

It’s a pitch that stretches the budget somewhat, as the first campaign’s narrator gamely attempts a Nevada pioneer’s drawl, and the wagon stations emit the unmistakable pneumatic hiss of 20th century buses. It’s the satisfaction of yelling into a cave and hearing a perfect echo bounce back.Ĭaves aren’t exactly where Transport Fever 2 begins, but it is a game that takes great pleasure in telling the story of infrastructure from its earliest days. The very best moments in Transport Fever 2 unfold exactly as you plan them to.

This isn’t the kind of gaming anecdote that ends in comedy chaos or unexpected consequences. There it would be used in the construction of the mother railway: the Trans-Siberian.

When the train showed up with both goods for the blast furnace, the yield of steel from the previous loop would already be waiting on the platform, ready to be taken down a branch line. Then I’d asked my drivers to load their gondolas only halfway with coal, leaving space for iron on top, a glorious layer cake of raw materials. I’d built a circular railway, like the kind you see in children’s sets, to connect the mines and factories along the shore of Lake Baikal in Siberia. But Bastian expressed confidence on Monday that a strike will ultimately not move forward.It was day two when I finally contracted transport fever, with the classic symptoms: the aching posterior, the swelling of the pride. The board has not yet made such a declaration, meaning that the cool-off period would prevent a strike until at least next month. After a 30-day cool-off period, the union can go on strike or the carrier could initiate a lockout. Under federal law, pilots cannot go on strike unless the National Mediation Board declares an impasse in negotiations. “There is no possibility they could strike at Thanksgiving, Christmas or any time,” Bastian told “Today” anchor Hoda Kotb.ĭelta pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) overwhelmingly voted late last month to authorize a strike as the group continued contract discussions that began in April 2019 but were paused for nearly two years during the pandemic. ( The Hill) - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told NBC on Monday that there is “no possibility” of the carrier’s pilots striking during Christmas after its pilot union voted to authorize a strike as it negotiates a new contract.
