Rail Nation Buildings: Engine House

In a world of thousands and thousands of games, it can be super tricky to figure out just what to play! Every genre is covered by games nowadays, and when it comes to trains and railways, there’s only one game for you. 

 

Rail Nation is the perfect game for anyone who has ever wanted to own their own railway system. In the game, you have to create and manage a huge rail network. Rail Nation has been around since 2013 and has millions of players, providing all interested strategy gamers and railway enthusiasts with the chance to operate their own network.

 

Rail Nation: the Basics

The main aim of the game is to collect as many Prestige Points as possible. These contribute to your eventual success in the game, so it’s a good idea to work out exactly how to get these points as abundantly and as quickly as possible. There are lots of ways of getting them, from running goods and investing in industries to competing in different competitions. 

 

There are six ‘era’ in the game, each lasting for 14 days in real-time, and fifty different cities to choose from. When you first sign up, you have to create your own avatar and also choose which city you want to start off in. It’s worth going for the city with the least amount of players in, so you have more chances to really prove yourself in the game. You’ll then go through a tutorial which will lay out the basic gameplay (and will also reward you with some of those all-important Prestige Points!) and then you’ll be ready to go. You may think that you start off with just a station - this isn’t the case, however.

 

Rail Nation: Buildings

There are eleven distinct buildings in Rail Nation, in addition to your station. These are Licence Trade, Bank, Construction Yard, Track Production, Laboratory, Station Concourse, Hotel, Restaurant, Shopping Centre, Lottery, and Engine House. These buildings are all really important in the game, as each of them contributes to the upkeep and technological advances necessary in the game to become a rail mogul and take over the whole network! The buildings all produce Prestige Points, with the more upgraded buildings supplying more points. One of the most important buildings in the game is the Engine House, so we’re going to take a look at the all-important Rail Nation Engine House.

 

Rail Nation: Engine House

The buildings in Rail Nation are all as important as each other in order to succeed in the game, but we’re going to have a look at the Rail Nation Engine House, which is an essential building in progressing gameplay. Often discussed amongst players of the game, the Rail Nation Engine House is often said to be the most important building to keep upgraded. The Engine House, in effect, determines the number of engines you can own. With each upgrade to the Rail Nation Engine House, you have the capabilities of storing more engines - but it is worth knowing that there is a limit to how many engines you can own in each era. The Rail Nation Engine House is essential in the game is it is the best for profits and city growth. You’ll definitely want to make sure the Engine House is upgraded and increased in size as soon as possible until the maximum level for the era is reached.

 

Engine House: Upgrade Times

Here’s a handy table that will tell you the maximum number of engines per era, along with upgrade cost and time, and the amount of Prestige Points you can earn.

 

Era	Max. Number of Trains	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Base Time	Prestige Points
1	1	-	-	-
	2	5,000	2s	2
	3	12,000	2m	5
	4	45,000	1h	10
	5	200,000	3h	15
	6	400,000	4h 30m	20
	7	600,000	6h	25
2	8	850,000	8h	30
	9	1,200,000	12h	35
	10	1,750,000	14h	40
	11	2,200,000	16h	45
3	12	2,750,000	19h	50
	13	3,300,000	20h	60
	14	3,800,000	21h	70
	15	4,500,000	23h	80
4	16	5,300,000	24h	90
	17	6,000,000	24h	100
	18	6,500,000	24h	110
	19	7,000,000	24h	120

 

 

 

 

The era’s go up to six, but for now, this should give you a good indication of the timings and prices for upgrading your Rail Nation Engine House. The maximum number of engines you can own in era six is 25, and the times for upgrading don’t get longer than 24 hours.

 

Final Thoughts

So there’s some useful information regarding the Rail Nation Engine House, one of the most important and useful buildings in the game. As you can see in the table above, the Prestige Points that the Engine House generates are pretty good, so it’s definitely a building you should really consider keeping upgraded at all times.