AmbiguousBriton wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024 16:11
I feel as if I may be missing something obvious;
I'm having trouble taking advantage of the higher speed locomotives coming out in the 1920s and 1930s because there's no upgrade to the Brake Carriage that allows a speed over 85mph. Is this an intentional choice to encourage players to diversify into dedicated mail trains? I'm playing with ViV so delivering mail is a must and I'm torn between biting the bullet and purchasing a few Halls to supplement the fleet of Kings and Castles I've currently got in service to take over Mail duties on a 4-track system, or slowing all services to 85mph to carry mail. I'm playing with relatively challenging settings so minimizing infrastructure is on my mind along with not mutilating the terrain to support it.
Maybe you need complex timetabling, like in real world, how the railway does to let passenger and freight trains run on the same line...
You need to let slow trains stop at a station/branch to let faster trains pass.
However, JGRPP is definitely needed for timetabling.
And moreover, entering into 21st century, you will find the fastest mail wagon (except DVT) is only 110 mph, despite much faster passenger trains. For this reason I contributed my first reply on the forum, but two years later I just found it absurd
- the reason is just no such mail wagons in reality, since the popularity of Internet, no one frequently uses mail service
But from gameplay-wise, for a game from 1990s when mail was crucial, yes, it is inconvenient. But I have already moved out from that period, and will see "no high speed mail trains" a bonus to stimulate me to do timetabling