Railway Empire – Chapter 5 – Sierra Nevada Tips

by Falagar / Articles, Misc. Guides / 19 Jun 2018

Scenario: Well, finally get to the second part of the first mission… finishing the intercontinental railway. This means going through many mountains, and this time you will be connecting from west to east… which is a lot harder. You will be playing against The Lady and The Engineer.

1864 – Connect 4 cities to your rail network

1865 – Connect 8 rural businesses to your rail network

1866 – Achieve a quarterly profit of $600,000

This is a far more difficult opening objective because of artificial limits on where you can build—finding 8 rural businesses that are providing in-demand resources.

The best way to handle this is to head for the $600,000 valuation. Try and connect businesses to Sacramento to bring up Sacramento’s population. I connected San Francisco, Redding, Gold Beach, and Los Angeles to Sacramento in my go of this.

Luckily you only have to connect 8 rural businesses, so worst comes to worst; you just connect them and use them when they’re useful.

1866 – Reach a population of 50,000 in San Francisco

If you connect a beer route to San Francisco, it will grow to 50,000 people. Building extra businesses into Sacramento that are in quick demand will help build up San Francisco and Sacramento.

1867 – Reach a population of 100,000 in Sacramento

1868 – Build a rail network with a total length of 4,500 KM

1869 – Transport 50 passengers from San Francisco to Promontory Point without stopping

The biggest problem is space, so make sure to have two stations down quickly. Move tracks appropriately and try and build a few bridges as possible. You will need to have all 16 entry points with stuff coming in to keep this place growing. If you build a museum, it will make it that much easier.

Getting a route to Promontory Point is very expensive and will require going through multiple towns. Ensure you can get at least two lines running and set it to only Mail and Passengers until it is done. Transporting this many passengers is a lot slower than one would think.

1867 – Build a university in San Francisco

This is an achievement. Build San Fran up with as many routes as possible, and you will unlock the option to build a university.

1868 = Establish an express connection between San Francisco and Los Angeles

This one is easy to get but can run into roadblocks.

An express route is established by making a straight line with the fastest train and going at the maximum possible speed. To accomplish this, make a direct line, put in your fastest train, load it with your top staff who all like each other, and use the Caboose. If you are struggling to get this even with this, just look at your rail and correct any swivels until you get it.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.
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