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One thing I did was sell that caboose first day to make a cool $3k or so, helps out a bit at the early game

Love your tips. I used to operate steam locomotives in real life at Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad before a hiking accident in 1999 retired me. I just received the games as a gift and really like the feel of it. It brings back very special memories for me.

If you shift click a coupled coupler it will not only uncouple the nuckles it will also set the air valves to shut. And you just have to pull the cars apart to automatically pull the glad hands apart

Good stuff. One thing to note with fusees. I've had a really heavy AI freight blow by a fusee and then keep going because it couldn't stop in time. Its rare but something to be aware of. Happy railroading!

If you expand the line to Sylva with outgoing cars in the Whittier interchange, the cars won't be picked up by the class 1 when you sleep and the signs over the cars will switch to Sylva. Even though they're shown as being delivered, you'll take a big hit to your reputation.

I really wish there was a way to automate things more. I was sold when I heard it was more a railroad simulator than a train simulator and having a way to make it stop at objectives rather than passing them without a care in the world would really solidify that for me.

Use your switch list. Once you deliver a car to its destination, we all know it lines through it. If you keep the car on the list, once it’s ready to move again (ie, it’s loaded/unloaded) the line goes away and the car is updated with its new destination. This makes it easy to see when cars are ready to go back to the interchange without having to physically move to each location or depot to check.

I noticed when running passenger that if the train stops at a fusee at a station and you want it to continue, you can place another fusee at the other end of the train. If they are not too far apart, the fusee preventing further progress will go out. This makes moving trains from one station to the next easier as the return trip has a fusee at the correct location already. Also the G16 Mogul is a regular workhorse and is cheap. I have 4 so far. The longer the RR gets the more locos you have, the easier playing solo is.

I’ve noticed that you can greatly extend the life of your fuel state(s) (i.e. coal & water) by running your locomotive gingerly (i.e. low(er) power settings). This could be a complete game bug, or developer oversight, or entirely by design, but when you first start out, your trains aren’t all that heavy. By keeping your power settings low(er) when moving from a standstill (e.g. 35 or less on the G-16 Mogul) you practically don’t use any fuel! I’ve gone the whole game so far running passenger trains (and shunting jobs) back and forth not using ANY coal or water, saving resources, thus saving time and money! The AI, when used, tends to kill your resources dramatically because when it begins movements it, by default, guns the power hard (50-100) to get rolling, thus “wasting” your locomotive’s fuel state rapidly and unnecessarily (in my opinion). I typically start at a low power setting of 10-15, get my train moving a bit, then increase to no more than 35 (35 is just my max preference, usually, and typically all that I need) and let my train increase itself to 25-40 mph on its own timeframe. The Connelly Creek run for logs/pulpwood is a bit different, as the uphill grade and weight of your trains typically require you to run at higher power settings to make it up the hill. That’s where my only fuel depletion seems to come from, but since I don’t make those runs frequently, I’ve still managed to save quite a bit on fuel depletion so far while I’m passenger running and shunting cars around. I have yet to use the AI at all (there’s simply not enough going on to require me to use them in-game so far (I run a 1:1 timeframe day)), but from what I’ve noticed from watching others on RU-vid that do, it seems to me that you can transition to and from AI mode on the fly-your trains don’t have to be stopped!. Given that, I suppose you could always start your trains moving and, once established, use the AI to take it from there to manage the rest of the run and stop at any fusees you’ve placed. The AI still uses massive power fluctuations, but maybe may not use nearly as much or any at all once you’ve started your train in motion and the train has achieved speed (e.g. 25 or 30 mph). At the moment, I haven’t paid any engineering fees, and I am saving money on resource cost (coal; water is free), but I also know that as my railroad grows and expands that will most likely change. It’s, obviously, a lot of work, but you could run the entire railroad operation yourself, never using the AI, and save money in those areas. On a 1:1 timeframe day, there’s PLENTY of time to do it all, of course, until your operation gets to be so big that there isn’t! 😉😊

Buying an observation car early on is worth the cost, I did it in my game (was the first car I bought/ used a loan to buy it) the 20% increase in profits helped alot early game

New update changed contracts. They no longer expire & you can change your tier whenever you want (won’t update until the next day).

Thank you... the passenger tips were very good to know.... like your content

You have just become my hero for this video mate.

most informative by watching these vids helps me learn b4 buying the game merry xmas to you mate

I wish passenger trains had the intelligence to just stop at stations that are ticked.

So i learned at the beginning you’ll want to rely on the mogul a lot.. the ten wheeler you get is honestly a bit less useful. (It has Lower water and coal capacity but better hauling. It can haul 900 pounds more than the mogul, but the mogul has more coal and water, which makes it ideal for longer distances) so the ten wheeler is better off with switching at the interchange and helping at the sawmill (the creek that provides lumber is thankfully not terribly far.) while the mogul handles your mainline trains until you get a newer engine or get to bryson. (That way you can have the ten wheeler act as station pilot) (I use mixed trains since i dont have enough coaches or people for a dedicated express/passenger service. Plus it kills two birds with one stone.) always remember to conserve steam when you coast down a hill too. That does you a huge favor on water remember to fill whenever you see a column. Along with coal. Keep those hoppers loaded.)

I like to set my time to 1:1 in the morning when doing my freight deliveries then back to 2:1, or sometimes 4:1, later to allow more passengers and speedy freight unloading/loading. Always hire a worker for your engine repair shop as it gets you a reputation bonus worth way more than the $15 per day it costs. My 1st engine upgrade was the 10-wheeler up to a G26 Mogul. Good coal capacity, good water capacity and 26k power. Good adhesion too so it will pull very heavy loads, at least to Bryson. Can't say about further as I haven't built it yet!

Super helpful! Thank you so much

L1 at Connelly is actually not a great choice to start with, due to the 8 starting cars. L1 is short so you'd have to split the consist and load 4 at a time. Much easier to drive farther down to L2 which can hold 8 cars. L1 is good for expanding log service, buy 4 extra cars and drop them off at L1 on the way to L2 with the other 8. Also, the saw mill can accommodate 12 cars at once, though you will need to manually push them to the end of the line to get the 12th to fit as the AI will stop too soon for that. To not run out of coal once the interchange is far away, you could buy an extra coal car and keep it full at the old Whittier interchange, and swap it in when the first car is empty. Then at your convenience just take the empty car to refill and place it at the old Whittier interchange.

when you was talking about holding V and moving the mouse, to sound off the whistle, i believe they called it quelling the whistle or to those of us that are less train nerdy, making iconic steam locomotive whistle sounds.

Set your time to 1:1 more time is more money! And more time allows for more logs, more passengers which helps early. On loans; if you can pay before the interest is due you’re just pre-spending which can get you out of a bind if you extended a bit too far and need an extra engine.

Super fun to play with friends, even with two dudes it makes it so much better

Thank you for you hard work

Also using the observation car as passenger cars will give you a 20% bonus on each ticket sale. That's all my passenger train consists of. Looks like a business train like how the class 1s in North America hauling the powers to be around on their networks with a bunch of observation (passenger tail end car)

I also put the flare down for the return journey at each station for my passenger run when I take the outward flare away.

Thanks for the tips.

It is so funny to see Bryson. Just rode behind 1702 a few months back.

this helps so much thank you

Not sure why RU-vid recommended this now, like the tips. One of the updates since this video introduced automatic AI stopping on passenger runs and the time to wait is set in the settings of the company screen under where the wait buttons are. There's also an engine roster window now.

to maximise passengers, the current halt where you are at, will disable because you arrived, from the moment you leave, flick that location on again, so passengers start accumulating immediately. So you will never have to wait :) esp if you have unlocked a fairly long trip with alot of stops 🙃

Definitely run more than one passenger train a day! Keep that baby rollin'! I make over a grand a day on it.

You can prevent your stock from degrading by hiring a repair shop worker and just putting locos and stock in for repair every several days, depending how rough you are in your handling of them. It can be useful to hire more workers for 1 day to get everything cycled through then just fire them for the next day.

I just got this game i love it. but im so overwhelmed by it and how things work!

I labeled my 2-8-0 as southern 630

Video Request: Could you please provide a short video on “How and When To…” toggle on Train head light (bright / dim / off), train marker lights - to include the end of train marker lights (and switch colors and when to use them), the observation rear headlight (simultaneously turning off the Locomotive rear headlight) passenger car interior lighting... How and when to use the whistle for different situations… and any other relevant information along these lines. Thank you.

no humams AI feels like ghost train i was thinking between this and RRO

They should add more advance ai so you could automate as much as you want, also add npc like passangers and workers so it does not look so empty.

My advice is to get engine service to at disboro as soon as possible. It finally solved my coal crisis.

I usually just load what ever passengers are there. I can get 50 sometimes but if they are all on I just send the train. its still money. Any tips on purchasing locomotives in a way that does good for the business?

Whats the "active freight waybills in the area"? Is that a baggage car (which I can't find to buy for the life of me) or do I need to add a boxcar to my passenger train? OR do I drop a boxcar at the stations home track...?????

are these maps all included in the stock game or where can we get them ??

What are you supposed to do for the Wood Pulp?

Isn't this the game that someone put "99 cent sloppy" on the tender of a locomotive?

What’s the difficulty level compared to Railroads Online?

Silly question but, how do you have a bunch of extra trees at East Whittier?

Question how do you bring your cars or engine back up to %100 ? thanks good video.

Soooo, maybe a stupid question... but at what point are you able to unlock the baggage car? I still don't have it in my purchase list

How do u delete cars in sandbox mode

What is the max speed for coupling?

How do I sell?

Can someone please tell me how to teleport

if you some extra cash right away, sell your caboose.

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