There are times i do not play at all, that can easy be 6 month, but i allways return to locomotion and still invent new things, even with track laying, my challenge is to make the system i have build running smooth, i build standard stations (my standard) for loading, unloading passengers and terminals each having its limitations, but over time they have been improved, to handle more trains, i on average run 300 30 tile long trains on a map, causing huge traffic jamms, but there is the challenge, to fix this and reduce the jamms, the game is not finished if you transport and deliver all. mostly it takes me 4 to 500 years untill i am satisfied and i can say, now this game is finished. I have a you-tube clib where i do some trouble shooting at the serpent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j7i-H4 ... 6ZsaTqBUPw it looks easy but it isnt, i like to do this while traffic continues and all my trains are heavely routed so if i change some track, they get easy lost and have to track them down and fix the routing.
I hope this inside ll change your view on the game and releave you from your depression.
greetings zimmlock