Welcome to the Pits. The coal pits that is. This is a 2 player game, where the objective is to get all the materials needed to get a new Coal mine up into operation. You are to work together as a team, so it does not matter how many loads are taken by each of you. The mine doesn't care, it just wants it's supplies as quickly as possible.
Now you both start out at a mine entrance. Each entrance is fed by a different track, named for their Red & Yellow Signal lights all along each track route. It is highly recommended that you coordinate the trains so that one train uses the Red track and the other uses Yellow. That being said, you will need to back out onto the track first, then start your way around ,looking for the Junction point that will take you out onto the Supply Track. After you get across, you will find you need to pass through a turntable. Right beside each turntable is a Supply Yard. You need to stop at the next junction and back your Engine into yard and pick up one trailer at a time.This is important, you can't turn in a Turntable with more than one boxcar with you.
Once you are hooked up, its time to cross the Supply route. You will need to obey the laws of the train traffic. If a single track is already occupied by the time you get near, you must slow down, OR Stop, OR even backup to allow passage.It's first come,first serve the on single lane track sections. Note: On the supply route, you are only allowed to be backing up your Engine when picking up freight cars. ( OR you need to in order to let another train to pass by) .This is a fairly high speed traffic route and backing up when picking up any Boxcars must be done quickly and cautiously.
Although a bit of a longer route, you can optionally bypass the sections of track that lead to the Supply Docks.
Ok, you are to take your freight along the Supply route until you get through both of the turntables. At the second turntable you stop in the center (with your freight car attached). Spin the turntable around. Now you should be facing the route back to the mine entrance that you had started your Journey from. So, making sure the Junctions are set properly, you should find that you are heading the opposite way along the original route to the mine entrace. Heading this way allows you to backup into the dock at the mine's entrance. The mine has asked for that both Receiving docks get 2 Boxcars on each of the 3 tracks. No questions on how it gets done. ** Receiving docks are at both entrances to the mine. Finally, when you have finished all that, park the Engine on the wooden track found just off to the right hand side of the Receiving docks.