcycle
    • Grav Bike
    • Speeder
  • Consumer Vehicle
    • Ground Car
    • Air/Raft (Passenger, Small)
    • G-Carrier (Small)
  • Mass Transit Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Passenger)
    • Bus
    • G-Carrier
  • Industrial Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
    • Construction Vehicle
    • Mobile Crane
  • Commercial Vehicle
    • Air/Raft (Freight)
    • Cargo Vehicle
    • Mobile Repair Shop
    • Mobile Bars and Restaurants
    • Passenger Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Freight)
    • Service Vehicle
    • Survey Vehicle
    • Tractor Unit
    • Utility Vehicle
  • Combat Vehicle
    • Armored Fighting Vehicle
    • Main Battle Tank
    • Armored Personnel Carrier
    • Light Tank
    • Reconnaissance Vehicle
    • Artillery Vehicle
    • Assault Gun
    • Tank Destroyer
    • Aerospace Defence Vehicle
    • Air Superiority Craft
    • Ground Attack Craft
  • Combat Support Vehicle
    • Armoured Recovery Vehicle
    • Armoured Engineering Vehicle
    • Nuclear Damper Vehicle
    • Sensor Vehicle
    • Electronic Warfare Vehicle
  • Security Vehicle

Related:

• Personal Mobility Gear
• Spaceship (NAFAL)
• Starship (FTL)
• Robot

The line between Spaceplane and Spaceship is blurred.
If the design is described as a Vehicle then its a Spaceplane;
if it is described as a Ship its a Spaceship.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 17-21.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: BackworldTraveller