My best effort (16,742) for map 2 in Ruling Grade.
Generally downhill, but has a ridge line to clear 1/2 way through the map. I found out that you CAN pull the max of 40 cars as long as the grade doesn't get above 1% incline. This leads to an annualised ROI of about 1.2 years. That seemed unrealistic, but the elements of operation (construction costs, land purchase, rolling stock, payment per car, turnaround time) have been kept within 1900's era numbers. I just checked what railway companies could make and a 1-2 year ROI was actually on the cards so it'll do for now.
A whole bunch of tweaks coming, including:
- Ruling grade marker
- Proper GIS data for more realistic maps
- Ghost mode for downloaded tracks
- Global highscore
