Locomotion newbie

[Mr Noob]

Hi

I am new to Locomotion. I wanted to know what is the best way of setting up a stable economy. Every other similar posts are always saying that you should start with trams or buses. Which one though? I have a virtual dream to be a top tycoon of Locomotion so I thought it would be best to get any advice of the more "experienced players"

Cheers

Mr Noob

[cp1900]

Hi and welcome !

I always start with coal and Iron ore Trains!Then, Steel, then goods.........
When I have many money, i build a big train line with Mail Services, Passenger, and Branches to Industries
And yes, Trams are a good way to be rich, but normaly in Big Citys Or start with trams in a vilage or bigger, then the village will start to grow very fast!
But to start, you must know, if its a village, you may not put big Trams.......
I hope i helped a little
I am not the best locomotion player here!

[Jf]

I like to start with an oil train, when the oil well is not to far from the rafinery. Oil pay good. Then, as cp1900, coal and iron because, most of then produce a lot. After, I put a train between city that are close to each other. When it's done, I sit, relax and analyse the country to see what would be cheap to do and how I will manage my rail for the future, when the city will be bigger. While I'm doing that, my money raise and I'm able to pay back my loan.

Not an expert to, but love to play and play several hours a weak.

[cp1900]

yes, the oil train it can be a good "money factory"
LOL

[cp1900]

Here is an example with one of my coal trains...




So much money...
But how muche this trains bring?
1,032 tones of coal, plus, the other train that has the same nunber of wagons

[Illegal_Alien]

First of all you are writing noob wrong (And i dont like that writing style)


Second: Just transport some coal or something. (Use ships or airplanes)

[Evaldws]

Another good way to earn some money is making peopple transport to a ski station. It always give me more money than the ususal money

[Kevo00]

As everyone else says, hauling coal at the start of the game is a good way to get going, especially if you have iron ore close too and you can haul to a steel mill - as you get more money you can move downstream in the value chain.

At the same time use trams or buses to build up the towns - which you use depends on the year - I'd say trams pre 1955 or so as they are cheap to set up and run at that stage, and post 1955 buses as they are quicker to set up and require no track. The early buses are tiny and slow, and not worth using IMO. But as your city gets bigger trams will get more efficient, so maybe when you need to replace your buses build track between your stops instead and bring in trams.

[NitrousX]

To start a stable game, make a scenario yourself with all the industries next door to eachother.
Make the distance long enough to be able to run some trains and here you go.

Just build some coalmine's and a few blocks away a powerplant, bingo, a lot of money.
Maybe some will call this cheating but its fast and easy money.

succes

[uktrackbuilder_loco]

As everyone else says, hauling coal at the start of the game is a good way to get going, especially if you have iron ore close too and you can haul to a steel mill - as you get more money you can move downstream in the value chain.

At the same time use trams or buses to build up the towns - which you use depends on the year - I'd say trams pre 1955 or so as they are cheap to set up and run at that stage, and post 1955 buses as they are quicker to set up and require no track. The early buses are tiny and slow, and not worth using IMO. But as your city gets bigger trams will get more efficient, so maybe when you need to replace your buses build track between your stops instead and bring in trams.

Start with coal and iron ore but don't build long double track railways to start with short single lines or lines with passing loops will do, the key is to upgrade as you go along. Trams are far better than buses in that they don't get lost and do silly things in an urban environment also a tramway can be laid and 15-20 years per tram is ok making money all the time.
Also keep the bank loan low that way you won't make large sums of money to see it swallowed up by interest charges, wherever possible try and fund your initial expansion via income.

Later on you can start to build silly things like buses or airports, personally I have never run an aircraft in a game that has not lost money eventually. The trains and trams seem to be pity well constant generators of cash and thats maybe where you should be looking, the only problem is that trams fuel urban growth so you have to work out how far ahead you are going to build urban railways to avoid low transport ratings from the various local authorities.

On a side note has anyone ever gotten the postal system of post van and post generating building etc to work?

[Plastikman]

On a side note has anyone ever gotten the postal system of post van and post generating building etc to work?

I have had very successful Mail only trains running from city to city. I have used both baggage express cars with my early train train sets ( boxcars painted to match the passenger trains) and the materials handling cars with the Amtrak set. I also had UPS trains on a flatcar that hauled mail. I am sure the "La Poste TGV" would work even better then my trains.

I built a mail only train that would run express from station to station. All the passenger trains that served the same stations would have a bagage car or two to keep the stations happy between the times the mail train would arrive.

Also i have a trolley car that hauls mail in beta. i have never really tried it but it seems to works, the only catch was you had to build a freight station next to your trolley station to collect/accept mail.



the key is you cant set to wait! mail looses it value by the second! it has the fastest decay rate in the game i believe.

Maybe i can add "Parcel Post" to the game. have it stack on top of mail. have a much much longer decay rate and not pay as well. have random large offices and create post offices for the game that accept both.

[klbond]

I also had UPS trains on a flatcar that hauled mail.

Hmmm, can you direct me to that, I looked here but I have not had an sucess with the search. I also have been looking at Loco Fanpage with little luck. I thought a flatbed with a ups or a usps trailer on it would be cool.

Thanks.

[EXTspotter]

Also the 325s and the TPO carriages from the BR pack

[Plastikman]

I also had UPS trains on a flatcar that hauled mail.

Hmmm, can you direct me to that, I looked here but I have not had an sucess with the search. I also have been looking at Loco Fanpage with little luck. I thought a flatbed with a ups or a usps trailer on it would be cool.

Thanks.

If the UPS trailers on flats that were released with us set dont carry mail, it was because i took it out. the problem with a car that carries goods or mail is the game ballance is screwed up. if the car holds 55 crates of goods, then it can only hold 55 tones of mail and it should be closer to 80. so then the car is not as usefull as a post only car. there for, i would prolly scrap it. also, it is a lot more work adding additional loading "States" to the car in the case of tofc's.

http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=639956#p639956 was a few shots of them in action... who knows. maybe i can make a mail only vesion...

[Futurepilot]

Easy. Pick 2 big and far-apart cities. Take out the maximum loan. Build an airport at the two cities, and buy a good aircraft like a 737. Send it between the two. Profit.