Start is really hard because of the mountains around the most important cities and my line between Santos and Rio never made a profit it was so hilly that trains moved incredibly slowly until about 5 years from the end I double tracked and used modern locos.
One real weirdity was that after connecting the last city (Santa Cruz I think it was) instead of getting a bonus I was suddenly $3m in the red :( :(
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
One thing to remember is that as PNW doesn't matter when you need cash you should issue stock. Anyway nice map and I enjoyed playing it.