Note: This
game is also known as Sid Meiers: Railroad Tycoon
Use small stations as refilling depots. Place a small
station along a long route, right before a train would
probably run out of water or sand, and place only
a sanding tower and/or water tower inside the station.
Since trains do not need to stop at the station to
refill these, the depots do not need to be in your
train's route. Have the train run down the track, past
the depot, and the water and sand will be filled. And
another way to prevent train breakdowns is to use the
cabooses. A caboose will increase reliability (affects
breakdowns and crashes), safety (affects robberies) and
goodwill (affects access rights). This is a
particularly useful car when you find you need to run a
leg of a route without any cargo. When first starting a
company, try to find two cities that produce passengers.
A passenger line is one of the most profitable in the
game. This should allow your company to make enough
money to start hauling other cargo and take the
occasional hit in finances if the train doesn't haul
enough. |