The Refrigerator Railcar provides a boost to the money you make when delivering freight that is also considered food. But what food commodities benefit from the car and are there any that do not? This guide addresses that question.
Introduction
There are numerous commodities that are considered food and many that are not, some which may be surprising.
This list was compiled based on observed revenue from a train delivering to a city station. Deliveries to Warehouses do not benefit from the Refrigeration Car.
Testing conditions:
– Game version 1.9 Beta (pre-France DLC)
– Sandbox mode
– no mods
– All maps available to current version of game. Multiple eras in a map were used as food commodities changed in different eras (1850 versus 1910 for example)
– Assumed that one map for USA represented all maps of USA. For example, east coast versus west. Thus, it is possible that this was a bad assumption.
The List
Apples
Beef
Cattle
Cheese
Cocoa
Coffee
Corn
Fish (South America only)
Fruit
Grain
Ham
Maple Syrup
Meat
Milk
Niter
Pigs
Salt
Sausages
Smoked Ham
Sugar
Vegetables
Food not benefiting from the Refrigeration Car:
Beer
Chicha
Chocolate
Cider
Corned Beef
Eel Pie
Fish (except South America)
Fruit Brandy
Gingerbread
Hops
Liquor
Mescal
Pastries
Sauerkraut
Wheat Beer
Whiskey