Mission 1 - Wild West | The USA Campaign Transport Fever Guide

Introduction

The dawn of giant American transport companies stands before you. Most missions will give you a great freedom (or shall I say "liberty") in the choice of the path you want to follow to achieve your goals. One great advantage of American transport is the railway. In almost every scenario the roads are already established, which will certainly help in the development of your company.

The game doesn't clearly specify which tasks are those mandatory to finish the given mission. At the beginning of every mission you will see a chart with all the available objectives. There will also be some tips about each mission and some screenshots.

Completing missions

Your main objective is to link the Cheyenne station with the other end of the map - the Promontory Summit. There are two things that have to be taken care of before that, however:

Deliver grain. Establish a connection between Cheyenne farm and the grain storage. As the description says, two horse wagons will suffice to support this route, and you can leave it be until the mission ends.

Connect Cheyenne and Laramie. Build rail tracks from the station in Cheyenne, down the valley (to minimize the cost). Build a passenger and a cargo station near the tools factory. It will soon become useful.

Connect Laramie and Rawlins (side objective: negotiate with Indians). There are two choices now: the first one is to take the tracks North, bypassing the mountain chain and the Indian village. You can, however, bribe the Indians to let you pass through their territory - it will cost more or less the same as the first option, but the tracks will go along a shorter path. Build a passenger station in Rawlins, and a cargo station near the mine, and create a connection with the factory. Make sure the train is 6-8 cars long - this will generate the profits necessary during the latter part of the game.

Connect Rawlins and Everstone via at least three wells. The road is straight, nice, and simple - the only difficulty is designing the line so that at least three wells are included. The areas with water are marked by green circles. Build another station. After finishing the task, you'll face a difficult situation - the workers are on strike. You can either pay them, or leave the situation to solve itself. Better pay now and avoid troubles in the future.

"Get to work!". Deliver iron to make tools before proceeding with building the rail tracks. If you already built the connection with the factory, this quest will be completed immediately.

Connect Everstone and Ogden, and then with the last station - Promontory Summit. Build the tracks along the road - the elevation is the least significant there. Build the last station in Ogden and take the rail road across the river, and up to the last station. The exact location where you join it with the city isn't important.

Stop a train at every station up to Promontory Summit. Now you can liquidate the cargo train - take it to a depot, sell all cargo cars, add in one passenger car, and connect all existing stations from first to last. Fast forward the time to spare the wait.

Medals

Dry spell. When connecting the cities of Rawlins and Everstone, the rail road should be designed so as to include the green areas (wells). You can also build the tracks straight to the town, only branching out to the wells. Remember to do that before building a station.

The golden nugget is hidden here.

Hidden treasure. When you're done building a considerable part of the rail tracks, you will automatically unlock a side activity - finding a golden nugget. First, click the question mark in Rawlins, then in Larama, and then in the Indian camp. If you have a hard time finding these places, there's a "crosshair" icon in the task window - it centers the camera on the objective. The gold is hidden on a hill, a bit north from one of the wells found along the way from Rawlins to Everstone. You'll find a lone tree and a big stone. Select the ground leveling tool and dig approximately where the shadow of the tree ends.

Tool factory. The aim is to produce the tools ASAP. It's best to build the rail tracks connecting the factory even before reaching Everstone.

Beat the competition. If you'll act quickly, without waiting time, you will obtain this medal without any problems. Remember that you can build also when the game is paused (you have to resume the game to complete quests).

Happy investors. It's easy to get this achievement if you're building simple and inexpensive fragments, and if you build the tool factory connection rather soon. It will provide a nice little income - sell the train when it's no longer needed so it doesn't generate any costs without necessity.