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I didn't write it out specifically, so it may well be exactly the same as OTL, though it wouldn't be traveling all the way to Mexico City here. 🙂

I'm working on a bunch of different additions to this world - what Transportation looks like in the Amigos, the story of a young Muslim Man in Western Mexico who became a billionaire, the meaning behind the Night of the Rainbow, the opening of the world's first Space-Based Solar Power facility...

Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey Model Name: Mercedes-Benz C112 Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz, Carrozzeria Coggiola Model Type: Super Car Model Year: 1992-1998 Origin: Turin, Piedmont, Italy Length: 4616mm (182") Width: 1976mm (78") Height...

Timeline: Streets of Detroit / Transport America Redux / The Land of Milk and Honey Model Name: Isdera Silver Arrow 112i Manufacturer: Isdera GmbH Model Type: Super Car Model Year: 1992-2003 Origin: Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Length: 4623mm (182.0") Width: 1867mm (73.5") Height...

Never really decided that one. We didn't expressly lay out everything that happened, of course. Any of those (CN, EL or SOU) would be good choices because for all of them it would fill in a hole in the network or act as a logical expansion. Any of those, however, mean a lot of trackwork as the...

This is what is available from the major locomotive builders as of 2024 in the world of the Three Amigos. Of course, this is just for North America, as the export market for most of these makers would go for pages and pages. Electro-Motive Diesel Parent Company: General Motors Headquarters...

The Three Amigos The timeline myself, Joe Bonkers and isayyo2 cooked up. It's a very different world, and one where not only are the three nations of North America considerably bigger in population, but Mexico is a first world nation, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Panama are US states, most of the...

I don't see the ability of these lines to survive beyond the early 1930s regardless of extensions and what gauge they choose, simply because for the tracks and roadbeds available improved roads and trucks will make them much more economical at about the worst possible time, as the existing lines...

It should be pointed out that in this world the bigger market for railroad equipment in general generates more companies that are involved in the business. It goes without saying that General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and General Electric's GE Transportation division are the largest two...

Probably not, because in the world of the Three Amigos the railroad infrastructure built in later years (after about 1890, basically) is built to the highest possible standards, particularly in places like Southern Mexico where the terrain and population density mean you need to build the...

It was pretty much just as much of a redesign to use conventional throttles and EMD generator and wiring.

By the time that happens the E-series and F-series will have taken over the market. I know why you're saying all of this, but there is just no way to make an EMD Sharknose happen and be successful. The Sharknose was designed around the Baldwin 608 prime mover (which, if you've ever seen one, is...

The V-1 would have the same advantages as the S2, and the same disadvantages which would ultimately over-ride the benefits. The S2 needed a smaller turbine for low-speed operation (it was an absolute pig on fuel at low speeds, this would fix that at the cost of being higher maintenance) but it...

Them just existing would do that, owing to their size and design. But for them to exist you need to give them a reason to. They were built because the Robert Young-era C&O was aiming to massive shake up the industry and Young had the M-1 built for the Chessie, which was meant to be a...

Nope. The idea is that Baldwin will figure out very quickly the flaws with those units and quickly replace them with newer, better designs that are cheaper to make and easier to maintain.