Guardian SSP in Military Police service, Tri-tone Woodland Camo paint


Guardian SSP in Polizei Blue and SSP Standard White


Guardian SSP in Metropolitan Black and White paint scheme

A slew of Gravesend Class 1F, Fusion-powered conversion high-speed commuter rail engines of 4,000 horsepower pass on their way from the Gravesend maintenance yards to the Center City / Capital Region Transit Authority (CCCRTA). These were converted from electric engines that drew power from the commercial city power systems through high voltage third rails until microfusion powerplants supplanted the fixed, third rail systems and allowed extended distance travel. Class 1 units were converted directly to microfusion without changing the overall shape or design of the original locomotive. Able to be run in push or pull direction, the Class 1 units handled freight and passenger consists until almost retired wholesale. The CCCRTA is one of the few remaining operators with a significant fleet of Class 1's.

CCCRTA utilizes the Class 1 to head regional fast commuter trains on all of the color lines (Black, Blue, Green, Gray, Purple, Red, Yellow and White), the Aerospaceport Direct Line, the Capitol Line, the Green Zone Line (serving the diplomatic sector) and the Pink Zone Line (serving the government center and royal palace). A handful of unmarked locomotives provide support to long-distance CCCRTA runs and intercity lines as helpers and reserve power on remote divisions.

This passing maintenance consist also includes a modified coach used as a Cab Control car for push-pull commuter train operations.

EDIT: Added two "Special Edition" Class 1, not assigned to specific CCCRTA lines. One is painted with a billboard ad to ride the "T" Express, which is the nickname for the network of dedicated lines and terminals owned by the CCCRTA Rail Division. The other promotes the Center City Red Bulls battleball team, a very popular sports team in GEAR 1. The billboard units pulled intercity and regional trains from "union" stations outside the city, promoting the rapid transit system. The unit at the head of the maintenance consist is "Grape Ape", the all-purple Inter-Global SD45-0 locomotive used as a company hack and equipment switcher at the CCCRTA main car shop and railyard in the Capitol Valley industrial section of the city.

(The maintenance hostlers also snuck in an InterGlobal Heavy Industries General Service GS40, 4,000 hp microfusion locomotive, which is carrying an advertisement for the CCCRTA's metropolitan transportation hubs (T-Hubs).)

This is a nice home... I like it here.

The Portage Delivery Services railway company operates mostly cargo services, including fast express and "clocker" bulk perishable unit trains over its trackage, with many of its high-speed services branded as "Purple Zephyr" trains. However, the company opened several scheduled long-distance, all-sleeper fast trains from the Highlands directly to Center City. These trains quickly became the face of the Purple Zephyr services and are quite popular with first-class travelers. As Portage / Purple Zephyr LLC negotiates additional trackage rights to move trains on other companies' roads, their plan is to open up long-distance, all-sleeper services to popular coastal resorts and connections to other modes of transportation as a premier class "niche" service above and beyond those offered by other national passenger carriers like Trans-Rail Express, FEDRail, and CCCRTA Regional.

This example of an all-sleeper consist is pulled by an Inter-Global General Service 70 (GS-70) and has a microfusion power generator car at the end to provide comfort services to the cars instead of drawing power from the locomotive. To date, Portage PDSX is the sole customer and operator of the Aurora-Pullman First Class Sleeper Car used in Purple Zephyr trains.

Recent additions to the GEAR1 Virtual Railroad System:

Gravesend Class 1F of the CCCRTA with Federation Network News billboard ad

Gravesend Class 1F of the CCCRTA with Inter-Global Automotive billboard ad

Long Manufacturing Company Heavyweight Bulk Gondola in Northern Mines (NOMX) scheme

Guardian/Garda Touring in Responder Yellow, with markings of Med-First Emergency Medical Response

Guardian/Garda Touring in Responder Yellow, with markings of Med-First Emergency Medical Response and Advanced Life Support Paramedic First Responder

Guardian/Garda Touring in SSP Polizei Blue

Guardian/Garda Touring in SSP Polizei Blue with patrol officer directing traffic

Guardian/Garda Touring in SSP Polizei Blue with patrol officer directing traffic, safety cones and trunk-lid mounted blue warning flasher

RailGo Contracted Services U10B Yard Service Switcher (bottom image shown with cab access door open)


Gravesend Class 1F Locomotive in RailGo Commuter Service livery


RailGo Commuter Service Class 3 Day Coach


Gravesend Class 1F Locomotive in RailGo Passenger Service livery


RailGo Passenger Service Class 3 Day Coach

RAILGO Corporation is divided into a number of subsidiary Divisions which each use a recolored derivative of the company logo, inspired by European railway system "opposing arrow" logos.

Corporate Operations: Lilac and Purple arrows (Gunmetal Gray base car color)
Commuter Services: Green and Orange (Navy Blue base car color)
Passenger Services: Green and Purple (Navy Blue base car color)
Freight Operations: Navy Blue and Red (Gunmetal Gray base car color)
Custom Logistics: Navy Blue and Royal Blue (Gunmetal Gray base car color)
Contracted Services: Orange and Yellow  (Gunmetal Gray base car color)