Movement: railroads and mud

[Panjack]

What is the movement cost for major railroads? For minor railroads?
Does a hex with railroads have maximum capacity in a given day, and if so does this maximum capacity differ for major and minor railroads?
Does an additional cost exist when switching from a major to a minor railroad?
What is the additional movement cost when a hex is muddy?
How do you know when a hex is muddy?

[Alessandro S.]

What is the movement cost for major railroads? For minor railroads?
Does a hex with railroads have maximum capacity in a given day, and if so does this maximum capacity differ for major and minor railroads?
Does an additional cost exist when switching from a major to a minor railroad?
What is the additional movement cost when a hex is muddy?
How do you know when a hex is muddy?

If you move by RR ( strategic move or RR bound units ) then 1/60 of a day's worth for major and 2/60 of a day's worth for minor rails.
No maximum capacity.
No cost for switching between minor/major tracks. Just the unit moves slower/faster depending on the RR in the hexes.
A hex is muddy if there is rain in the hex. The status is not kept longer than the rain.
As to the cost, complex. Each terrain and road type has it's very own impact for weather effects.
There is a table telling the details. I attached the terrain and simple ( dirt ) road data.

[Panjack]

I wonder if tables such as the above could appear in an appendix to the manual. And perhaps a summary of typical cases could be given in the main part of the manual such as, "When no road exists or only a gravel/dirt road exists, mud reduces the speed of movement by foot by about 50% in plains, rough, and forest. That is, it takes twice as long to travel by foot through a muddy hex (with no road or only a crude road)."

I'm surprised to see that the impact of mud on the speed of travel by foot in mountains is proportionately smaller than over, say, plains. While mud slows travel by foot in plains by 50% (1 mph to 0.5 mph), mud only reduces the speed of travel by foot in mountains by 35% (0.23 mph to 0.15 mph).

[bradfordkay]

My experience with that IRL is that mountainous terrain is typically rockier, providing more firm footing in rainy conditions than you will find in the plains in the same conditions.

[RangerJoe]

My experience with that IRL is that mountainous terrain is typically rockier, providing more firm footing in rainy conditions than you will find in the plains in the same conditions.

But slipping and sliding is much more dangerous so care must be taken, not to mention that the rain might be accompanied by lightening, and then there are rock slides.