To increase profit (or reduce losses) you can make adjustments to your empire.
Keep a train lines profitable
Train completed last tour without freight
If the train frequently leaves a station without freight, set the minimum number of wagons to 4 for that station. The train will wait at the station until at least 4 wagons are loaded. Add a track to the station for the train to wait on, so other trans can also use the station. If you set the other end of the line with the same restriction, it is possible, that the train will very rarely return to this station.
Click the triangle to select the line
Click the Edit Rail Line button
Hover above the station and click the Edit Station button
Set the preferred track, the minimum number of wagons to 4 and click the check mark.
Click the Confirm button
Train has been waiting for a free track for some time now
Assign the lines to the tracks of the station. By default trains select the shortest route using the same track of the station.
Select the station
Select the Routes using this station button
Select a line
Click the Edit Rail Line button
Hover above the panel of the station and click the Edit Station button
Select a track for the line
Keep the businesses profitable
Do not oversize the industry. If the level is too high for the demand, the higher operating costs will reduce or eliminate the profit. Slowly increase the level, because if the utilization falls below 60%, the business starts to lose money. This happens if the inflow of raw materials is not enough, or the business cannot sell the products. Make sure you run enough trains to supply the raw materials and ship the products to cities where there is demand for them. Farms do not lose money if the production is mostly continuous.
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To specify the column with the unique numbers, use the getRowId property.
This chart contains the needs of each industries in Railway Empire 2.
The industry needs of Railway Empire 2
To get the information
When a city opens for a new industry
Save the game with the name “INDUSTRY LIST in [name of the city]”. This will allow you temporarily open the saved game and explore the industry needs any time.
Click the name of the city
Select the Construct City Buildings icon
Select the Factories icon
Select an industry and check the type and quantity of the required raw materials at the bottom of the panel
If only one main line runs through your railway station, but the traffic is very high, build a station with 8 tracks. To allow trains to use any track of the station, we could use 8 track gridirons, but those require long parallel tracks. We can use four 2 track gridirons, and combine the tracks with curved tracks in a much smaller footprint. We will also add an 8 track supply tower to refill trains on all tracks.
To prepare the site for the construction,
Lay down 8 parallel tracks with the length of 5 dots. This will smoothen the terrain for the construction.
Place four 2 track gridirons as close to the station as possible
Place an 8 track supply tower 3 times the tower length from the gridirons
Temporarily place another 8 track gridiron 3 times the tower length from the first supply tower to measure the necessary track length for the maintained trains. Later we will delete this tower.
Delete the closest track to the main line
Build a curved track to join the third track to the first
Set the direction of the new curved track
When all curves have been created, demolish the second, temporary supply tower
Remix vastly simplifies access to backend processes by auto-generating all API calls between the browser and the web server. We only need to create the “loader()” function to get data from the server and the “action()” function to submit a form.
Reading Environment variable values
For security reasons the Node.js web application environment variables are not available in the browser, as those usually contain sensitive information, like database access credentials.
The “loader()” function can read and expose selected environment variables to the browser via the API.
Make sure you have created the /app/routes/_footer.tsx file to display the name of the environment. See Footer in the previous post.
Add the “loader()” function
Add the loader() function to the _index.tsx page to get the value of the “environment” environment variable.
We will pass the “environment” variable to the Footer to display the value there.
import { LoaderArgs, json} from "@remix-run/node";
import { useLoaderData } from "@remix-run/react";
export default function Index() {
// -----------------------------------------
// Get the data from the server side
// Use "|| {}" to avoid TypeError: Cannot destructure property 'incidents' of 'useLoaderData(...)' as it is null.
const { environment} = useLoaderData<typeof loader>() || {} ;
// -----------------------------------------
return (
<div style={{ fontFamily: "system-ui, sans-serif", lineHeight: "1.8" }}>
{/* Display the Header component */}
<Header />
<div className="pagecontent">
Hello
</div>
{/* Display the Footer component */}
<Footer environment={environment} />
</div>
);
}
To connect a branch line to a main line at a railway station in Railway Empire 2, create a station with four platforms. In the example below the mainline is on the left side on tracks #1 and #2, the branch line arrives to tracks #3 and #4 at the bottom from the right.
Connect the branch line to the station
To allow any train to reach any track, we will place a four track gridiron where the branch line arrives.
Run the four tracks long enough parallel to leave enough room for the four track gridiron. The two white dots indicate the approximate length of the four track gridiron.
Make sure the number of tracks is set to Max
Place the gridiron on the four tracks
Connect tracks #3 and #4 to the main line
At the top we will connect tracks #3 and #4 to the main line, so the branch line trains can continue on the main line, and main line trains on the branch line.
Place two 2 track gridirons on the tracks
We will place two separate 2 tracks gridirons, one on tracks #1 and #2, and another on tracks #3 and #4. A four track gridiron would also work, but it requites twice as long parallel tracks.
Place a two track gridiron on the main line
Extend track #3 to leave room for the other two track gridiron.
Right-click to terminate the track without connecting it to anything
Click the Build button
Extend track #4 too.
Set the gridiron size to 2
Place the other two track gridiron on tracks #3 and #4
– Automatic Pause stops the game when we open the track building panel. This prevents traffic jams, but stops the game and progress unnecessarily. – When the window loses focus the game and progress stops. – Edge scrolling is very fast and sensitive in Railroad Empire 2. To disable automatic edge scrolling.
On the Controls tab select
Off for Automatic Pause
Off for Pause when Window Loses Focus
LMB + Drag for Mouse Scrolling
– It is helpful to see the topography during track construction.
On the Display tab set
Topography Map During Track Construction to On
– After a while opponents regularly repeat the same insults, at least we can silence them.
On the Sound tab set the volume of
Voices to 0
Click the Back button
Troubleshooting
If the game or the tutorial stops advancing
Check if the game is paused
By default the game automatically pauses and stays in pause mode when you open the track construction panel. In this state even the tutorial stops responding. We can turn off Automatic Pause on the Controls tab of Options (see Configuration above).
Make sure
The round pause button indicates the paused game.
Click the round button to start the game. The arrow indicates the running game.
Click the button again to speed up the game
The expected freight type is not yet transported
In the transfer tutorial you need to wait until all expected freight type is transferred
The city is not growing
An industry in the city grows if the demand is at least 60% satisfied.
Goods don’t arrive
Your main city needs a type of goods
Another city supposed to produce and send it, but for the industry to activate the population has to reach a minimum level
Satisfy the current demands of the small city to promote growth, so it will produce the needed goods for your main city.
No demand for the goods
When you try to add a new station to a line, and the directly connected cities do not need the type of good it supplies, the message appears:
According to the settings you made, your train line cannot perform any actions at the station of …
You should check the settings so that the trains do not have to make unnecessary stops.
To help to distribute the goods to other cities, create a warehouse at a station which has another lines, and add the types to the warehouse on that station:
Issues during track building
This station cannot be reached from the previous station and therefore can not be added to the list.
The trains cannot switch between tracks to make the round trip between the stations.
Place a station gridiron on the tracks close to the station for the trains to be able to switch between the tracks.
Building a new rail line
Build a station
When you connect the first track to the station the track you use determines the size and cost of the platforms. For rural stations use the first two tracks closest to the building to minimize the cost.
Build the tracks
Make sure to place grid irons to each station to allow trains to switch tracks, and set the direction of the rails.
Add supply towers to each line
Create a new rail line
Open the new real line panel
Select the stations of the line
Select the locomotive and click the Confirm button
Freight transfer between lines
To transfer freight between lines in cities and rural stations those have to have a warehouse. The transfer happens if there is no direct rail, and the way by rail is at most twice as long as the direct way by road.
Warning: The warehouse does not supply the place where it is placed. Its only purpose is to supply the connected cities, so the hosting city will not get from the stock. Use the warehouse only for goods which are not needed in that city, or set up a separate freight station to supply the city with lines from the suppliers.
To keep the freight type for the city
Remove the type from the warehouse
To prevent a line carrying a freight type
Select the line
Edit the line
Hover above the station name and click the Edit Station button
The first click on the good type sets it to high priority (green arrow), the second click prevents the transfer (red sign). The third click clears the marks.
If you still need a warehouse
Research the warehouse
Click the research button
Drag the timeline with the left mouse button to 1830
Click the warehouse button to unlock it
Click the checkmark to unlock the development
Close the Research panel in the upper right corner
Add the warehouse to the station
Select the train station
Select the station and click the Construct Extension button
Click the Warehouse button and click the checkmark at the bottom of the panel
Specify the type of goods the warehouse can transfer
Warning: the selected good types will not supply the place hosting the warehouse, only places with connected rail lines!
Select the Warehouse button
Select the goods the warehouse can transfer. Click the trash can to remove a type.
Click the X in the upper right corner of the station panel to close all station related panels
Passenger and mail transfer between lines
Passengers and mail can transfer between lines in cities, but rural stations have to have a hotel. The transfer happens if there is no direct rail, and the way by rail is at most twice as long as the direct way by road.
Research the hotel
Click the research button
Drag the timeline with the left mouse button to 1840
Click the hotel icon to unlock it
Close the research panel in the upper right corner
Add the hotel to the station
Select the station and click the Construct Extension button
Select the Hotel button and click the check mark at the bottom of the panel
Game play
To make the game more relaxing
Disable mergers before starting the game
If another company acquires 100% of your stocks, the game is over. To remove this possibility disable mergers.
Optimize staff
When in one area more than 50 employees work for you, start to optimize your staff.
Transporting goods
Perishable
If you place refrigerator cars on the line the revenue of meat, vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy products increases by 25%.
