Get Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: The Pump Car Add-On for PC

Train Simulator: The Pump Car Add-On adds a human-powered pump car to Train Simulator. You can ride it along a scenic route, test your driving skills, haul freight cars or entire trains, and take on tongue-in-cheek challenges. The add-on includes no career scenarios, but scenarios are available through Steam Workshop.

The pump car

Pump cars, also called handcars, carried railroad work crews along the tracks to build and maintain railways. A typical design used flanged wheels, a platform and a walking beam that riders pushed and pulled to propel the car; a wooden foot pedal typically provided braking. Most were built to carry four to six workers, though sizes ranged from single-person, three-wheeled velocipedes to cars for a dozen people.

Pump cars became standard on American railroads in the 1860s, with more than 10,000 estimated to have been in service during the nineteenth-century heyday. Railroads built many themselves, while manufacturers including Buda, Kalamazoo and Sheffield also made them into the early twentieth century. Though small internal-combustion engines displaced them from regular railroad use, restoring, riding and racing pump cars later became a hobby. Handcars were used around the world, from Canada to Siberia and Australia.

Scenarios and operation

The add-on supports Quick Drive and features a distinctive pump control, with physics, handling and performance characteristics tailored to the car. Steam Workshop scenarios can be downloaded online or in-game.