Mission 3 - Panama Canal | The USA Campaign Transport Fever Guide

A great challenge stands before you - building a great canal for maritime transport. The main objective will be to excavate the remaining (the bulk of) the canal. First, however, you'll have to get certain things sorted:

Supply the central warehouse. Two straightforward road connection; 2-3 cars will quickly get this thing over with.

Drain swamps. Each point here requires sending 10 planks. First, a connection with the nearby saw mill has to be established. The second line should take care to transport the wood to all of the places: if the saw mill is A, and the subsequent stations are B and C, then just one line need be created: A-B-A-C-A-D - this will allow a single train to cover the whole situation.

The initial network of stone distribution - first the water dams, then the stone dumps.

Build dams and remove the excavated stones. The excavation site has 5000 units of stone that have to be removed. Doing this thing smoothly will require hasty action. First, prioritize building the dams, removing the stone should be taken care of later. Remember that the Northern dam is located a bit further and requires more stone. In case of using trains on this line, remember to send twice as much trains to the Northern dam. The trains can also be send North - then use road transport to move the 1000 stone units - the road transportation is more consistent. Then, take care of removing the excavated stone. Make sure that the number of cars removing the stone remains in the following relation: 5 cars North for every 3 cars to the Gamboa bridge dump. The removing of the stone should be consistent if carried out this way - passing loops and double train tracks will be very useful.

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Pride of the nation. Finish the mission before 1924. It's going to be challenging if you don't approach the mission with vehemence since the very beginning. Finish the first task ASAP to be able to focus on moving the stone, while gradually expanding the transport fleet. There's one hindrance in this mission, which might not be that obvious - remember that the Northern dam requires more stone and is located further away, so that's where you want to set the first rail track lines.

Secure funding. Squirreling away the money is not welcomed in this mission - the player can not have more than ten million dollars. Utilize the money to constantly develop your lines; if everything works perfectly, you can just purposelessly spend money.

Astonish the doctor. There are four big areas marked with green circles. Avoid building anything there and plant some additional tress. When you notice that the uptrend is constant, you can leave things be and just wait for successful conclusion.

Landslide. Along with your profits, systematically expand your lines with more vehicles to increase the distribution of stone.

Fair distribution. As already mentioned, the distribution of stone should begin after the dams have been constructed. You will have to move 1000 units of stone to both locations. Chose the relation of the transport carefully - in the worst case, you can cease the transportation in one line or reinforce one of lines with additional vehicles from the other line. Anything like 40% - 60% or better will be accepted.