How to Buy Industries in Sid Meier's Railroads

"DIXON GILLETTE: Okay. So one of the other ways that we're going to be able to make even more money is to buy an existing industry located in a city. Now, some cities will have more than one industry depending on their size. And to bring up your industry screen, simply click on the City, highlighting it white. And you'll notice the City Status panel will come up here. And you'll notice that there is a refinery here that's available to purchase. By clicking on its icon, we'll bring it up in the auction window. So as you can see here, the Yuma Refinery is brought up here and now it's on the auction block. Now, your other players also have an opportunity to bid on this industry. You can bid in either $10,000 or $50,000 increments. So depending on how the industry is doing and how much supply it is getting will drive the other players to bid on it more fervently and it will also drive up the price. So once your timer runs out and you hear the gavel hit down, the industry is now yours and you now own the refinery. So now, once you own the industry itself, every time one of your trains brings a carload of goods that that particular industry uses, you will also receive a percentage of the delivery fee on top of your normal delivery fee that you make. So collecting industries is going to be one of the things that you're going to want to do almost right off the bat. Now, these industries will become more expensive as the time goes on in the game, and they are producing more. So buying industries early on is the way to go if you have the available money to do so."