Fees

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Fees are costs bound to either motorized rail vehicles or orders. Fees for motorized rail vehicles are always bound to a single vehicle, such as a locomotive. Fees for the orders, on the other hand, can be bound to multiple vehicles that are assigned to an order, and include costs of both relevant cars and cargo. Each fee can be broken into individual costs, such as the consumed diesel, body damage, environment impact, and so on, per vehicle, and can be printed on a career manager for the full listing.

It is the responsibility of the train driver to take care of their fees. Otherwise, they will be unable to buy new licenses and can also get suspended from taking new delivery orders.

At the start of a driver's career, fees are negligible due to insurance covering all costs in excess of $100. However, as the driver's career advances, the responsibility of paying for maintenance is shared more with them. This incentivizes them to treat all equipment and deliveries with utmost care, skill and efficacy.

Paying a fee for a motorized vehicle will instantly repair and restock it to a mint state. This is a preferred way of servicing vehicles at the start of a driver’s career, when copay is low enough. Later in their career, manual servicing is a cheaper alternative.

The driver is not necessarily required to pay their fees as soon as they come up. Sometimes it's better to time these payments strategically.