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• The best way to manage your tracks is to check your Track List screen every once in a while. Track List shows you all the different tracks that you own, both finished and under construction. Open up the screen and click on the Utilization header at the top. This will sort the tracks by how bad their traffic problems are. Open the Track Details screen for the first track by clicking on the arrow to the right of it. Fix this track by adding/removing/upgrading the engines assigned to it, then move to the next track either by clicking on the right arrow next to the track name, or moving the mouse wheel while the pointer is over the name. One easy shortcut: Wherever you see the Utilization lights (the zigzag lights), you can add or remove engines just by clicking on the specific light that you want your Utilization to be.

• You can upgrade an engine by clicking the large arrow on its card. This will open the upgrade box. If you want to upgrade all your engines of that class, click on the upgrade button on the engine card in the train pool (the area on the right that shows all the cards). If you only want to upgrade the engines on a single track, click on the upgrade button on the engine card in the Track Slot area.

• Many tracks will not have any passenger traffic. If you have a single engine assigned to carrying passengers, and the light is red on the right, then there may not be enough traffic to justify the engine. By not running an engine, you may save money in maintenance costs.

• If you're running out of money, you may want to focus on just a few tracks. It's much better to have some high volume tracks running efficiently, and only paying maintenance for those tracks, than to run everything badly. If you take all the trains off of a track, you pay much less maintenance on that track.

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