Ukraine

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Download: Ukraine

Here’s my Eastern Europe map for “Railroads!”. Centered on Ukraine, it stretches from Poland to Iraq, and from Russia to the Balkans. Unzip Ukraine.zip into your My DocumentsMy GamesSid Meier’s Railroads!

Eastern Europe (Ukraine)

Includes Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Austria, Turkey, Greece and several other Eastern European countries.

Key features:

  • Large 15×15 size map
  • Semi-realistic DEM (Digital Elevation Model) based terrain
  • Lots of European towns and cities, accurately placed as far as possible

The Single-player Scenario includes these three eras::

  • 1850-1889: “The first era”In 1883 the first Express d’Orient left Paris for Vienna. Vienna remained the terminus until 1883. You must build your fledgling railway by establishing an extension to the Orient Express route, to take passengers from Austria to Varna in Bulgaria. From here they will cross by ferry to Istanbul. Later you will expand your network to include Istanbul, and Moscow.
    • Connect Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Varna,
    • Build terminals in both Vienna and Varna.
    • Deliver the first Orient Express passengers from Vienna to Varna.
    • Try to gain at least a 20 percent share in another rail company.
  • 1890-1939: “The second era” You must develop your expanding railway empire by connecting the major cities of Moscow and Istanbul.
    • Connect Moscow to Istanbul.
    • Upgrade your depots in Moscow and Istanbul to terminals.
    • Deliver 20 loads of milk to the cheese factory in Moscow.
      Deliver 20 loads of wool to the carpet makers in Istanbul.
    • Attain a net worth of 10 million Rubles.
  • 1940-1980: “The third era”You must build income from your railway empire by expanding freight operations.
    • Connect Baku, Tbilisi, and Ceyhan to provide economic infrastructure to support the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. This pipeline will one day bring oil from the Caspian Sea oilfields around Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the port of Ceyhan on Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast. (While you’re at it, you might want to connect into the Kirkuk oilfields in Iraq as well.)
    • Deliver 50 loads of oil to the marine transport terminal in Ceyhan.
      Deliver 50 loads of cars (and tractors) from Moscow to any city that requires them.
    • Attain a net worth of 20 million Rubles.
    • Achieve a 70% stake in another company.

New feature, ratings

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Along with the change from 7z to zip I also spent some time adding a ratings system.

The system is a three star plus, one .  My reqonmandation for voting style goes like this:

  • A vote of 3 stars means a above average quality map
  • 2 stars would be an average map
  • Below average is 1 star

Rate a map based on how much fun you had on it, on how well the map’s terrain was planned and painted, but beyond everything let your opinion guide you.

I would please ask that you do not rate a map down because of crashes, slow downs, or other major problems. If a map has a bug please leave a comment notifying of such, I will try and determine the problem and fix it, or if I am unable to I will forward it to someone who can.

These ratings should help newcomers as well as long term players in finding fun, new and or simply over looked maps.

So please vote, and do so knowing that you are helping others enjoy the SMR experience.

New file format

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I have changed the compression used for the maps. Instead of using .7z now everything is compressed in .zip. While I love 7-zip, the best file compression program in existence, the use of .7z and the need for a user to have 7-zip installed acted as a deterrent to new players. So this afternoon I took a few hours and converted everything to zip. These files will be larger than their 7z counterparts but they are still small as far as downloads go.

Because I did some things automated some of the links may lead to non-existent files. If you encounter a 404 page anywhere on this site please leave a comment on the page that it was linked from, I will be sure to fix it right away.

San Francisco

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Download: San Francisco CIC

Make the rails sing around the Bay Area.
A trip around San Francisco Bay sounds like a plan. Simple economy starting with mail from villages.
Twelve industries available to cities. Seventeen products to move between cities.
There are several starting villages and several other villages all with one industry each.
No custom content. Original Map designed by Calm Dragon using USGS DEM data.

This map is for intermediate players.
There are challenging goals that you may work toward.
Have Fun and Happy Railroading!

Fancy late game bridges may crash the game back to your desktop,
though I have worked very hard not to allow that to happen.

Iceland

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Download: Iceland

Here’s my Iceland map for “Railroads!”. Obviously Iceland isn’t known for its extensive rail network,
(Iceland has no rail network) but I think it makes quite a playable game map.

Unzip Iceland.zip into your My DocumentsMy GamesSid Meier’s Railroads!

Iceland

Craggy, Volcanic Isle in the North Atlantic

This scenario covers Iceland

Key features:

The Single-player Scenario includes these three eras::

  • 1850-1890: “The volcanic isle” It is 1850. You must feed the coastal villages of Iceland
    with fish and bring in the
    milkfrom the dairies.

    • Supply 20 carloads of milk to any village.
    • Deliver 20 carloads of fish to any town with a cannery.
    • Try to maintain at least a 20 percent share in your own company.
  • 1891-1930: “Mail by Rail” It is 1891. Encourage the growth of villages into towns by
    running an efficient mail delivery service.
    Then focus your efforts on building passengertraffic.

    • Move at least 20 cars of mail between villages, to attract trade to your stations.
    • Move at least 30 cars of passengers.
    • Build or purchase a textile mill in any town to support the Icelandic knitwear industry.
    • Attain a net worth of ISK10 million.
    • Expand your empire by buying a 50% stake in another company.
  • 1931-1980: “The modern era” It is 1931. Deliver the distinctive knitwear produced by your textile mills.
    Connect Akureyri
    to Reykjavik and meet the demand for
    medical suppliesat either hospital.

    • Connect Reykjavik
      to Akureyri,
      the principal town in the North.
    • Deliver 20 carloads of Icelandic knitwear to any town demanding clothing.
    • Deliver 20 carloads of medicine
      to Akureyrior Reykjavik.
    • Be the last railroad standing.