New Goods, Cars & Mystery Cabooses

New Goods and Cars

• Added Grain as a new good.
• Added Mail as a new good.
• Added the Grain Hopper car for transporting Grain.
• Added the Railway Post Office car for transporting Mail.
• Cross-Country now produces Grain.
• International now produces Mail.

Economy and Balance Update

• Tourist Bay now offers the best price for Grain.
• Frontier now offers the best price for Mail.
• Added secondary Grain and Mail demand at additional destinations.
• Balanced the new goods so every cargo type remains valuable somewhere on the map.
• The trip assembly screen now displays your projected Top Speed and Estimated Time, making the tradeoff between more cargo and slower travel clearer.

Mystery Caboose Draws

• Cabooses are now purchased through a mystery draw for 15 Tickets.
• The draw cycles through the available cabooses before revealing your prize.
• All 9 caboose types are available, each with equal 1-in-9 odds.
• The shop displays every possible caboose, its bonus, odds, and how many you own.
• Added new purchase-confirmation and prize-reveal popups.

Caboose Rules

• Cabooses provide powerful bonuses for one trip.
• Your caboose is consumed only when the trip finishes.
• Cancelling a trip returns the caboose to your inventory.

Visual and Interface Improvements

• Cars now appear behind the engine in the order you selected them.
• Improved the appearance and alignment of freight-car wheels and underframes.
• Made the shop’s “New offers in…” timer larger, darker, and easier to read.
• Pressing Escape now opens the Options menu in-game and from the main menu.

Speed and Trip Improvements

• Long, heavily loaded trains now move more clearly on screen without changing their actual trip time.
• Arrival slowdown now begins only within the final 0.75 miles of the destination.
• Fixed visual-speed settings being suppressed for too long at the start of long trips.