Coal Valley

Map Difficulty: Easy

Starting Amount of Money: $20000

Starter Engine: Class C

Terrain Roughness: Low

Description

Coal Valley is a map set in a temperate region with sparse forests and rolling hills. It is the easiest map to expand on due to it being largely flat with closely spaced industries, as well as said industries not being located at drastically different elevations allowing for easy and cheap expansion. It is an excellent map for beginner railroaders looking to get started.

Initial Depot Configuration

Coal Valley's initial depot configuration offers:

• Two tracks and a switch
• Class C
• Coaling Station
• 3x 17' Stake Wagons
• 3x 20' Flat Wagons
• 2x 10 Ton Ballast Wagons

Industries

There are 13 industry locations for players to interact with for transportation on this map. Coal Valley has the Distillery, which is a tier 2 location originally unique to this map (Maple Ridge now also has a distillery). The Distillery takes both Cordwood and Grain to create Rum that players can sell back at their Freight Depot. Rum can be transported in a Ballast Wagon, a 10 Ton Tank Wagon, or a 14 Ton Open Wagon.

Industry Chain

Everything in the "Items Required for Production" section must be fulfilled for the location to produce items unless stated otherwise.
Bonus items increase production times for a location.

Tier in Chain	Location	Items Required for Production	Bonus Items Used [Multipliers]	Items Produced
I	Forest Camp	No Items Required	Tools	Logs, Cordwood
I	Farm	No Items Required	Tools	Cattle, Grain
II	Lumber Mill	Logs	Coal, Machinery	Lumber, Beams
II	Distillery	Grain, Cordwood,	Pipes, Iron Ingots	Rum
II	Slaughterhouse	Cattle, Cordwood	Tools	Leather, Food, Grease
III	Copper Mine	Lumber, Coal OR Cordwood	Machinery, Tools, Rails	Copper Ore, Gravel
III	Tannery	Leather, Cordwood	Tools	Textiles
III	Iron Mine	Lumber, Beams	Tools, Rails	Iron Ore, Gravel
III	Quarry	Beams	Tools	Cut Stone, Gravel, Coal
IV	Smelter	Iron Ore, Cordwood OR Coal	Tools	Iron Ingots, Rails
IV	Copper Works	Copper Ore, Cordwood OR Coal	Tools	Copper Ingots, Pipes
V	Machine Shop	Coal, Copper Ingots OR Iron Ingots	Grease	Tools, Machinery
VI	Coal Mine	Rails, Lumber, Tools, Beams	Machinery	Coal, Gravel

Trivia

• An upcoming map, Anthracite Plains, is expected to be a "Coal Valley 2.0" that improves upon the original.

Pictures

• Image by fadhelraden
  Image by fadhelraden
• Image by physigist
  Image by physigist
• Physigist prepares to leave the Machine Shop with a load of machinery bound for the Copper Mines.
  Physigist prepares to leave the Machine Shop with a load of machinery bound for the Copper Mines.