THE BENEFITS OF A FREIGHT TRAIN EXPLAINED
The theory behind the Freight Train, is that, once you despatch it....it visits 140 hypothetical markets. Freight Trains are designed to bring you an extra way of getting high demand products, from outside markets.
It works on the same principal as the Semi Truck and it will cost you coins to despatch it, and it is with this money, that the train, purchases goods for you, from all those markets. Each Long Car, will bring you back specific items, so you need to purchase the cars, that are going to be most beneficial to you. Once your train returns, you will then need to unload it, and all those high demand items, will at that point, go to your storage, ready for use in your facilities.
The Trains are not to be considered a replacement for Facilities, or to be compared to them. They are not meant for that purpose. They are meant as an alternative source , for obtaining high demand items, once you have exhausted every avenue with your Facilities.
Further to this, and probably the main reason why people purchase a freight train, is due to the great benefits, it gives you, when working friends facilities.
As standard, the Mayor currently works 50% of facilities, for everyone, regardless of whether they have a train or not. However, if you have a train, the Mayor will work an extra 5% , for each Car that you have attached to your train. This means, if you have a train with 10 cars attached, the Mayor will work 100% of your friends facilities, which in turn, means that you get to work them, by only having to click once, on each farm. This substantially reduces the amount of time, that you have to spend, working friends facilities, and also allows you more time, to help more friends, which of course, is also helping yourself.
Further to this, if you now have two trains with 10 cars attached to each engine, the Mayor will also work 100% of all farms for you. This means that you would no longer have to travel from farm to farm, or click to work any facilities. The principal is the same as before, whereas, everyone will get approx 40% of help from the Mayor as standard. This means that the Mayor will travel to 40% of farms. With each car that you have attached to a second engine, this percentage will increase, and reach 100% when you have attached 10 cars to your second train.
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It works on the same principal as the Semi Truck and it will cost you coins to despatch it, and it is with this money, that the train, purchases goods for you, from all those markets. Each Long Car, will bring you back specific items, so you need to purchase the cars, that are going to be most beneficial to you. Once your train returns, you will then need to unload it, and all those high demand items, will at that point, go to your storage, ready for use in your facilities.
The Trains are not to be considered a replacement for Facilities, or to be compared to them. They are not meant for that purpose. They are meant as an alternative source , for obtaining high demand items, once you have exhausted every avenue with your Facilities.
Further to this, and probably the main reason why people purchase a freight train, is due to the great benefits, it gives you, when working friends facilities.
As standard, the Mayor currently works 50% of facilities, for everyone, regardless of whether they have a train or not. However, if you have a train, the Mayor will work an extra 5% , for each Car that you have attached to your train. This means, if you have a train with 10 cars attached, the Mayor will work 100% of your friends facilities, which in turn, means that you get to work them, by only having to click once, on each farm. This substantially reduces the amount of time, that you have to spend, working friends facilities, and also allows you more time, to help more friends, which of course, is also helping yourself.
Further to this, if you now have two trains with 10 cars attached to each engine, the Mayor will also work 100% of all farms for you. This means that you would no longer have to travel from farm to farm, or click to work any facilities. The principal is the same as before, whereas, everyone will get approx 40% of help from the Mayor as standard. This means that the Mayor will travel to 40% of farms. With each car that you have attached to a second engine, this percentage will increase, and reach 100% when you have attached 10 cars to your second train.
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