The Bat is the first cargo engine available in era 2. It is a reasonable improvement on some of the era 1 engines.
Production series[]
There are 4 variants of the Bat available with suitable unlocking. The default is based on the LNER Class A3 developed by Sir Nigel Gresley. The second variant is a different lighter coloured version of the same engine. The third variant is based on the Series 750 light Pacific USA engine. The 4th variant is another 750 in different colours.
| Bat |
|---|
| Era 2 Long-haul engine | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tractive force: | 4 | (MAX: 5) | |
| Preheating fan: | +1 | 💲60,000 | 10💡 |
| Reliability: | 50% | (MAX: 60%) | |
| Barnes lever: | +10% | 💲30,000 | 6💡 |
| Acceleration: | 1/20 | (MAX: 2/20) | |
| Driver's brake valve: | +1 | 💲75,000 | 11💡 |
| Max. speed: | 150 km/h | (MAX: 175 km/h) | |
| Emanation: | +15 km/h | 💲40,000 | 7💡 |
| Smoke deflectors: | +10 km/h | 💲30,000 | 5💡 |
| Research points: | 25 💡 | (MAX: 64 💡) | |
| Purchase price: | 💲165,000 | (MAX:💲400,000) | |
| Selling price: | 💲115,500 | (MAX:💲280,000) | |
| Requirements: | none | ||
| Research: | Preheating fan (10 💡) » Panther AND Driver's brake valve (11 💡) » Black Bear | ||
| DE: Fledermaus; PT: Andorinha; PL - Nietoperz | |||