What’s new in Empire Builder v2.1.0
Version 2.0.0 - Competitive Railroad Companies: rival railroads now use distinct corporate strategies; company standings rank operating value; company cards expose cash, locomotive, location, network, freight and access-fee performance; shared-track payments are tracked as access income and expense; AI turns produce concise rival activity reports; and the Railroad Operations Center adds competitive intelligence for every opponent. Existing Freight Advisor, Trip Planner, Expansion Planner, and Operations Center remain available and player-controlled. Version 1.9.0 - Added Railroad Operations Center: consolidates the existing freight, trip, and expansion planning tools into one live operating dashboard; shows locomotive, location, treasury, cargo, movement, construction budget, owned track, cities, major terminals, deliveries, freight income, operating notices, and a context-sensitive Next Best Action; provides quick links back to the train and all planning tools without auto-executing strategy. Version 1.8.0 - Added Network Expansion Planner: ranks strategic rail extensions by construction cost, current-contract improvement, future catalogue routes unlocked, route/build savings, major-terminal value, and treasury fit; highlights the recommended corridor and compares alternatives without laying track automatically. Version 1.7.0 - Added Multi-Contract Trip Planner: evaluates two- and three-contract freight circuits, combines construction, respects locomotive capacity, calculates total revenue/net/distance/seasons, displays numbered pickup/delivery stops, compares against the best single contract, and offers alternatives without auto-executing actions. Version 1.6.0 - Added Turn Strategy Advisor: analyzes the full order book, ranks freight opportunities, recommends build/run/upgrade priorities, highlights the best route on the map, shows a step-by-step season plan, and offers alternative contracts without auto-executing actions. Version 1.5.0 - Added Freight Advisor route planning for every demand: best production city, proposed construction, freight path, payment, build cost, projected net, movement, owned/new track counts, and map overlays. Version 1.4.0 - A season is now one turn in which running and building may be done in any order, with a mode toggle deciding what a click does; plus a movement gauge, a charter readout, a legend, and three standards of computer opposition. Version 1.3.2 - Fixed: the map canvas overhung its frame and swallowed clicks meant for the buttons. Version 1.3.1 - The map returns to its original terrain colouring. Version 1.3.0 - Survey-plate chrome and a freight-sourcing display. Version 1.2.1 - The map was rendered upside down and is corrected. Version 1.2.0 - Chart redrawn in a plain map style. Version 1.1.1 - The real shoreline traced over the map. Version 1.1.0 - Economy aligned to the classic crayon-rail constants. Version 1.0.1 - Real boundaries drawn on the map. Version 1.0.0 - First release under this title.
- Genre
- Strategy
- Developer
- Tronsoft Games
- Engine
- Standard
- Version
- 2.1.0

