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8 total messages Started by ra... Bjoern Rabenstein Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:00
Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2976
Author: ra... Bjoern Rabenstein
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:00
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I've just discovered this classical game Railroad Tycoon, and now I'm 
wondering if there's anywhere a FAQ. 
I'm specially uncertain about the effects of setting train type to 
"local", "through", "express" or "limited".

Any help is welcome, bye!

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Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2977
Author: 72377... PJ Nagrom
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <40f4tl$b...@fu-berlin.de>,
   ra...@chemie.fu-berlin.de (Bjoern Rabenstein) wrote:
>I've just discovered this classical game Railroad Tycoon, and now I'm 
>wondering if there's anywhere a FAQ. 
>I'm specially uncertain about the effects of setting train type to 
>"local", "through", "express" or "limited".
>
>Any help is welcome, bye!
>
I don't know of any FAQ for Railroad Tycoon.  I do know it's a great game.   
If you do hear of a FAQ let me know.

As for you question about train settings...
Local trains make stops to load and unload at every station in their route 
(whether you tell them to or not).
Through trains will pass up all Depots in their route (unless you tell them 
to)
Express trains pass up Stations and Depots (unless you tell them to)
Limited trains make ONLY those stops you identify.

I hope that explanation is understandable...

"...There's something eating up our days,
I feel it every morning." -SK

PJ Nagrom
Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
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Author: nwh... Norman Whipp
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:00
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Bjoern Rabenstein (ra...@chemie.fu-berlin.de) wrote:
: I've just discovered this classical game Railroad Tycoon, and now I'm 
: wondering if there's anywhere a FAQ. 
: I'm specially uncertain about the effects of setting train type to 
: "local", "through", "express" or "limited".
<SNIP>

>From memory, setting the train type regulates which size town the train 
will set down & pick up from. 

This is a great game. I should revisit it. 

There is an excellent book called 'The Official Guide to Railroad Tycoon'
by Russell Sipe (ISBN 0-87455-244-3) which begins where the manual leaves
off. I found it very helpful - don't know if it is still available,
though. The address of the publisher shown in my copy is COMPUTE Books 324
West Wendover Avenue, Suite 200 , Greensboro, North Carolina 27408. 

Norm

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Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2979
Author: tja... Timothy Allen
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 00:00
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Bjoern Rabenstein wrote:

> I've just discovered this classical game Railroad Tycoon, and now I'm 
> wondering if there's anywhere a FAQ. 
> I'm specially uncertain about the effects of setting train type to 
> "local", "through", "express" or "limited".
> 
> Any help is welcome, bye!
> 
> --
>       ___   Bjoern Rabenstein  
>   ___/ '_>  Fritz-Werner-Str. 5  Fon: +49-30-7057858
>  / _/  / \  D-12107 Berlin       Fax: +49-30-7051527
> /_//_LL \_\ ra...@chemie.fu-berlin.de

The manual explains that 

** a "limited" train stops only at the locations (up to 4) named in the route, 

** an "express" train stops at named locations and also any terminals
along the route, 

** a "through" train stops at named locations, any terminals, and also any
stations, and

** a "local" train stops at named locations, any terminals, any stations,
and also any depots.  

If a train is supposed to stop at a location, but there is nothing to pick
up or drop off, it blows the whistle and keeps going.  This is an
"attention" signal since the train has been ordered to do something
"useless" and you may wish to check it out.

-- 

Disclaimer:  these words are not an official position of my employer. 
Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ? - rrt-faq.txt (0/1)
#2980
Author: dmi... Dave Mitton
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
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still haven't spent any time on this recently....
Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2981
Author: alexanderwunderlichdo
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:39
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Sill a nice game! Thx!
Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2982
Author: sctvguy1
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:48
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On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:39:30 -0700, alexanderwunderlichdo wrote:

> Sill a nice game! Thx!
> 
> http://www.freegameempire.com/games/Railroad-Tycoon-Deluxe/manual

thanks, just got RR Tycoon, the original from a guy who puts the games in 
DosBox and they run under XP.  I also have Transportation Tycoon.
Re: Railroad Tycoon: FAQ?
#2983
Author: Peter Huebner
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:30
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In article <m1epf0$g76$2@dont-email.me>, sctvguy1@invalid.net says...
> 
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:39:30 -0700, alexanderwunderlichdo wrote:
> 
> > Sill a nice game! Thx!
> > 
> > http://www.freegameempire.com/games/Railroad-Tycoon-Deluxe/manual
> 
> thanks, just got RR Tycoon, the original from a guy who puts the games in 
> DosBox and they run under XP.  I also have Transportation Tycoon.


I personally liked Transport Tycoon Deluxe a lot more than RRT - nearly 
the Perfect Sandbox Game for logistics and transportation i.m.o. 

-P.

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