Class A0
Description
[edit | edit source]Introducing the KdNS Type 2An'2 Class A0 (or simply Class A0), the all new bargain bin runt of the litter!
This tiny 4-2-0 tender engine boasts the lowest price, costing even less than the cheapest tender available in the game. The Class A0 can get the job done if you're in desperate need of any form of pulling power at limited budget... or more likely just serve as a fun little novelty piece in your well out-grown railroad.
The Class A0, while not exactly the weakest engine in the game in terms of stats (having a higher tractive effort than the RSR Class C), suffers from wheelslip and poor braking capability, which greatly penalizes the engine's actual performance. Trying to use it to pull trains on even slightly steep grades is not recommended.
Careful management of the throttle and reverser is needed to make the most out of the small engine, with consists generally to err on the side of being small and light as the ease of wheel slip AND low brake power makes starting and stopping trains a rather burdensome task.
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- The Class A0 is heavily inspired by the NStB "Sedletz to Hohenmauth" locomotives, the first locomotives on the NStB first built in 1842. They were quickly rendered obsolete, though they lasted in service until the 1870s.
- The Class A0 is the default starting engine on Misty Summit.