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GOM - Steam Truck

Cost: 14619 $
Mass: 2516
Top Speed: 50km/h (it is recommended to not exceed this speed, with fully opened steam valve 200km/h are possible)

Inspired by early 1900s steam waggons I tried to stick as close as possible to the "Sentinel" steam waggon by Alley & MacLellan 5 ton waggon from 1906, within the games constraints.
Unfortunately there are no steam piston engines so I had to use the steam turbine to power the wheels and generators.

Valves:

• Go to the right hand side of the steam truck
  
• Push the levers fully open for the Firebox Air Valve, Radiator Valve
  
• Check that the boiler temperature threshold is set to an appropriate temperature (default 140°)
  
• Check that the boiler overpressure valve is set to an appropriate pressure (default 9.8)
  
• Hop onto the driver compartment, engage the heat pump lever all the way up

Ignition:

• Add at least two pieces of coal to the firebox
  
• Hold the ignition key for 10 seconds, this will use 1 coal to ignite the firebox
  
• With the firebox burning fill it up with more coal, it can hold up to 10 coal pieces.
  
• After the boiler temperature has reached 100°, wait until the boiler pressure is sitting above 9, this might take a while.

Moving:

• With the boiler pressure above 9, the steam truck is fully operational
  
• Disengage the brakes and open the steam valves slightly, around 0.1-0.12 should be enough to get moving

Manually operated steam turbine
Coal hopper
Can hold a total of 37 coal for a theoretical endurance of ~1hour (1.5min/coal) and a 50km range when staying within the recommended speed limit of 50km/h.

If you're familiar with steam engines this should be pretty self explanatory, all levers are labelled, otherwise feel free to watch the youtube video on how to get started.

I hope you enjoy it as much as me making it!