Game Narrative

Objective

• You're objective is to solve toy train puzzles within a garden railway environment by operating a remote controlled locomotive, without going bankrupt.

• The puzzles include the shunting of wagons, operating of points, transport of goods, boarding/unboarding of passengers and avoiding hazards and derailment. Some puzzles come with a time limit.

• The completed train puzzles unlock the boss challenges in a region, where you compete against a boss opponent controlled railroad. You'll have to outsmart or destroy the opponent locomotive.

• Defeating all the bosses in all regions, takes you to the final boss you need to beat in order to finish the game. The final boss is very smart and strong and requires you to have gained excellent train operating skills and upgraded rolling stock.

Storyline

When you were young you played with toy trains. You like to operate a railway and the trains. You played and raced with the trains, alone and with friends. One of the friends you played with was Eddy, from a richer family. Eddy wanted to be the real train master, so every kid comes to him, but you challenge him. You compete with Eddy's train sets until all the houses in your neighbourhood are defended.

Twenty or so years later you wake up. Toys are for kids to play with. You loved the trains but now you're grown up. Trains are no toys but need to be exact models. There's no fun any more only reality.

Set out to re-experience your childhood passion, but now with a house and a grown-up life, you play with big toy trains in and around the house. You love to be in control of this own environment and be a chief commanding your train. Now YOU are the boss and wield the commands. But for some reason trains are disappearing, railtrack is taken away, and fun is drawn from the toys to turn them into static models and historic memories. You enter a quest for what and who is behind this evil dark power.

Oh no! It's Eddy. All realistic model trains are stamped with Eddy's signature. Part by part, you free the geographic locations from Eddy's influence. Until you beat the last one, and need to face Eddy at his Empire Office and factory. After shutting down the factory lines, you enter the inner sanctum of the Boss Office.

When you've finally beaten Eddy, he'll stand down and is taken by the autorities. But after they take the lift back down… Eddy exits at a hidden basement floor and escapes again.

Background

TODO

Locations

Drive your model train in the most crazy locations!

• Around a christmas tree in a snowy forest
• In the back garden of a regular street house
• A real micronation island in the middle of the sea
• A highly protected and secured bank vault
• In an ancient renaissance building
• In the basement
• Straight through a restaurant and kitchen
• Near a haunted mansion
• In a sports centre
• Right in the middle of a shopping centre
• Etc.!

Your home base.

Other people's places.

Factory/office.

Future space.

Good old times.

Characters

Eddy, the rich kid on the block who wants to have all kids play at his house and not at someone else's. He starts as a friend playing with you, but you'll notice that outside your house other kids' houses become blocked. In the end you'll have to beat him to free the neighbourhood. Eddy cheats of course. And when you do, he'll be friends again… but for some reason the house where he lives goes on sale and he moves and you lose track of eachother.

Eddy, years later, has grown up. Toy trains are no more and should be no more. There is only reality and exact true models. Eddy is set out to erate all working toy trains and replace them by static models. You don't know at first but you'll get to learn during the story that Eddy is behind this all. Eddy still cheats of course.

Game modes

There are 3 age-based game modes, that let you experience different time and difficulty settings of the game:

1. Toddler (always* free to play)

   Similar to ESRB rating "EVERYONE 10+" and PEGI rating "7".

   Simple train stories and puzzle that educate your child. The levels are played optionally in co-operation with a supervising adult. Driving around, counting, associating etc. Controls are super-easy, no derailings.

   There's no money system, and thus no rolling stock upgrades can be purchased. The levels don't involve actions of toy figure violence. The player cannot participate in leaderboards.

2. Teen (free to start, paid version)

   Similar to ESRB rating "TEEN 13+" and PEGI rating "12".

   More complex, challenging puzzles. Teaches basics of railroading and stimulates creativity. Playing with or against friends. Occassional winning of new train sets. Controls are intermediate.

   There's a money system and so rolling stock upgrades can be purchased. The levels may involve actions of mild toy figure violence (e.g. toy cowboys shooting toy indians with toy bullets). The player can participate in leaderboards.

3. Adult (paid version + in app purchases)

   Similar to ESRB rating "MATURE 17+" and PEGI rating "18".

   Now you are the adult. When you were a child you played with trains, but now life has kicked in. You're getting back to the dream of having a full scale train system around your house. You'll meet friends from the past. It's serious, but also fun and exciting. Controls and operation is difficult.

   Ability to purchase and/or publish new locomotives, wagons and tracks (custom level). Some levels involve realistic train-related themas in an educated fashion, like train accidents and the danger of real trains. A chat system with other online players.

You can complete the game at any modus, but that will only complete that modus.

Screen

Gameplay

Elements on the screen

The screen layout during gameplay can be divided into 9 sections:

Screen elements

Money Shows your current money balance. You earn money by completing objectives, moving around passengers and transporting goods. Locomotive upgrades, emergency fueling, damage repairs and signal violation penalties may cost you money. On level completion, you take your money balance to the next level. Pay attention to this money balance! When you reach 0 then you're GAME OVER. Objectives Lists the objectives for your current mission. There can be up to 5 objectives in a mission. Most missions have 2 or 3 objectives to complete. Succeeded objectives turn green color, while failed objectives turn red color.	Locomotive locator Points the location of your and other locomotives relative to your current view. Locomotive health Shows the health and armor bar for your locomotive when in first person perspective.	Score Shows your score for this level. You earn score points for transporting goods, meeting objectives and moving around passengers. A score is only valid for the current level. With this score you may compete for a high score position in the leaderboards. Time Shows the level play time. With this time you may compete for a fastest time position in the leaderboards. Certain levels require you to stop at specific stations at specific target times. For that you need to keep a close eye on this clock.
	Messages Information about relevant events for the player happening in this level.	Controls Show an optional button bar with input controls to click on. Handy for point-and-click input devices. Short-cut keyboard keys and gamepad buttons are shown on the button as well. You can play the game with any input method you desire at any time: touch, keyboard, mouse or gamepad. Fuel levels Shows the different fuel levels of your current locomotive. Depending on the controlled locomotive, one or more bars might extend to the right. When the fuel level is empty, a full black bar is visible for that fuel type. Take careful note on the fuel level: when a required fuel level reaches 0, your locomotive stops and you may need to buy emergency fuel or have GAME OVER. Some locomotive engines consume multiple fuel types at once (e.g. a steam powered locomotive uses both burning fuel like coal or wood, as well as cooling water). Yellow Battery level for electricity powered locomotives Gray Oil level for diesel powered locomotives White Coal level for steam powered locomotives Brown Wood level for steam powered locomotives Blue Water level for steam powered locomotives
Speed gauge Shows your locomotive's speed in centimeter per second. Be carefull! When you drive too fast in curved track, you might derail. When you push your engine too far for too long, you'll damage your locomotive by overload. Gray Your locomotive has stopped. White Your locomotive has normal speed. Yellow Your locomotive has high speed. You might derail on curved track. Orange Your locomotive has too high speed. Your engine might get overloaded. Red (flashing) Your locomotive has been overloaded or is violating a speed limit / guard signal. Green (flashing) Your locomotive is obeying a track section speed limit / guard signal. The on-screen speed gauge can be operated by mouse clicks and touch gestures as well.	Banner Just a banner containing the GeekTrains® name and website. Click on the banner abort the level and to return to the website.	Feedback button A button to send your feedback to the developer of this game. Use this button when somehow you get stuck in a level (where you shouldn't) or have a suggestion for improvement. We love to hear from you!

Controls

Methods

• Gamepad

  You can use any wired or wireless gamepad that is compatible with your device (desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.) and HTML5 browser (like FireFox, Edge, Chrome or Opera).

  You need at least a gamepad with 6-8 buttons and a D-pad (directional pad), though having more buttons (12-13) and also one or two (analogue) sticks is preferred.

  When you connect multiple gamepads, each gamepad will be associated with another player.

  

• Keyboard

  Any full keyboard with letters and numbers, and some control keys (like ALT, SHIFT, ENTER) will do.

  No NUM-pad is needed.

  

• Mouse

  You can use a mouse to play the game.

  A left- and right click button is essential; a third click button and a scroll wheel are optional.

  A colored button menu will be displayed on the right of the screen. These screen buttons act the same like pressing the equivalent gamepad buttons. Click on those screen buttons to play the game.

  Furthermore you can click and drag the camera view for most viewpoint setups. The scroll wheel helps you zoom in and out the camera view for most viewpoint setups. If you want to change the viewpoint, click the screen button for 'change camera'.

  The lower left corner of the screen shows a speed gauge for your locomotive. Left click this speed gauge to accelerate forward, right click to accelerate backward (brake). Pressing the middle button on the speed gauge sounds the horn.

• Touch

  You can use touch to play the game, quite similar to a mouse.

  With a single finger you can click the on-screen buttons (including the speed gauge), or adjust the camera view by holding and dragging. When you use two fingers you can zoom in or out the camera view for most viewpoint setups.

  For the more advanced manouvres you'ld like to have a 2^nd input method attached as well.

• Device orientation

  With device orientation you can only control a bit of the camera view. You'll be needing a 2^nd input method attached before you can play the game.

Actions

Default controls

Gamepad	Gamepad	Keyboard	Action
	A (green button)	Q key	Accelerate (consumes fuel)
	B (red button)	A key	Brake / reverse
+	B + Left/Right Button	key	Handbrake / emergency stop (damages vehicle when driving too fast)
	X (blue button)	H key	Sound horn (repeat to create music score)
+	X + Left/Right Button	H key + Left/Right Shift key	Activate/deactive flashlights
	Y (yellow button)	C key	Change camera: look at train, follow train, orbit scene, board train (VR), move around freely
+	Y + Left/Right Button	key	Open/close passenger/cargo doors (if any) or tip tipper
	Start (menu)	S key	Switch next point in driving direction
	Back (view)	D key	Decouple last wagon (or release cargo for crane mode)
	Left/Right Trigger	Space	Fire (traverses connected wagons until a shot is fired)
	Left Stick	6 (up), U (right), Y (down) and T (left) keys	Rotate/move mobile crane (if any)
	Right Stick	9 (up), P (right), O (down) and I (left) keys	Rotate/move mobile crane (if any)

Furthermore, mouse/touch swipes and the arrow keys may be used to adjust the camera/view.

Locomotives

Fuel types

Fuel types

Type	Used by	Notes
Electricity (Yellow)	Battery power operated vehicles	Batteries have long endurance and slow exhaustion rate. A long distance can be travelled with a single fully charged battery. This fuel type can be charged while driving (e.g. via overhead power catenaries). However charging a battery takes some time, rendering your locomotive stationary for precious time. Where possible try to replace the drained batteries with already fully charged ons at a charging swap station. Note that some wagons consume power as well to be operated (like the disco ball wagon). And coupling with a the battery car doubles your battery capacity!
Oil (Gray)	Diesel engine operated vehicles	Oil can be fueled relatively quickly at fueling stations. Diesel engines have an above average endurance and normal exhaustion rate. When your locomotive is coupled with wagons loaded with oil barrels or tanks, those barrels may be consumed as fuel giving your locomotive an extra range. But for that you need to stop your train first.
Coal (White)	Steam engine operated vehicles	Coal is fueled at medium rate at coaling stations. Steam powered engines love coal because it burns very efficiently. When you couple with a wagon loaded with coal (like a tender wagon), your effective range increases as this additional coal can be consumed while driving.
Wood (Brown)	Steam engine operated vehicles	Wood is fueled at medium rate at wood or timber stations. Steam powered engines burn up wood quite quickly, though. When you couple with a wagon loaded with wood (like a tender wagon), your effective range increases as this additional wood can be consumed while driving.
Water (Blue)	Steam engine operated vehicles	Any steam engine needs water to operate. Without water the engine will overheat fast and explode. Water can be fueled quite quickly just like diesel. Water can be used from coupled wagons filled with water (like a tender or tank wagon). Note that some wagons use water as well, such as the fire extinguisher wagon.

Locomotive upgrades

Speed

Improves transmission by 5% and lowers air resistance by 5% (for effective higher top speed). Virtual train store price: €50,- per point.

Health

Adds 5% to 10% more to max health points. Virtual train store price: €40,- per point.

Motor power

Improves motor power (for effective higher acceleration speed). Virtual train store price: €50,- per point.

Armor

Adds armor protection, and if already armored improves armor level. Armor helps take certain damage first from armor, before the health will be reduced. Virtual train store price: €60,- per point.

Weight

Adds more mass to the locomotive. More mass gives the locomotive more stamina and better positioning on the rails. Leading to less derailing and better chance to push other locomotives. However, the acceleration declines so more motor power is required to keep the same acceleration speed. Virtual train store price: €30,- per point.

Fuel

Adds 5% to 20% more capacity to all fuel tanks. Virtual train store price: €80,- per point.

Locomotive types

	Small Steam Locomotive A nice Small Steam Locomotive for use on yard and medium distances. Upgradeable with Cow Catcher or Snow Shovel. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Steam (coal & water) Top Speed Medium Acceleration Medium Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €100,-
	Large Steam Locomotive A real powerhouse steam engine that pulls lengthy trains for very long distances. Upgradeable with Cow Catcher or Snow Spike. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Steam (coal & water) Top Speed Medium Acceleration Slow Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €300,-
	Western Steam Locomotive An impressive steam engine from the Wild West that can go medium distances. Equiped with a cow catcher by default, as cattle may wander around the railroad tracks in the desert. Upgradeable with Jet Engine. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Steam (coal/wood & water) Top Speed Medium (upgradeable to Fast) Acceleration Slow Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €250,-
	Small Diesel Shunter The ideal locomotive for shunter and yard work, and medium freight distances. Fastests in forward direction, slower in reverse direction. Upgradeable with Crane and Snow Shovel. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Diesel Top Speed Medium Acceleration Medium Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €150,-
	Diesel Shunter The enhanced, more powerful version of the small diesel shunter. The top speed and acceleration is the same in either direction. Upgradeable with Snow Plough and Catenary Pickup. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Diesel (upgradeable to electric) Top Speed Medium Acceleration Medium Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €200,-
	Work Locomotive Your best mate for road and rail repairs and yard work. Standard equiped with a crane and a bin. Also repairs other vehicles. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Diesel Top Speed Slow Acceleration Fast Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €250,-
	Small Electric Shunter The ideal locomotive for shunter and yard work, and medium freight distances. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Electric Top Speed Medium Acceleration Fast Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €200,-
	Electric Locomotive A strong workhorse pulling lengthy trains with ease. Double-head to upgrade performance. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Electric Top Speed Fast (upgradeable to Very Fast) Acceleration Medium (upgradeable to Fast) Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €300,-
	Rapid City (RC) Express The comfortable passenger train for between villages and cities. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Electric Top Speed Medium Acceleration Fast Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €150,-
	High Speed Locomotive This passenger train rapidly transports passengers beyond country borders. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Electric Top Speed Fast (upgradeable to Very Fast) Acceleration Medium Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €250,-
	City Street Tram Often seen on the streets next to cars and busses. Locomotive Properties Property Value Traction Electric Top Speed Slow Acceleration Fast Weight ? kilogram Pulls ? wagon(s) Virtual train store price €125,-

Wagon types

Intermodal Container wagon

A 'naked' frame wagon with a container attachment system on it.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Intermodal Containers
Frame Length	Normal

Flat bed wagon

A simple, flat bed wagon.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Mostly: containers
Frame Length	Normal

Low board wagon

A flat bed open wagon with low boards on each side.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	General Fixed Large Outdoor Goods, Containers (small, medium and large)
Frame Length	Normal

High gondola wagon

A flat bed open wagon with high boards on each side and doors on the left and right side.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	General Outdoor Goods
Frame Length	Normal

Stanchions wagon

A flat bed open wagon with stanchions on the sides and a low board on the front and back.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Pipes, Tree Logs
Frame Length	Normal

Missile Launcher wagon

A flat bed open wagon with a USB Missile Launcher installed on it and a rocket rack on each side.

The USB Missile Launcher can be operated for manual targeting. With the proper upgrades, the USB Missile Launcher will also be able to operate on its own.

Rockets travel in a linear forward fashion. Missiles have on board guidance systems and can be locked onto a (moving) target.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Rockets & Missiles
Weapon	Rockets and/or Missiles
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Very effective on medium and long range distance (moving) ground and air targets
Drawbacks	Low ammo supply
Upgrades	Additional Rocket Rack (more ammo capacity), Radar (auto-aiming & firing), Powersource (operatable even when decoupled)

Mini Disco Party Fun Light wagon

A flat bed open wagon with a Mini Disco Party Fun Light installed on it.

Comes in one of these 3 build-up variants:

1. Disco Ball

   Has 180 Degree non-aimable Coloured Disco Light Blinding Rays in horizontal, diagonal and vertical direction.

2. Mirror Ball

   Has 3 Lights that can be aimed through the mirror ballwith more precision at a target in horizontal and diagonal direction.

3. Flash Light (with Siren)

   2 Big Flash Lights that create a powerfull beam only in horizontal direction.

Requires an electric power source to be actively operated.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Requires	Electric power source
Weapon	Disco light blinding ray
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Full 180 Degree close range spherical weapon
Drawbacks	Requires electric powersource

Jack's Balls in a Toy Box wagon

A flat bed open wagon equiped with 3 Jack-in-a-Box spring-operated ball launching devices.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Tennis­balls and/or Base­balls
Weapon	Jack-in-a-Box (spring coil)
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Very effective on low and medium range distance air targets flying right above the wagon
Drawbacks	Low ammo supply
Upgrades	Stronger Coil (more distance), Baseballs (more damage)

Magic Bubble Blower wagon

A flat bed open wagon with a Bubble Blower installed on it.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Water, Soap
Requires	Water, Soap
Weapon	Bubble blower
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Ability to create a temporary dangerous soap bubble curtain
Drawback	Little control over location/direction of bubbles except initial burst speed

Western Gatling Pellet Gun wagon

A low board wagon with a Western Gatling Pellet Gun installed on it.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Gatling Gun, Pellet Ammo Box
Weapon	Gatling Pellet Gun
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	High maximum firing rate and high velocity pellet shooting
Drawback	It takes some time before the gun is at maximum firing rate

Midieval Marble Cannon wagon

A low board wagon with a Midieval Marble Gun installed on it.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	2 Wheeled Marble Cannons, Marble Ammo Box
Weapon	2 Marble Cannons
Requires	Marbles
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Two rotatable and transportable cannons with heavy marble balls
Drawback	Slow firing rate, low ammo
Upgrades	Swap Marble Cannons for Tooth Pick Stick Ballista's

Radio Jam and Remote Control wagon

A low board wagon with a small control house and a large radio jamming/remote control device.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Radio Jam/Remote Control device, Transformer Power Unit
Weapon	Radio Jam/Remote Control device
Requires	Electricity
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	In Radio Jam mode, disables opponent RC-units to process new commands; in Radio Control mode, can give orders to the controlled enemy units
Drawback	The device/wagon receives damage when multiple units are jammed or controlled simultaneously

Explosives wagon

An armed box car wagon with a breakers house loaded with explosives.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Explosives (TNT, Barrels, Gas Tanks)
Weapon	Igniter
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	The more explosives you load, the bigger the devastating radial explosion
Drawback	Becomes unusable after firing, damages nearby friendly wagons/locomotives

SciFi Ray Phaser Gun wagon

An armed container car wagon with an deployable SciFi Ray Phaser Gun.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	SciFi Ray Phaser Gun
Weapon	SciFi Ray Phaser Gun
Requires	Electricity
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	The SciFi Ray Phaser Gun is very accurate in (straight line) firing
Drawback	The Ray Phaser Gun is slow to unfold/fold and rotate, and is easily destroyed when active and consumes a lot of power when firing

Nostalgic Passenger wagon

A classic passenger wagon, default 3^rd class travelling.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Passengers
Frame Length	Normal
Upgrades	To 2nd or 1st class seats (more profit), prison window fence and prison guard house ("criminal coach")

Passenger wagon

A passenger wagon with more seats than the classic passenger wagon and gate doors.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Passengers
Frame Length	Normal
Upgrades	To 1st class seats (more profit), or adult special edition "the shag wag"
Advantages	The gate doors allow for boarding/unboarding at another connected wagon

Panorama wagon

A modern passenger wagon with panorama view and gate doors.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Passengers
Frame Length	Long
Upgrades	To 1st class seats (more profit)
Advantages	The gate doors allow for boarding/unboarding at another connected wagon

Cattle / Life stock wagon

A covered life stock wagon with sliding doors on each side.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Cattle
Frame Length	Normal
Models	Also available in western style model

Box car goods wagon

A covered box car goods wagon with sliding doors on each side and a braker's house.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Indoor goods
Frame Length	Normal
Models	Also available in enlarged western style warehousing model

Tank wagon

A tank wagon.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Liquids ((soap)water, oil/diesel, soda/juice, chemical waste)
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Any carried liquids can be consumed by the train itself too (e.g. locomotive fuel)
Upgrades	Upgradeable with water spray gun equiped braker's house

Pressure tank wagon

A wagon with 3 pressure (gas) tanks.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Gas
Frame Length	Normal
Drawback	Explodes on destruction, causing damage to nearby wagons

Toaster wagon

A wagon with a toaster.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Toaster, Bread Slices
Weapon	Toaster
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Throws flaming toasted bread slices up in the air
Drawback	It takes 5 seconds to toast the bread before it comes out the toaster

Chip fryer wagon

A wagon with a chip & snack fryer.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Chip parts, cheese nuggets, fryer snacks
Weapon	Hot Fryer Fat
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Transports raw-food parts and fries them, so they can be served; the hot boiling fryer fat is also great for burning enemies
Drawback	It takes 10 seconds to bring the fryer fat at boiling temperature; when food remains more than 2 minutes in the boiling fat, the food burns into flames

Cup cake catapult wagon

A wagon with a cup cake catapult.

Wagon Properties

Property		Value
Carries	Catapult, Cup cakes
Weapon	Catapult
Frame Length	Normal
Advantages	Thrown cup cakes stick to walls and then slide down
Drawback	Low ammo

Railway obstacles

The railroads are created from track. Some parts of the track have a special operation.

• Signals

  Some signals guard a block section; they warn you of trains (and even vehicles and animals) blocking the track. This is the default operation of signals.

  Other signals control a block section; they overtake your locomotive (e.g. stop the train on a red signal). These signals can be recognized by a slow-down sign (downward triangle).

  Finally, there are signals that are timed; based on a timer, they switch between green and red. These signals can be recognized by a clock sign (circle).

  Any red signal you ignore on a non-permissive signal will be fined by the railway police. For each consecutive red signal ignored in a row, the fine increases per violation. So be careful not to drive through red signals when you're low on money.

  There are some signals, though, that you can set as well.

  • Manual Signal

    A manual signal has blades. Because the signal operation is manual, its signal command cannot control the locomotive operation.

  • Distant Signal

    A distant signal is permissive and announces a non-permissive signal further down the track. Because it is a permissive signal, the warning may be ignored and is without a fine.

  • Electric Signal

    An electric signal with lights. Because the signal operation is automatic, its signal command can control the locomotive operation! E.g. passing a red signal may enfore a braking operation on your locomotive engine.

  • Signal Bridge

    A bridge containing multiple signals at once. Common configurations are 2 or 4 signals, for 2 tracks one way or 2 tracks both ways. A signal bridge may show manual or electric signals.

• Level crossovers

  At crossovers the rail track crosses roads or walk/bicycle ways. Watch out for cars, bicycles, pedestrians and even animals crossing here. A collission may cause damage to your train or even derailment.

  Some crossovers are equiped with automatic gate barriers, sound bells and warning flashers, to timely clear the crossover before your train arrives.

  When a rail track crosses another rail track, a train may pass by obstructing the route.

  • Level Crossing

    Just a simple, unguarded level crossing. To clear the level crossing from pedestrains, bicyclists or cars, you must sound the train horn when approaching.

  • Level Crossing with Flashers

    The flashers will announce your approaching train, so you don't need to sound the horn in advance to clear the track.

  • Gated Level Crossing

    A level crossing with manual gate barriers. Requires a nearby post house with a gate controller, to be operated for you. If you post house is there, you need to sound your train horn when approaching to clear the track.

  • Gated Level Crossing with Flashers

    An level crossing with automatically closing gate barriers and flashing lights. It works very well to keep the track cleared except for astray animals.

• Between the rails

  Between the rails you might come across the following devices:

  • Trigger magnets

    When driving past trigger magnets, some action may be triggered. For example, a bridge may open or close, or a signal or turnout may switch.

  • Decoupler

    Decouplers decouple wagons from a train. They appear in fixed (static) and operatable (dynamic) versions.

    Hint: When you cross activated decouplers fast enough with your train, any decoupled wagon may keep on rolling a bit past the decoupler.

  • Isolator

    Isolators are often used in conjunction with signals. They often activate when a signal turns red or a track segment has been blocked by another train. When activated, they power-down a consecutively marked part of the track (up to the next rail connector insulator). You cannot give power to your engine while travelling on an activated isolated railpath.

    Hint: When you cross activated isolators on small track segments fast enough with your train, you might be able to successfully reach the end of the isolated track without having to wait for the isolator to deactivate.

  • Power connector

    Indicates a starting position for a player.

  • Brake mid-rail

    Slows down trains passing by at higher speed by applying additional brake force.

  • Weight gauge rail

    Displays the weight of the train wagon positioned on it's rail track. This is a handy device to use when you are unsure if your train weight is allowed on certain bridges.

• Bridges

  Bridges may be a danger when you overload the bridge with a too heavy train composition, or when the bridge is opened for boat traffic (and then the train route is temporarily blocked). A bridge may be closed for repair/maintenace, or part of the bridge may have been destroyed by explosives. Hint: Send in a work locomotive, maintenance wagon or incident repair vehicle to fix a damaged bridge.

  • Plate Girder Bridge

    A small sectional plate girder bridge.

    Steel and wood are required to repair a damaged Plate Girder bridge.

  • Small Bridge

    A small bridge.

    Steel is required to repair a damaged Small bridge.

  • Concrete Arch Bridge

    A concrete arch bridge.

    Sand, stone and water are required to repair a damaged Concrete Arch bridge.

  • Large Steel Arch Bridge

    A very strong large steel arch bridge.

    Steel and wood are required to repair a damaged Large Steel Arch bridge.

  • Steel Carrier Bridge

    A strong steel carrier bridge.

    Steel is required to repair a damaged Steel Carrier Bridge.

  • A Bridge

    A wooden bridge in the shape of an A.

    Wood is required to repair a damaged A bridge.

• Tunnels

  Tunnels are not so dangerous except that you have very poor vision. Though it has been reported that some tunnels are haunted… and wagons disappear suddenly: they go in but mysteriously don't come out.

• Bumpers / buffer stops

  Mark the end of a railroad track. You can slowly drive into a buffer stop to halt your train. When you drive too fast into a bumper then you may damage your train… and the bumper as well (opening up possibilities to open up the track behind).

• Switches / points / turnouts

  A switch sets the direction of a point / turnout.

  You can drive safely in opposite direction of the switch. But when you drive towards the switch, make sure your bogus stay on the same track: don't switch turnouts while a train is passing them. This may cause derailment of that train.

  • Left Turnout

    A turnout with 2 options: go straight ahead or divert to the left.

  • Right Turnout

    A turnout with 2 options: go straight ahead or divert to the right.

  • Wye Turnout

    A turnout with 2 options: divert to the left or the right.

  • Threeway Turnout

    A turnout with 3 options: go straight ahead, divert to the left or divert to the right.

  • Catch Point

    A turnout with 2 options: go straight ahead or derail at the catch point.

Collectables

You can collect these items for points and other goodies:

• Coins (+10 points)
• Diamonds (+25 points)
• Marbles (+1 points)
• Rings (+5 points)
• Crates (a random powerup/bonus: repair, money, fuel, ammo) - may be dropped from air by a parachute

When you've collected a thousand (1,000) points, you get a free extra life.

Goods

With your train you can transport the following goods to earn money and score points:

Goods

Good	Produced/offered at	Wanted/requested at	Remarks
Apple / Pear / Pine Apple	Trees
Barrel	Oil factory, Chemical plant	Refinery	Explosive when filled with oil or chemical waste
Food & Drinks	Kitchen	Dining table
Cable Drumreel
Coal	Mine	Coal Feuling Station
Container			Available in various sizes, stores other goods
Hay bale	Farm
Girder		Construction site
Stones
Milk Can	Cow Farm	Food Markt
Missile/rocket	War Factory		Can be stored in a rocket rack
Pallet			Stores other goods (like barrels)
Pipe		Construction site
Round Bag		Stone crusher
Sand	Sanding Tower	Construction site
Wheat Bag	Farm	Wind Mill	Bag may contain coffee beans, chocolate beans, rice, grain, etc.
Lumber	Forest	Saw Mill
Cattle	Farm	Market
Oil	Oil Refinery
Water	Water Tower	Firefighter HQ
Gas

Structures

The following structures you will see alongside the tracks:

• Passenger Stations

  Stops for passenger trains.

  • American County Train Station

  • Big Train Station

    Many passengers can wait at this train station.

  • Medium Train Station

  • Nostalgic Train Station

  • Passenger Station

  • Raised Station Platform

  • Station Platform

  • Station with Signal House

  • Waiting Cab Station with Level Crossing

  • Western Train Station

• Fueling Stations

  Provide fuel for locomotives and cars.

  • Coaling Station

    A coaling station with 3 coal storage units and a fueling crane.

  • Diesel Fueling Tank

    A small tank fueling diesel.

  • Refinery Fueling Dock

    A large oil / diesel fueling station, very useful for tank wagons as well.

  • Oil Pump

    A crude oil pump, only fueling wagons.

  • Water Tower

    A water tower for fueling steam engine locomotives and tank wagons as well.

  • Power Catenary

    Slowly powers battery operated trains with the overhead pickup.

• Goods Stations

  Overhaul places for goods.

  • Goods Terminal

    At the goods terminal, goods can be loaded from train to truck and vice versa.

  • Cargo Hall

    At the cargo hall, goods can be stored from the train.

• Sheds

  Repairs locomotives and wagons.

  • Engine Shed

    The Engine Shed can hold and repair exactly 1 locomotive.

• Cranes: load/unload goods from trains, trucks, boats and sites
• Factories: produce goods and stuff
• Delivery points: consume goods and stuff

Crane hooks

Some cranes support changing of the hook. With the proper hook you can lift your cargo from train to terminal and vice versa. You may come acros these hooks:

• Magnet: lifts metal (plates etc.)
• Scrap claw: lifts scrap
• Lumber claw: lifts lumber
• Fish hook: can be extended with 4 lines with hooks
• Double fish hook: lifts nets
• Container grabber: fits on small and medium containers
• Bulk grabber: lifts bulk goods like sand, small stones, gravel, dirt, etc.
• 4 Lines with hooks: effective in towing large containers
• Fork: lifts pallets
• Ball: breaks certain walls and obstacles

Friendly and enemy units

The following units you may encounter while driving around the tracks with your locomotive:

• Aereal units

  • Blimp: accelerating air unit, slow in turning (may explode)
  • Drone: highly manouvrable electronic helicopter device (can drop one bomb, one molotov cocktail bottle / has a carrying hook)
  • Hot Air Balloon: slow air unit, poor controlling (can drop sand bags)
  • Rubber Rescue Raft: fast water unit
  • Toy Propeller Plane: air plane, must be moving or it will fall to the ground (equiped with pellet guns)
  • Ufo: fly-by-wire air device, shuts down on any contact with the ground (can cast rays)

• Ground units

  • Bicycle
  • Forklift
  • Goods push car
  • Trolley
  • Truck

• Naval units

  • Small boat

Toy figures

The following toy figures may be of use for your train adventures. You can recognize the type of toy figure by their clothing appearance and face.

• Travelers

  Travelers will be found at train stations and houses. Transport travelers to their destination and you will receive money on train ticket sales. Business travellers pay more for their itinerary, but you'll have to provide 1^st class seats in order to collect that higher fee.

• Engineer

  The engineer is a very handy toy figure to have on board of your train. Engineers can repair your train.

• Train Conductor

  The train conductor can help you control the locomotive. Also the train conductor will be able to collect tickets at passenger wagons.

• Indian

  Indians don't like trains and attack them with bows and arrows.

• Sheriff

  A Sheriff on board will help you keep the Indians at a safe distance.