SWCS Budd Style Head End Cars

⭐ — (39 endorsements) 📥 1,301 downloads 📌 v1.0.0 📅 9/15/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By Southwest Car Shops · Rolling Stock

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/16/2025 📅 Created: 9/15/2025

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 3.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #86 of 141 Rolling Stock mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

This is a set of 2 Budd Style Head End Cars produced by Southwest Car Shops.

SWCS Budd Style Head End Cars V1. 1

V1. 1: Updated the Text to no longer be forced Black on all cars. Now cars default to the Vanilla Gold text, but can be changed by the User.

From the Southwest Car Shops we bring you a set of Budd Style Head End Passenger Cars. These cars are based on Fluted Budd Prototypes. They are not 100% accurate, but hopefully give the feel of Budd Cars.

REQUIRES LEGOMANS BETTER PASSENGER + BETTER ROLLING STOCK + V2 LOGOS AND DECALS MODS and SWCS BUDD STYLE TRUCKS to work correctly

NOTE: Cars spawn in reverse. If purchasing the cars, select them in reverse order to how you would select them normally in either the purchase or spawning menus. As in Observation-Coach-Coach-Forward Step Down-Baggage. This will be addressed on future releases.

HEAD END CARS

60' Railway Post Office Car

73' Baggage Car

The cars will show up as "SWCS Car Name" in the buy menu. Both cars have a custom bonus and are capable of holding baggage (the RPO car may be updated to hold "Mail" if a mod/vanilla gameplay is added in the future).

The cars in this release have a Matte texture finish, so Stainless Steel/Silver doesn't look like the prototypes, but this does allow for customizations. With that being said, the cars do not have a base color option, but do have 7 color zones: Roof, Upper Body, Top Stripe, Middle Stripe, Bottom Stripe, Lower Body, and Skirting, plus colorable trucks allowing for a lot of customizations. Along with allowing for many customizations, the cars come included with 7 default liveries: Stainless Steel, SP Daylight, Two Tone Grey, Amtrak Phase 3, GN Blue Sky, and SWCS Scheme 1&2.

Special to these cars are custom Budd Style trucks, which are a requirement for these cars. Additionally, they are built to feature truck mirroring via LEGOMAN's Better Rolling Stock mod, giving the cars an extra step towards the prototype.

HEAD END CAR BONUES AND CAPACITIES

Bonus: 20%, Min Num of Cars in a Train 8, Max of 2 of Car Type

Capacity: 15,000 Pounds

73' Baggage

Bonus: 15%, Min Num of Cars in a Train 6, Max of 3 of Car Type

Capacity: 50,000 Pounds

These Cars are my first mod for any game and my first projects in Blender, Substance Painter, and Unity. I intend to update these in the future as my skills in those programs grows. I am by no means a pro at this, but I hope people can enjoy these as they stand now. 

Mod Requirements.

UMM (Unity Mod Manager) - Installs Via UMM

https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/21

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📊 Mod Details

Game
Railroader Mods
Author
Southwest Car Shops
Version
1.0.0
Downloads
1,301
Endorsements
39
Category
Rolling Stock
Created
9/15/2025
Updated
9/16/2025

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