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27. Click on the New York to Philadelphia track after it begins running trains. Above
each engine are utilization lights. They tell you if you have enough engines assigned
to carry the traffic. Right now, the light on the left side is red for both your freight
and your passenger traffic. We need to add more engines.
28. Click on the center light for your Freight engines (the top train card). It
immediately lights up, and you’ll notice that the number of engines assigned has
gone up. You now have enough engines to carry the traffic.
29. Click on the center light for your Passenger engines (the bottom card). It doesn’t
light up, but a light to the left of it does. That’s because there’s too much congestion on this track. Congestion occurs when there are too many trains on the track.
The Congestion indicator lights are just above and to the left of
your freight engines card. Because there is so much traffic
between New York and Philadelphia, a lot of engines are needed
to carry all that traffic. Unfortunately, they’re getting in each
other’s way. We need to improve the track so it can handle all these engines.
30. Click on the up arrow for Signals , located below the engine cards. This replaces the
signals with improved signals that allow you to run your trains closer together. This
also allows you to run more trains on the track, thereby reducing congestion. If both
congestion lights aren’t green, click the up arrow for Tracks. This double-tracks
your line.
After all of this track building, you may be running out of cash. Check your cash at the top.
If it’s less than one million, you should get a loan. Let’s get a loan right now.
31. Click the Financial button.
32. Click the Loans button.
You now see three loans on your left. They are all for the same amount, but the top one is a
five year loan, the middle one is a ten year loan, and the bottom one is a fifteen year loan.
The longer the duration of the loan, the higher the interest rate. Loans are structured so that
you pay off the interest every month, but you only pay the principal at the very end, so you
need to make sure you have the money to pay off the loan when it comes due.
33. Click on the 10 year loan.
34. Click Accept in the Loan Offer popup.
35. Click Close.
Soon your tracks will be completed. We should make sure that they have the right number
of engines assigned to them. Rather than click each one, let’s do all of them at once.
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