Licenses Overview

Licenses are the means of growing your career as a train driver in Derail Valley. They allow you to take better paying delivery orders , and use better locomotives , among other things. Licenses can be bought at career manager machines , with the money earned from completed orders .

There is a caveat, however - the more licenses you own, the more you need to pay for your fees . Licenses increase your copay , as well as the time bonus deadline . Available licenses to buy are:

• Shunting - Gives access to shunting type delivery orders .
• Logistical Haul - Gives access to logistical haul type delivery orders .
• Train Length 1/2 - Gives access to delivery orders involving long trains.
• Concurrent Jobs 1/2 - Allows taking multiple delivery orders at once.
• Fragile - Gives access to delivery orders involving sensitive cargo.
• Dispatcher - Allows setting switches remotely using route and station maps .
• Manual Service - Allows vehicles to be serviced manually .
• Multiple-Unit - Allows compatible vehicles and items to be used in multiple-unit configurations.
• Museum - Gives access to the Derail Valley railway museum .
• HAZMAT 1/2/3 - Gives access to delivery orders involving hazardous materials .
• Military 1/2/3 - Gives access to delivery orders involving military bases and cargo.
• DE6 - Gives access to the DE6 locomotive type.
• DM3 - Gives access to the DM3 locomotive type.
• DH4 - Gives access to the DH4 locomotive type.
• S060 - Gives access to the S060 locomotive type.
• S282 - Gives access to the S282 locomotive type.

Some licenses have prerequisites, needing you to own other licenses before becoming purchasable themselves.

Before deciding on a purchase, you can print a license sample at a career manager for more information, to see its effect on copay, time bonus, or prerequisites, for example. You can only buy licenses if you have no pending fees.

When a license is purchased, it is issued as a printed document. You don't need to have license documents on you to use it, and can safely keep it stored somewhere, such as in a tool shed , or at home .

Licenses are only available in career mode , but acquiring some, such as those giving access to certain locomotives, makes those locomotives available in sandbox mode , too.