Scenario - Rocky Mountain mining in the Northwest

[Short Round]

Have tried multiple approaches, and still cannot get beyond the goal to achieve 2,500,000 income by end of 1914. Anyone have any hints or clues about the approach to use? Running passengers and mail north out of Cheyenne, dedicated passenger tracks, 10+ trains per route, etc all failed for me.

[Úr Corvus]

Is it 2.5 million for mail only, passengers only, freight only, industries owned only, or total company profits?

If your task is passengers and/or mail your approach to meet the goal should be outfitting trains with dining coaches and mail cars once they are researched. Any freight train hauling food should have refrigerator cars added once they are researched. Your running of extra trains and dedicated tracks are good ideas as well.

If the task requires a TOTAL company value or profit of 2.5 M, then this would include passengers, freight, mail, AND industrial output as well. You have to buy the industries and "feed" them the necessary resources, and ship (or should I say train) these industrial resources to cities that need them to meet the 2.5 M profit goal.

I apologize if I misunderstood you and I hope my advice was good.

[Mudfog]

Task in question: Quarterly profit of 2.5 million by the 4th year.

Hope this helps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToY1ZzrIA6E

or a later video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcrGJXICwBg

[Short Round]

Praetorian, I think Mudfrog answered your question - $2.5 million profit in a quarter, all sources.

Mudfrog - thanks for reminding me about Adykyn's videos. I've seen a couple of changes between the current game and what he uses (his videos were made during early release, when things were somewhat different). Gave me a couple more ideas to try, however, so thanks!

[*$cott*]

Hello, playing also this scenario currently. I dont know how to reach 2,5 in one quartal in first 5 years.

[Thineboot]

Rapid expansion is the foundation for success in most scenarios, not only in this one. Unless a tasks urges you to focus on long distance express lines forget about them and transport everything between two cities as most trains will become express trains anyway on these direct connections while saving money, rails, trains, tracks which can be used to transport more of everything, especially needed goods to gain more citizens which leads to more passengers and mail and needed goods ... and eventually 2.5 million profit in less than half the time. I've done it with different characters and strategies, so can you. It's about serving multiple cities, not only Cheyenne and the nearby ones.

If you want visual explanations head to Adekyn on YT, see links above. Not necessarily the once mentioned but his general series.