| “ | Outpaces a team of horses when going uphill. It also does not produce much smoke, so it is useful to transport Passengers  .
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The Rocket locomotive is the first decent Locomotive available in the game. It can only pull one carriage, but unlike the Puffing Billy it can pull a wide range of carriages including Small, Standard and Premium class Carriages 
. In addition, Rocket locomotive can pull passenger carriages.
The Rocket will be the primary train in your fleet until the Pacific becomes available.
Carriages[]
The Rocket locomotive can be attached to an almost every carriage in the game. Though, it cannot be attached to two Premium class carraige types and one special event type: Armored Special Carriage (freight), Sleeping Car (passenger) and Christmas Carraige (requires special christmas event).
Research[]
In order to Research and Craft the Rocket Locomotive, Research on the Leaf Spring 
(1st Upgrade) for the Puffing Billy must be complete.
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100 | 10:00:00 | 10
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90 | 0:30:00 | 10
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110 | 0:30:00 | 10
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110 | 1:00:00 | 20
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200 | 1:00:00 | 20
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750 | 3:00:00 | 100
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Mogul Unlock[]
Research on the Reliable Plating (2nd Upgrade) must be complete in order to Unlock the Mogul locomotive.
Craft, Upgrade and Statistics[]
Rocket can pull one or two large Carts. The efficiency ingame-bar drops significantly on the last upgrade, in reality the efficiency drops only a few percent, when revenue is divided by costs. For more on Locomotive Ratings, please refer to Locomotive Properties and Locomotive Convertions and Formulas.
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10  3  2 
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1 | 100% | 180 | 100% | 10% |
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3  2  2 
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1 | 100% | 280 | 100% | 10% |
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3  1 1 
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1 | 107% | 280 | 100% | 10% |
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1  1  1 
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1 | 107% | 280 | 111% | 10% |
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1 1 1
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1 | 107% | 280 | 111% | 27% |
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5  1  1 
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2 | 100% | 280 | 83% | 27% |
Once all possible Upgrades have been installed, you will receive the following for its Perfection:
5,000 
300 
5 
Compared with an unimproved Pacific locomotive, a fully improved Rocket can pull the same number of carriages with a 20% time penalty. Considering purchase price and maintenance costs are significantly less than for a Pacific, it is a less costly alternative for it, despite being 20% slower and 15% less reliable.
Maintenance & Dismantling[]
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Preventative Maintenance may be applied through Parts Restoration in order to prevent it from breaking down where it would require full Repair. A Maintenance Worker may also be hired for 1 |
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1:30:00 | 10
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A Rocket may be Dismantled for random Parts determined by its level of Upgrade
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