its almost the same thing thats is happening in transport fever 2, and it is much newer

its an game fron 1995 chill

I know this is referring to IRL econ, but at least in the game, larger distances mean more cargo waiting for the train to pick up, it's a feedback loop somewhat. Train pick up big amounts of item, train leaves, item refills, train comes back with a full shipment waiting for it

i love my $200k+ ore trains

get coal from the coal mine next to you for like 30 dowar a ton.
power plant: NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
get coal from across the planet for two seven five eight five seven two seven nine six four six six seven three million kadjilion bobecidilion quadrilion milion dollars
power plant: of course

thats not how it works

Who in their right mind would pay ten times as much to get dairy by train from across the world when they literally have a dairy farm a truck ride's distance away? It's like paying $1000 for a Wendy's hamburger when there's literally a Wendy's across the street selling them for $10.

Well, after all you have logistic company. More transportation cost, more money they pay to you.

That's why you would pay 200 000 times more for your bread at a grocery store if said bread traveled around the moon in a spaceship, burning through millions of dollars in rocket fuel in the process

Round-the-world trip with a log for $25,000

Works very well on coal