The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

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The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

May 14, 2009, 03:38:39 pm

1930
The company Big Bucks Bus and Rail was founded with 500.000 in start funds. The major investors in the company were 18 local villages, to ensure growth and development in their region. The idea was that a new transport network would lead the region out of the dark 20's and into times of booming economical growth, and attracting more people to their small villages. All 15 towns had between 700 and 1500 living there, so growth was needed to prevent them from being abandoned.

The strategy of BBBR was to first connect the large northern cluster of cities by bus, before doing the same with the other two clusters. Then a rail network between the clusters will take care of the longer intercity transport. All this has to be done without ever putting the company in debt.

To ensure a rapid growth the region also demanded that a post service was up and running from the start.

Long-Term expectations from the owners:
Start building a p****enger and mail network

Some key numbers:
Largest 5 cites
Brentden    1507
Maliborough    1382
Appington    1185
Oldfield    956
Brentchester 931

Total inhabitants in region: 16 343

Pictures coming soon!

PAK 128 102,0

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #1 – May 14, 2009, 04:08:43 pm

I like the idea that villages invested the company. It sounds so convincing.

One thing is that cities never shrink. I wished some fluctuation but ST is aiming to be
general and all 100% player input dependent so...

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Reply #2 – May 14, 2009, 07:06:13 pm

City stories were one of the best parts of the SimCity4 community. I look forward to see where you take this.

(And welcome to the forum!)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #3 – May 14, 2009, 10:53:18 pm

Here is a picture of the map, as you see most of the cities are located in the northeast. At the same time two of the largest cities are located in the southwest. Conntecting them is going to be expensive, but important to max the growth of all the cites!

I'll try to post pictures regulary, is it possible to include them in between the text and not ads attachment? And which fileformat and quality is best?

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #4 – May 14, 2009, 11:02:03 pm

Start of 1931
After one year of operation 13 of the villages were connected to the transportation network, and the region had seen a growth of 437 people (2,6%). Most of this was done by busses, but one major rail line was opened between Brentham and Springborough, but lack of money prevented this form carrying mail. Demanding a minimum load of 75% also made the train wait in the stations for some time, but helped keeping the costs down.

The strategy of connecting the closest cites first were of course not to welcomed by the majors of Appington and Brentden, being two of the largest villages the citizens there felt overlooked. The two villages in the southwest demanded that their cities soon should be connected to the other cites!

On the same time the company had used up almost all their cash, and still generated little profit. Only the last month gave a small profit of 140. Especially the post lines were losing money fast! In total the company lost almost 31k in the first year! At the same time several stations were crowded because of small busses. To solve this, the owners allowed the company to close down some of the smaller postal services for a period of time. By doing this money will be available to invest in larger busses, and hopefully generating some profit over the next year.

Expectations from the owners’ annual meeting:
Get a monthly profit! **URGENT**
Get Appington and Brentden connected.
Get the postal service up to normal standard when possible.

Key numbers:
Proceeds: 90196,54
Operational Profit: -30886,17

Traveled: 24184

41 lines (40 road and 1 rail)
17 RVg-KS 33
7 RVg-KS 45
1 RVg-KS 69
19 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck
1 RVg 2-3-0

5 largest cities:
Brendten 1507 (0)
Maliborough 1439 (+57)
Appington 1185 (0)
Brentchester 967 (+36)
Oldfield 966 (+10)

Total inhabitants in region: 16 780 (+437)

The two southern towns:

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Reply #5 – May 16, 2009, 09:47:19 am

Start of 1932
The annual owners meeting of 1932 was a dramatic one, even though the company managed to deliver promising result both financially and on city growth. The company managed to get a profit of 23647, and no less than 50729 travels were conducted (both persons and mail. Most of the cities could also report of a increase in inhabitants. A surplus of 652 people (3,74%) made most of the majors happy. Most happy of them all were Al Harper, mayor in Brentham, a town which got 76 new people last year, thats 7% growth in one year!

So why was it such a dramatic meeting? The biggest cause of unrest was the news that one of the company employees managed to withdraw 13580 from the company bank accounts before disapearing.* By writing false bills he was able to steal a sum equal to over half the profit. A heated discussion ended in that half the board had to be exchanged and new financial control systems being installed. As if this wasn’t enough, the mayors of Appington and Brendten demanded to see some returns on the money the villages had invested. This lead to a promise that a local bus service was to be established in the two villages during 1932.

In his speech to the owners the company director told about the successful upgrading of capacity last year, an upgrade which made the company able to move much more people each month. In this way the stations were less crowded and more people chose bus over car! He emphasized the urge to continue this the next year as well. He wanted to wait a bit longer to reopen the four mail lines which were closed last year, but ensured that the reopening of them, and fitting the train between Brentham and Springborugh with a mail wagon were important goals of the company

Expectations from the owners meeting:
Make a local bus-service in Appington and Brendten during 1932
Try to increase the yearly profit
Get the postal service up to normal standard when possible.

Key numbers:
Proceeds: 197494,28
Operational Profit: 23647,47

Traveled: 50729

37 lines (36 road and 1 rail) (+4 inactive mail lines)
12 RVg-KS 33 ( -5)
5 RVg-KS 45 (-2)
14 RVg-KS 69 (+13 (!) )
15 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (-4)
1 RVg 2-3-0

5 largest cities
Brendten 1507 (0)
Maliborough 1507 (+68)
Appington 1185 (0)
Brentham 1037 (+76)
Brentchester 1021 (+54)

Total inhabitants in region: 17 432 (+652)

The map of 1932:

*To be honest: The missing money is actually my fault when I placed some rails out in nowhere by mistake, but hey, crime is a much more fun excuse

**Is there an easy way to post pictures? The screenshots are to big, and seems to be in to bad quality if I resize them enough to fit more than one picture per post.

*** Feel free to give feedback, questions and ideas.

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #6 – May 16, 2009, 10:18:57 am

You can upload images practically everywhere.

http://files.simutrans-germany.com/
http://imageshack.us/
http://photobucket.com/
http://tinypic.com/
http://www.picamatic.com/
...

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Reply #7 – May 16, 2009, 12:56:58 pm

How do I post them in the forum afterwords?

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Reply #8 – May 16, 2009, 01:02:48 pm

Code: [Select]

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Reply #9 – May 16, 2009, 01:12:17 pm

Updated with some pictures!

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Reply #10 – May 16, 2009, 01:32:08 pm

Start of 1933
Before the annual owners meeting of 1933 there were many rumors about a new scandal in BBBR. Many still remembered the fraud of last year, and feared that something similar had happened again. But the meeting was a rather dull one, no scandals or controversy. This had been a year of consolidation and a small expansion. Even the mayors of the southwest were happy with the opening of a local line between their two villages. These villages even saw a small growth of 14 people last year. The happiest mayor of the all were of course the major of Maliborough, the new monument had led to an amazing growth of 463 people, making them the largest village of the all. This village alone had over 40% of the total growth of 1021 people, giving the region a total of 18453 inhabitants. Could they reach 20000 before the calendar turned to 1. Jan 1935?

(The new statue of Malliborough)

The company leaders reported a steady operation, even though the new line in southwest meant that they only could net a profit of 19294, down over 4000 from last year. Even though more people were moving to region, the p****enger numbers increase by just less than 5000 or around 9%. There was a growing number of new buildings not longer covered by a stop or station. To ensure continued growth the mayors demanded that during the next year new stops and stations were built were needed!

(Brentham is growing, but whats with all those roads?)

Expectations from the owners meeting:
Make sure the villages have adequate stop coverage.
Try to increase the yearly profit
Get the postal service up to normal standard when possible.
20000 people living in the region by 1.jan 1935

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 203304,03
Operational Profit: 19294,43

Traveled: 55489

38 lines (37 road and 1 rail) (+4 inactive mail lines)
10 RVg-KS 33 ( -2)
3 RVg-KS 45 (-2)
14 RVg-KS 69 (0)
15 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (-4)
1 RVg 2-3-0

5 largest cities
Maliborough 1970 (+463)
Brendten 1514 (+7)
Appington 1192 (+7)
Brentham 1098 (+61)
Brentchester 1073 (+52)

Total inhabitants in region: 18 453 (+1021)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #11 – May 17, 2009, 10:20:19 pm

Don't now if anyone is reading and is interested, but here's a new update!

Start of 1934
This year was a slow year, not much new to report. A local bus line in Brentham opened - since the city got a new monument! This got Brentham up to over 1500 inhabitants. Beside that most of the revenue was used to buy new busses, in an atempt to get all p****engers quicker to and from Brentham Train Station. The situation is much better now, but there is an obvious need to get a railroad from Brentham to Springfield.

(Blue is the two villages I want to connect, the green are the two towns all p****engers now have to travel to from the northern cluster.)

This would make transportation much easier and quicker. To finance this the owners meeting was presented with a new an ambitious plan:
- A wooden rail line form Brentham to Springfield (Around 30000)
- A New train with two Kei Kiha22 (28700 a piece)

The Directors wanted to finance this by doing three things:
- Exchanging the 1 RVg 2-3-0 with a double Kei Kiha22 (around 20 000)
- Selling most of the busses between Heppfield - Hillville - Brentham and some other (20 000-30 000)
- The rest is financed by loans

The discussion was high and loud, not going into debt was one of the important demands in the start! This meant that the villages moneys was even more at risk! The drop in profit the last two years gave even more reasons not to do this! In the end the company was allowed to do this, but the mayors demanded that this should be for as short period of time as possible!

Expectations from the owners meeting:
Build the new rail line as planned, but under strict financially control!
Increase the yearly profit *URGENT*
20000 by 1. jan 1935 (only 619 more needed!)
Get the postal service up to normal standard when possible.

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 213524,39
Operational Profit: 17828,6

Traveled: 61392

39 lines (38 road and 1 rail) (+4 inactive mail lines)
10 RVg-KS 33 ( 0)
4 RVg-KS 45 (+1)
20 RVg-KS 69 (+6)
15 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (-4)
1 RVg 2-3-0

5 largest cities:
Maliborough 2082 (+112)
Brendten 1531 (+17)
Brentham 1520 (+422)
Appington 1204 (+12)
Brentchester 1112 (+39)

Total inhabitants in region: 19381

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #12 – May 17, 2009, 11:12:44 pm

I've enjoyed reding it so far. And the topic has 248 views, so there seem to be some peope who read it.

But i don't really have proposals. Or some other clever answer.

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Reply #13 – May 18, 2009, 02:13:04 am

Just wanted to say I've been following along too. Please keep it going!

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Reply #14 – May 18, 2009, 12:44:21 pm

Start of 1935
The meeting started with a nervous crowd eager to hear the newest numbers, had the profit increased? Do we have over 20000 people in the region now? Is the company in debt, or did they manage to get in enough cash to end the year with money in the bank account? When the company CEO walked up on the podium, all eyes and ear were following him. He put up a big smile and started by saying: "Friends! I've got good news to you all! The Region now has 20427 people living here! This means that since we started with a dream five years ago, 4084 People have moved here... An increase in the population by 24,3%!" The crowed step up on their chairs and gave him a loud applause. "And we're no stopping there! Today I will present to you calculation that shows that this region could become much bigger in the years to come!" He then presented a graph showing different scenarios about how much the region would grow. In ten years the region could have between 30000 and 36500 inhabitants!

(expected population with 4, 5 and 6% growth)

He then continued to tell the regions mayors how great a success the new rail line had been! By opening it the profit increased by over 14000, with expectations that it would go even higher next year. Finally the company was starting to see a better economical foundation! The building cost had been a bit higher than expected. Since the owners meeting demanded that the company should try to stay out of debt, the board had decided to close down all postal service in the southern cluster. The new train type prevented that mail could be carried between the clusters in the near future, leaving the southern cluster isolated and out of profit. The board did promise that an alternative mail service should be opened in the south, with much lower capacity.

(Brentham with a the expanded train station, and now three stops to cover the whole city)

The new rail line alters peoples travel pattern so now the transport network needs some capacity adjustments, so the next year will be a year without much new, but the board promised that they would work on new plans. The mayors of the south west, seeing their towns growing slower that the rest of the region, once more demanded that they should be connected to the rest of the region. One small bus line between the two villages wasn't enough for them anymore.

Expectations from the owners meeting:
Keep the villages growing!
Get some mailservice in the southern cluster!
Start to work on plans to connect the southwestern towns to the rest

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 233669,67
Operational Profit: 32113

Traveled: 63869

35 lines (33 road and 2 rail) (+8 inactive mail lines)
10 RVg-KS 33 ( 0)
3 RVg-KS 45 (-1)
15 RVg-KS 69 (-5)
11 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (-4)
0 RVg 2-3-0 (-1)
2 (x2) Kei Kiha 22 (+2)

5 Largest Cities:
Maliborough 2180 (+98)
Brentham 1578 (+58)
Brendten 1537 (+6)
Oldfield 1514 (+421)
Appington 1207 (+3)

Total innhabitants: 20427 (+1046)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #15 – May 18, 2009, 01:35:15 pm

Second update in a short time, but hope to get some feedback on future strategy in this!

Start of 1936
After the last triumphant meeting, this year was much quitter. Not because it had been a bad years, it was just not so much new to announce. The profit had risen to almost 42000, the region saw 1425 new people coming. the almost 7% growth in population was a new record, after monuments were built in Brentton an Appingmouth. All in all a good year it was a good year, but with not much new. BBBR built some new bus stops, to ensure good coverage, opened a new post line covering all of the south cluster and bought some new busses to prevent crowed stations, but besides that there was not much new.

For the future the board presented three possible solutions for going southwest, all of the starting from Springborough:
alt A: Building a railroad directly to Brendten
alt B: Building a railroad to Brendten via Springden
alt C: Building a railroad to Springden, then set up a boat from there to Appington
The board comment that all these alternatives would be rather expensive. So it would still be some years before they could be realized. The reason for presenting them now was to get inputs on which alternative to choose.
(Hoping to get some feedback from all you experienced players on the ST-forum! Which alternative and maybe why you would go for it...)

(The three alterntives highlighted, red(pink?) is ship, purple, blue and dark red is railroad)

The next year was expected to be another quiet year. Some of the tows might get some new stops, and some other minor adjustment. There board also wanted to build up some capital, for the future railroad southwest.

Expectations from the board:
Keep the existing network working well
Continue working on the plans for going southwest
Start to save up some money for future investments.

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 251747,33
Operational Profit: 41877,54

Traveled: 71560

37 lines (35 road and 2 rail) (+4 inactive maillines)
10 RVg-KS 33 ( 0)
4 RVg-KS 45 (+2)
18 RVg-KS 69 (+3)
12 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (+1)
2 (x2) Kei Kiha 22 (+2)

5 Largest Cities:
Maliborough 2317 (+137)
Brentham 1655 (+77)
Oldfield 1556 (+42)
Brendten 1541 (+4)
Appingmouth 1513 (+433)

Total innhabitants: 21852 (+1425)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #16 – May 18, 2009, 02:40:47 pm

I love the story. Keep going!

Looks like I'm not good enough at storytelling

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Reply #17 – May 18, 2009, 03:11:53 pm

The difficulty with the proposed rail routes is that they seem to cross very mountainous terrain: your trains will suffer a performance penalty (and will therefore be less efficient at transporting p****engers) as a result, and/or the line will be more expensive to construct and maintain. An alternative might be from Hillville through Ashmouth to Springden, then on to Brentden and Appington later.

In the meantime, a boat service might be very sensible, as boats require little infrastructure. A service could run from Springden to Appington and Brentden (the city could be linked from the docks to the town by a 'bus service). Springden could then be connected by rail with Hillville or Brentham.

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #18 – May 18, 2009, 03:21:16 pm

There is allready a busservice between Brendten and Appington. (A demand from the majors of those two villages!)

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Reply #19 – May 18, 2009, 03:32:06 pm

Ahh, sorry, missed that: it was not clear on the map. Even so, however, there would be no harm in having boats serving both towns.

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #20 – May 18, 2009, 03:37:32 pm

The question is if it is possible to make a profit on the boat without building the railroad from Springden to Brentham too.

Here is some key numbers:
Railroad from Brentham to Springden 30000+ (With wood) + a new station (5200)
Docks: 7500 each
Shipyard: 9000

And then the boat and train still is "missing"

Spingden is 847 people
Appington is 1216
Brendten 1541

There is also a House Ruins in the southwest.

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #21 – May 18, 2009, 05:37:57 pm

I would say: train from Springborough to Springden, boat from Springden to Appington. The train might be slow due to mountaineous terrain, but that won't have any effect on the speedbonus. Boat is better because there is no infrastructure involved (as jamespetts already mentioned).

Connecting the House Ruins might be a good idea as this tends to generate more p****engers (Bus from Appington or Brentden?)

But whatever your company decides, I love to read the story.

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #22 – May 18, 2009, 09:03:48 pm

airplanes! Who needs profit when you can be the envy of the nation!
(I am enjoying your story, so +1 support)

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Reply #23 – May 18, 2009, 09:21:39 pm

Asterix909,

welcome to the forums!

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Reply #24 – May 18, 2009, 09:28:11 pm

Quote from: Asterix909 – on May 18, 2009, 09:03:48 pm

airplanes! Who needs profit when you can be the envy of the nation!
(I am enjoying your story, so +1 support)

Welcome to the forum! The owners wouldn't allow me to do that... Far to expensive... Need to stick to the story!

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #25 – May 19, 2009, 02:02:36 pm

Start of 1937
On the meeting of 1937 the CEO could report a steady operation. Profit increased some thousands, 10000 more traveled and everything is working well. The company was still working on the strategy for expanding southwest. Without concluding, they could report that the expansion would demand quite a big sum of money. The plan was to save up some money last year, but the demand for a bigger train between Springborough and Brentham took most of the profit. There was also some new busses which had to be bought to remain a good service. This means that the expansion will be delayed even longer, but the CEO said that they had little choice. Of course the southwestern mayors complained on this, but got little response from the rest.

The other important case at the meeting was the region growth, for the second year in a row growth exceeded even the most optimistic scenario. Maliboruogh and Springfield got new monuments, and 1357 moved to the region. Like last year the growth were over 6%. This means that the region had a growth in the last two years of almost 2800 people!

Key numbers
Proceeds: 272089
Operational Profit: 46349

Traveled: 82667

42 lines (40 road and 2 rail) (+4 inactive mail lines)
13 RVg-KS 33 (+3)
3 RVg-KS 45 (-1)
19 RVg-KS 69 (+1)
12 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (0)
2 (x2 and x3) Kei Kiha 22 (+2)

5 Largest Cities:
Maliborough 2817 (+500)
Brentham 1729 (+74)
Oldfield 1590 (+34)
Appingmouth 1573 (+60)
Brentton 1551 (+50)

Total innhabitants: 23209 (+1357)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #26 – May 20, 2009, 10:50:44 am

I'm gonna be away for the weekend, so no new updates for som days now...
feel free to comment and/or ask question though

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Reply #27 – May 23, 2009, 06:09:44 am

This is cool as!!!

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Reply #28 – May 23, 2009, 06:56:03 pm

Hi Liefinge, I'm reading your stories too. I find them absorbing. One thing though, when you refer to town 'Majors' do you really mean 'Mayors"?

Keep 'em comming.

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Reply #29 – May 24, 2009, 09:49:50 am

In 99.17.1 pak128, my ferries always suffer a deficit, even when they are full of p****engers. They are only profitable if used as shuttle services for other transport. I don't know if it is the same with 102.0.

I suggest the following: Connect Hillville to Ashmouth, then to Springden by bus. Then use ferry service to connect Appington to a dock near Ashmouth, and connect the dock to Ashmouth by bus. The idea is to use the shortest shipping distance, because ships are not profitable (in 99.17.1) and slower.

I enjoyed reading your story too

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Reply #30 – May 24, 2009, 10:39:55 am

Colin: First of all, it's LeifInge, not LiefInge

And yes, its MaYors not majors, HEHE, thanks to Microsorf Word for not correcting it... :p Anyway, thanks for the tip! I'll try to fix my old posts!

v813: Why bus? It's gonna be wuite expensive to build and pay for the upkeep of all those roads! I see your point with the ferry, but is it not possible to to earn money on them?

The problem is that I need to find a cheap way to do this, since they don't allow me to go into red

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #31 – May 25, 2009, 12:55:25 am

Quote from: LeifInge – on May 24, 2009, 10:39:55 am

Colin: First of all, it's LeifInge, not LiefInge And yes, its MaYors not majors, HEHE, thanks to word for not correcting it... :p Anyway, thanks for the tip! I'll try to fix my old posts!

Sorry for the typo on your name, put it down to big fingers or short sight LOL.(Incidentally I knew that it was spelt wrong when read my post after posting it, but I thought what the hell it's only one letter. But! not withstanding, once again SORRY>

I would never presume to corect someone elses spelling. This was a subject for discussion on the old forum and was considered a no no. Anyway who knows what mayors are called in other countries

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #32 – May 25, 2009, 09:32:35 am

After a great weekend as a leader on youth camp, here's a new update. I would love to get some feedback on the story. Do I tell enough? Is there some information you are missing? A presentation of the villages? More statistics? More pictures? Savegames?

Start of 1938
After two years of sensational growth, 1937 was a much worse year! 702 new people gave only a 3% growth. Luckily for the company directors the company profit increased to a record high 65000. In theory this should have meant lots of cash saved up, but most of the were used to buy new busses. Only 14500 were saved, leaving the account balance at around 26600. But these good news couldn’t prevent the mayors from beeing concerned about the reduced growth. There was a large discussion about the future strategy. Some wanted to focus on the existing network, while others wanted to start the long planned expansion southwest. Several options were discussed, but the mayor of Brentham were able to gather sufficient support for making his town a main hub and starting point for the expansion.

Brentham is growing! With their new status as Hub, the trainstation is going to be crowded! Need to think of a new design for it.

The CEO was asked to present a plan based on this. From his suitcase, filled with alternative plans, he pulled up a plan with three parts:
- A railroad to Springden
- A boat from Springden to Appington
- Some new bus lines.
The plan in itself were popular, but there were some concerns about the financial part. This made the mayor decide that only the railroad should be built the next year, but with the future expansions in mind.

Expectations from the board:
Build railroad from Springden to Brendten
Watch the economy closely to prevent going into debt.

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 301773,47
Operational Profit: 65023,46

Traveled: 93441

42 lines (40 road and 2 rail) (+4 inactive maillines)
11 RVg-KS 33 (+3)
4 RVg-KS 45 (+1)
28 RVg-KS 69 (+9)
12 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (0)
2 (x2 and x3) Kei Kiha 22 (+2)

5 Largest Cities:
Maliborough 2947 (+130)
Brentham 1795 (+66)
Oldfield 1638 (+48)
Appingmouth 1632 (+59)
Brentton 1612 (+61)

Total innhabitants: 23911 (+702)

Re: The story of Big Bucks Bus and Rail

Reply #33 – May 25, 2009, 09:45:43 am

Well done so far! As to feedback, more pictures might help to make your story more engaging. Glad that your network is going well!

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Reply #34 – May 26, 2009, 01:28:40 pm

Start of 1939
After some years with little new, finally the new railroad between Brentham and Springden was opened for service. Even though the train itself were able to make a profit,the increased maintenance cost cut the profit with almost 20000. This was of course disappointing, but the CEO made sure that this was expected. The new line wasn't a moneymaker, just yet, but with future expansion southwest the investment would pay off.

The new town in the network, Springden. Need to build up some bus service, but didn't have enough money in 1938)[/]

(Brentham is starting to get the most important town in the network, The train station is not very beautiful, will try to do something with it some year soon)

For the second year in a row growth was rather slow, with 3% up to 24653 people. In order to increase growth more expansion was needed. Some of the mayors did also speak warmly about building railroads to exchange several the existing bus lines. The owners’ meeting asked that the CEO next year, on the company’s 10th anniversary, presented a vision for the future. They wanted different alternatives concerning the company strategy for the next five to ten years.

Finaly the network is starting to expand! When we get a ship from Springden to Appingmouth, then only two small villages is left.

Expectations from the board:
Continue to expand southwest, by building a ship line between Springden and Appington
Develop different alternative strategies to be presented next year.
Try to increase growth.

Key Numbers:
Proceeds: 308646,66
Operational Profit: 46429,36

Traveled: 98049

43 lines (40 road and 3 rail) (+4 inactive maillines)
11 RVg-KS 33 (0)
4 RVg-KS 45 (0)
28 RVg-KS 69 (0)
12 RVg-KS 4051 Post Truck (0)
3 (x1,x2 and x3) Kei Kiha 22 (+1)

5 Largest Cities:
Maliborough 3102 (+155)
Brentham 1876 (+81)
Appingmouth 1695 (+63)
Oldfield 1680 (+42)
Brentton 1680 (+68)

Total innhabitants: 24653 (+742)