Chip Off The Old Block
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:12 pm
The following text is a compilation of what was salvaged from the old Gathering Forum. It contains postings from several different people.
Thanks goes out to Wolverine for putting this all together.
Hawk
Chip Off The Old Block
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Industries are key, buy immediately what provides more than 10 per cent profit, in particular orchards and distilleries. Every 6 months look on the map for new industries.
I did make the connection to the City of Angels within the three years, with the trade it is profitable. Did not build up into the mountains to Crestview but connected all other cities incl Tetille.
Neville became a key hub and supported 2 hotels, 2 restaurants and a tavern.
The regular earthquakes at Neville can be avoided by building around the mountain ridge rather than tunnel or over the top.
Did Hard in October 2080, but with some stock manipulations. Good luck.
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I had good success with dairy, bauxite, cattle and lumber, but each time it works out a bit different.
Also, I avoid electric so that I can build a lot of track and get to LA in time for the reward.
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I just did this to complete the campaign this morning (after 4 days hard palying ).
I did it by running electic track all the way down from your starting island SE, then from there go SW to connect those two cities, hop across to LA and all the way back up to make a loop (this loop does not contain your fist 2-3 cities). This loop then contains 15 cities so all you need to do is connect up to the one city just north of your Se end of the loop just before your worth gets to £20m.
{sorry but I can't remember the names of the cities }
I bought a slow electic train for $350 initially and just shuttled between my stations. As soon as I connected to the mainland, I bought a fast train for $800 and used that on express only again shuttling between stations (i.e. A-B-C-D-C-B-A), I switched the original train to freight only. As my line extended all the way down SE, I bought another 2 fast trains and had these two do the same in the lower half of my track as the original were doingin the top half. When I had enough money I then built towards LA and then all the way back up, buying another 2 trains to service this line.
I only needed to buy 3 bonds early on.
btw, finished the campaign with 11 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze on hard, (it look me a while to learn how to use the stock market).
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I did it on Expert railroading all the way as follows:
Connect everything that offers rewards fast using Bonds if needed. Keep in the line from Santa Rosa to City of Angels as earthquakes regularly occur to the north-east. Spurs off enable you to connect to towns without too many expensive tunnels. You can finish lines above a few towns using a big station which is a lot cheaper than tunnelling onto the town itself. Electrify when money starts rolling in and move to electric trains for new lines and crash replacements. Finally go for the last few towns to reach 16 (I actually hit 18 because the extra couple are very profitable) and double track starting from Santa Rosa. PNW is hardest – buy lots of stock early and whenever there’s a recession and after about twenty years start upping the dividend (I reached $2.5m) and I got there 5 years early.
Thanks goes out to Wolverine for putting this all together.
Hawk
Chip Off The Old Block
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Industries are key, buy immediately what provides more than 10 per cent profit, in particular orchards and distilleries. Every 6 months look on the map for new industries.
I did make the connection to the City of Angels within the three years, with the trade it is profitable. Did not build up into the mountains to Crestview but connected all other cities incl Tetille.
Neville became a key hub and supported 2 hotels, 2 restaurants and a tavern.
The regular earthquakes at Neville can be avoided by building around the mountain ridge rather than tunnel or over the top.
Did Hard in October 2080, but with some stock manipulations. Good luck.
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I had good success with dairy, bauxite, cattle and lumber, but each time it works out a bit different.
Also, I avoid electric so that I can build a lot of track and get to LA in time for the reward.
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I just did this to complete the campaign this morning (after 4 days hard palying ).
I did it by running electic track all the way down from your starting island SE, then from there go SW to connect those two cities, hop across to LA and all the way back up to make a loop (this loop does not contain your fist 2-3 cities). This loop then contains 15 cities so all you need to do is connect up to the one city just north of your Se end of the loop just before your worth gets to £20m.
{sorry but I can't remember the names of the cities }
I bought a slow electic train for $350 initially and just shuttled between my stations. As soon as I connected to the mainland, I bought a fast train for $800 and used that on express only again shuttling between stations (i.e. A-B-C-D-C-B-A), I switched the original train to freight only. As my line extended all the way down SE, I bought another 2 fast trains and had these two do the same in the lower half of my track as the original were doingin the top half. When I had enough money I then built towards LA and then all the way back up, buying another 2 trains to service this line.
I only needed to buy 3 bonds early on.
btw, finished the campaign with 11 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze on hard, (it look me a while to learn how to use the stock market).
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I did it on Expert railroading all the way as follows:
Connect everything that offers rewards fast using Bonds if needed. Keep in the line from Santa Rosa to City of Angels as earthquakes regularly occur to the north-east. Spurs off enable you to connect to towns without too many expensive tunnels. You can finish lines above a few towns using a big station which is a lot cheaper than tunnelling onto the town itself. Electrify when money starts rolling in and move to electric trains for new lines and crash replacements. Finally go for the last few towns to reach 16 (I actually hit 18 because the extra couple are very profitable) and double track starting from Santa Rosa. PNW is hardest – buy lots of stock early and whenever there’s a recession and after about twenty years start upping the dividend (I reached $2.5m) and I got there 5 years early.