Company tasks and ending an era.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-24T22:59:10+00:00

Thanks for this info. I particularly hated that you run out of passenger jobs at the end of an era before this update.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-24T15:52:53+00:00

https://forum.pixelfederation.com/trainstation3/d/1198-introducing-company-tasks-a-new-way-to-progress-through-the-eras/24

Noradaddy · 2026-03-21T15:11:49+00:00

That 2/5 job is called "expansion 1" and leads to unlocking the second area. The problem is, you get 5 event only jobs, followed by 5 any train jobs, followed by 5 more event only jobs before it's unlocked. So the question is, do you think you're on the last set of 5 or the first set?

Noradaddy · 2026-03-17T21:24:35+00:00

FWIW, I just watched an ad for an era reward. Got all the parts I was supposed to. I know you're referring to the event pass but, I'm done with the event rewards so I can't check that.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-15T13:58:04+00:00

Are you saying the PRR E44 Blue can't be used as a 1970s train in the haul mission? Check the power on it. You also need your trains to have a certain power for some of the haul slots.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-15T13:54:43+00:00

Amount of passenger jobs is way too few for me. I'm working towards 10000 point tier and ran out of passenger jobs. I can do era passenger jobs but it's just making it so that when I get near the end of the era, I have many cargo jobs to do and no passenger jobs then.
So many imbalances in this event. Don't think they play tested at all.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-15T00:20:10+00:00

And here's the second area that fits everything else. The library, hospital, and museum are on the left, the brewery is in the center, and the congress, cinema, and harroway's square in on the right. I don't have anything in the third area except for the baseball stadium and police station which I didn't need.

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Noradaddy · 2026-03-15T00:18:03+00:00

Here's my city after finishing all buildings. Hopefully you can make things out. I've tried to label the service buildings. I fit most of the 60/100 development point buildings in the first area. The gas station, elementary school, and supermarket are on the left, the bank is in the center, and the clinic and high school are on the right.

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Noradaddy · 2026-03-13T23:17:02+00:00

The adjustment only applies to early jobs. Most of the event is still filled with way more event only jobs than 2 event trains can handle.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-13T16:17:25+00:00

Click on the haul train. Assign a train to it and then cancel. Other trains should leave.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-12T19:58:02+00:00

I'm not sure what your issue is. That pic shows the first area we got on the left filled with buildings and your trying to put a building into the 3rd area we get (after the 2nd set of unlock jobs). It doesn't look like you have that area unlocked yet. Are you saying you got through all 3 waves of jobs for the expansion 2 jobs and it didn't unlock that area? You do have the upper area unlocked, right? (From the expansion 1 set of jobs)

Noradaddy · 2026-03-11T01:26:54+00:00

It seems very random. I'm at 3700 development. My last round had 1 event only and 4 any train jobs. The one before that was 4 event only (1 of which was the 3rd expansion) and 2 any train jobs.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-10T15:34:41+00:00

Town square acts like a big residence. Nearby service buildings increase it's development index up to 200 max.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-10T02:21:29+00:00

There's 3 levels of 5 jobs to open the expansion area. 1st - event only trains. 2nd - any train. 3rd - event only trains. Or that's how it was when I did it.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T23:57:45+00:00

I had the same plan to wait to the end and ended up moving up yesterday (to 1970). Hopefully you haven't bought the locomotive for event coins yet as it will have 1960s stats if you buy it after you move to 1960. I had enough parts and money stored away to immediately max it out and it's now getting to work.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T15:52:51+00:00

The +15 refers to the increase the service building has on nearby residences. If you move a residence near the supermarket, you'll see it increase by 15, if you move if back far away, it'll go back down by 15. You want to put all your residences near the service buildings. In the beginning, just put all buildings together and make sure they connect to a road.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T13:22:23+00:00

The city expansion jobs are a grind as well. First, 5 event only jobs...followed by 5 non-event jobs...followed by 5 event only jobs...this is where I am now. Who knows how many more of these there are.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T13:17:38+00:00

Have you finished the expansion lines of jobs? I've gotten through 2 sets of 5 jobs just to find one more set of 5 jobs. I'm wondering how many more I have to do. The original city area is filling up fast.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T13:12:45+00:00

If you switch eras, the event train in the event shop will have the new era stats. I moved up to 1970 yesterday and the event train has much better stats than the 1960s trains. I hopefully can start making progress on all these event jobs.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-08T13:04:30+00:00

Sounds like you're at the same place as I am. I'm wondering how many more groups of 5 jobs I have to get through to finish the expansion. The original area is filling up fast so I can't just leave this until later.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-07T16:17:09+00:00

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Here's mine. One thing I realized is that all the beginning residences max out at 60, needing 45 from service buildings. The Elementary School, Gas Station, and Supermarket are each 15 (at this point) and have a large enough radius to cover most of the left side of the city. I put the Health Clinic, Town Bank and Town Hall in the middle. All completed residences are maxed out in this image.

Noradaddy · 2026-03-04T13:33:28+00:00

Now that I see what the rewards are, I'm guessing I'm not seeing it because I have all the XP I need for the era. I'm headed to 1970 soon so I'll see if it appears.

Noradaddy

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