Loco Shortline Operations

Loco Shortline Operations is a transport and track-building game where you connect supply points and deliver goods to earn money. You buy vehicles, build track across more than 100 sq km of land, and choose how to lay out your routes; the track you build affects how vehicles perform. Vehicles are physically simulated, and cargo has weight that influences their handling.

Build and operate your network

You can build track in 1435 mm standard gauge and 914 mm narrow gauge, place buildings, and construct factories and storage buildings. Power stations supply electric locomotives, while storage can hold coal, diesel, oil and water. You can buy and sell vehicles, and must replenish diesel or water to avoid being stranded and needing fuel delivered. Diesel production is also available.

The game has three worlds, including one blank testing world, with a day/night cycle and weather. Steam-engine boilers are dynamic, and the game has basic modding support.

Vehicles and cargo

The available vehicles include steam and diesel trains, trucks, boats, cranes and forklifts. The game includes more than 25 locomotives, over 50 trailer types, six cars with variants, a recovery crane and a forklift. Cargo includes lumber, containers, rocks, coal, tanks and industrial goods.

Multiplayer

You can play with friends through Steam multiplayer. The game also supports dedicated and headless servers.

Key features

• Track building and drawbridges
• Buildable power stations, factories and storage buildings
• Goods delivery between supply points