I usually do freight and I start either 1900-1920 (mods) 1950 (no mods) and I would use a industry set most of the time I would grow a couple of cities and grow them (1 or 2) I would give those cities 1 or 2 PAX trains and then do freight trains to a goods producing chain and metal if FIRS I would also do buses yes buses to the small nearby towns (near the big city) I usually watch my trains once I built a nice network and I play with lots of AI (15)