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Era 2 has 6 cargo engines, 2 passenger engines and bonus engines. All engines in this era are named after animals.

Train research tree for Era 2GiraffeBatPantherBlack bearLynxBoarCheetahElephantCouplingEra 1 EnginesEra 2 EnginesEra 3 EnginesEra 4 EnginesEra 5 EnginesEra 6 EnginesBullKangaroo
Train research tree for Era 2


Cargo Engines[]

The Bat is the best engine overall in this era. The Lynx, Boar, and Elephant are not too far behind depending on waiting times.

If you didn't get coupling from Era 1, the Bat is a good starting engine - and is more profitable than the Falcon + coupling, although the Giraffe is useful if you don't have an Era 1 passenger train.

Bat[]

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

Panther[]

Panther
Era 2 Marathoner
Tractive force: 4 (MAX: 5)
Rotary clutch: +1 💲80,000 13💡
Reliability: 70% (MAX: 90%)
Central buffer: +20% 💲30,000 8💡
Acceleration: 3/20 (MAX: 5/20)
Cam shaft: +2 💲45,000 9💡
Max. speed: 90 km/h (MAX: 105 km/h)
Steam brake: +15 km/h 💲65,000 11💡
Research points: 22 💡 (MAX: 63 💡)
Purchase price: 💲125,000 (MAX:💲345,000)
Selling price: 💲87,500 (MAX:💲241,500)
Requirements: Bat + Preheating fan
OR
Giraffe + Driving wheel small + Driving wheel medium + Fallback system + Roller bearing
Research: Steam brake + Rotary clutch (24 💡) » Lynx
🇩🇪 Panther - 🇷🇺 Пантера - 🇫🇷 Panthère - 🇵🇱 Pantera - 🇳🇱 Panter - 🇨🇿 Panter - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Pantera - 🇮🇹 Pantera

Black Bear[]

Black bear
Era 2 Short-haul engine
Tractive force: 6 (MAX: 6)
Reliability: 40% (MAX: 65%)
Superheater: +15% 💲30,000 7💡
Sleeve buffer: +10% 💲15,000 5💡
Acceleration: 15/20 (MAX: 19/20)
Gooseneck: +4 💲10,000 3💡
Max. speed: 70 km/h (MAX: 90 km/h)
Counterbalanced brake: +10 km/h 💲50,000 10💡
Boiler: +10 km/h 💲45,000 10💡
Research points: 25 💡 (MAX: 60 💡)
Purchase price: 💲175,000 (MAX:💲325,000)
Selling price: 💲122,500 (MAX:💲227,500)
Requirements: Bat + Driver's brake valve
Research: Counterbalanced brake + Superheater (17 💡) » Lynx
🇩🇪 Schwarzbär - 🇷🇺 Гризли - 🇫🇷 Ours noir - 🇵🇱 Baribal - 🇳🇱 Zwarte beer - 🇨🇿 Medvěd - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Oso negro - 🇮🇹 Grande orso

Lynx[]

Lynx
Era 2 Sprinter
Tractive force: 3 (MAX: 5)
Corrugated plate: +1 💲100,000 15💡
Driving wheel medium: +1 💲100,000 13💡
Reliability: 35% (MAX: 50%)
Driving wheel small: +15% 💲30,000 8💡
Acceleration: 10/20 (MAX: 15/20)
Kylchap: +5 💲25,000 6💡
Max. speed: 130 km/h (MAX: 150 km/h)
Waggon axle: +5 km/h 💲25,000 5💡
Pulverised coal firing: +15 km/h 💲55,000 10💡
Research points: 30 💡 (MAX: 87 💡)
Purchase price: 💲250,000 (MAX:💲585,000)
Selling price: 💲175,000 (MAX:💲409,500)
Requirements: Panther + Rotary clutch + Steam brake
OR
Black bear + Counterbalanced brake + Superheater
Research: Waggon axle + Kylchap (11 💡) » Boar
AND
Corrugated plate + Driving wheel small (23 💡) » Cheetah
🇩🇪 Luchs - 🇷🇺 Рысь - 🇫🇷 Lynx - 🇵🇱 Ryś - 🇳🇱 Lynx - 🇨🇿 Rys - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Lince - 🇮🇹 Lince

Boar[]

Boar
Era 2 Short-haul engine
Tractive force: 5 (MAX: 6)
Oil pump: +1 💲70,000 11💡
Reliability: 50% (MAX: 70%)
Leaf spring: +10% 💲20,000 6💡
Fallback system: +10% 💲20,000 5💡
Acceleration: 6/20 (MAX: 9/20)
Driving wheel large: +3 💲25,000 6💡
Max. speed: 95 km/h (MAX: 115 km/h)
Running board: +20 km/h 💲90,000 16💡
Research points: 35 💡 (MAX: 79 💡)
Purchase price: 💲225,000 (MAX:💲450,000)
Selling price: 💲157,500 (MAX:💲315,000)
Requirements: Lynx + Waggon axle + Kylchap
Research: Driving wheel large + Running board (22 💡) » Elephant
🇩🇪 Eber - 🇷🇺 Вепрь - 🇫🇷 Sanglier - 🇵🇱 Dzik - 🇳🇱 Everzwijn - 🇨🇿 Divočák - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Jabalí - 🇮🇹 Cinghiale

Elephant[]

Elephant
Era 2 Traction giant
Tractive force: 9 (MAX: 11)
Large tender: +1 💲50,000 9💡
Heavy supply pump: +1 💲45,000 8💡
Reliability: 30% (MAX: 40%)
Oil burner: +10% 💲25,000 6💡
Acceleration: 1/20 (MAX: 2/20)
Oil trap: +1 💲75,000 12💡
Max. speed: 50 km/h (MAX: 65 km/h)
Roller bearing: +10 km/h 💲80,000 14💡
Giesl ejector: +5 km/h 💲50,000 7💡
Research points: 40 💡 (MAX: 96 💡)
Purchase price: 💲300,000 (MAX:💲625,000)
Selling price: 💲210,000 (MAX:💲437,500)
Requirements: Boar + Driving wheel large + Running board
OR
Cheetah + BLNSXF piston + Coach CB combination lever
Research: Large tender + Heavy supply pump + Oil trap + Oil burner + Roller bearing + Giesl ejector (56 💡) » Coupling
🇩🇪 Elefant - 🇷🇺 Слон - 🇫🇷 Éléphant - 🇵🇱 Słoń - 🇳🇱 Olifant - 🇨🇿 Slon - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Elefante - 🇮🇹 Elefante

Bull (bonus engine)[]

Bull
Era 2 Cargo bonus engine
Tractive force: 6 (MAX: 7)
Pabst piston: +1 100💰
Reliability: 90% (MAX: 95%)
DocBrown system: +5% 100💰
Acceleration: 5/20 (MAX: 9/20)
Baron de Bär firebox: +4 100💰
Max. speed: 120 km/h (MAX: 140 km/h)
Mostar 07 engine: +20 km/h 100💰
Purchase price: 2,500 💰 (MAX:2,900💰)
Requirements: Bought with Gold or won with Competition or Lottery
🇩🇪 Bulle - 🇷🇺 Буйвол - 🇫🇷 Taureau - 🇵🇱 Byk - 🇳🇱 Stier - 🇨🇿 Býk - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Toro - 🇮🇹 Toro

Era 3 - Coupling[]

The Era 2 engines can carry Era 3 goods with use of the coupling, costing 50 research pts., and requiring a fully researched Elephant. The minimal complete cost of coupling is 322 RP, but can be as high as 372 for other research paths.

Comparison of Cargo Engine Performance[]

Engine Slots Reliability Acceleration (/20) Speed km/h Tractive Force WSP WSP* Speed* Reliability*
Bat 1 60% 2 175 5 875 817 163 93.33%
Panther 1 90% 5 105 5 525 516 103 98.33%
Black Bear 1 65% 19 90 6 540 509 85 94.17%
Lynx 1 50% 15 150 5 750 688 138 91.67%
Boar 1 70% 9 115 6 690 656 109 95%
Elephant 1 40% 2 65 11 715 644 59 90%
Bull 1 95% 9 140 7 980 972 139 99.17%

Notes
The values are for fully upgraded engines.
(Bracketed) values show the value for the train instead of the sortable values that are per train slot.
*Red values indicate averages based on an 8 hour servicing schedule (All values are rounded but Reliability is to 2)


Passenger engines[]

There are two passenger trains plus a bonus one in this era. The Cheetah is the most profitable of the two.

Giraffe[]

Giraffe 👥
Era 2 Passenger train
Tractive force: 75 (MAX: 90)
Leaf spring: +10 💲60,000 12💡
Large tender: +5 💲30,000 7💡
Reliability: 30% (MAX: 50%)
Fallback system: +10% 💲30,000 5💡
Roller bearing: +10% 💲30,000 5💡
Acceleration: 3/20 (MAX: 5/20)
Oil pump: +1 💲25,000 5💡
Kylchap: +1 💲20,000 4💡
Max. speed: 80 km/h (MAX: 105 km/h)
Driving wheel small: +15 km/h 💲50,000 10💡
Driving wheel medium: +10 km/h 💲40,000 7💡
Research points: 35 💡 (MAX: 90 💡)
Purchase price: 💲200,000 (MAX:💲485,000)
Selling price: 💲140,000 (MAX:💲339,500)
Requirements: none
Research: Driving wheel small + Driving wheel medium + Fallback system + Roller bearing (27 💡) » Panther
🇩🇪 Giraffe - 🇷🇺 Жираф - 🇫🇷 Girafe - 🇵🇱 Żyrafa - 🇳🇱 Giraf - 🇨🇿 Žirafa - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Jirafa - 🇮🇹 Giraffa

Cheetah[]

Cheetah 👥
Era 2 Passenger train
Tractive force: 45 (MAX: 55)
Disfarçado propulsion: +10 💲80,000 13💡
Reliability: 70% (MAX: 90%)
Coach CB combination lever: +10% 💲25,000 7💡
LYNA craw axis: +10% 💲20,000 7💡
Acceleration: 9/20 (MAX: 14/20)
ELY 1983 lever pole: +3 💲20,000 5💡
Maggie Q crankshaft: +2 💲10,000 3💡
Max. speed: 190 km/h (MAX: 225 km/h)
BLNSXF piston: +20 km/h 💲60,000 10💡
GrobE mass balance: +15 km/h 💲40,000 6💡
Research points: 45 💡 (MAX: 96 💡)
Purchase price: 💲300,000 (MAX:💲555,000)
Selling price: 💲210,000 (MAX:💲388,500)
Requirements: Lynx + Corrugated plate + Driving wheel small
Research: BLNSXF piston + Coach CB combination lever (17 💡) » Elephant
🇩🇪 Gepard - 🇷🇺 Гепард - 🇫🇷 Guépard - 🇵🇱 Gepard - 🇳🇱 Cheetah - 🇨🇿 Gepard - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Guepardo - 🇮🇹 Ghepardo

Kangaroo (bonus engine)[]

Kangaroo 👥
Era 2 Passenger bonus engine
Tractive force: 100 (MAX: 110)
Crazypit tender: +10 100💰
Reliability: 90% (MAX: 95%)
Kejser buffer: +5% 100💰
Acceleration: 10/20 (MAX: 15/20)
Miltra lever: +5 100💰
Max. speed: 115 km/h (MAX: 130 km/h)
Smeik wheels: +15 km/h 100💰
Purchase price: 2,500 💰 (MAX:2,900💰)
Requirements: Bought with Gold or won with Competition or Lottery
🇩🇪 Känguru - 🇷🇺 Кенгуру - 🇫🇷 Kangourou - 🇵🇱 Kangur - 🇳🇱 Kangoeroe - 🇨🇿 Klokan - 🇪🇸/🇲🇽 Kanguro - 🇮🇹 Canguro

Comparison of Passenger Engine Performance[]

Engine Slots Reliability Acceleration (/20) Speed km/h Tractive Force WSP WSP* Speed* Reliability*
Giraffe 1 50% 5 105 90 9450 8663 96 91.67%
Cheetah 1 90% 14 225 55 12375 12169 221 98.33%
Kangaroo 1 95% 15 130 110 14300 14181 129 99.17%

Notes
The values are for fully upgraded engines.
(Bracketed) values show the value for the train instead of the sortable values that are per train slot.
*Red values indicate averages based on an 8 hour servicing schedule (All values are rounded but Reliability is to 2)