While Bronze is allowed, it's quicker to fulfill the Gold Conditions so you don't have to wait until Jan 14. I'm not used to exiting windows with Esc, so this run is especially improvable.

The win condition is only checked at the end of the day, so it doesn't really matter when you reach the final station, as long as it's on Jan 4th (I think Jan 3rd isn't possible)

Stuff used: -While this scenario isn't supposed to let you alter your train's loadout, just flipping into the car adjustment menu instead of clicking on the train directly circumvents this (QA was, I assume, out on this day) -Don't spend time moving the view around or zooming, as it sort of pauses the game -Atlantic over Mogul and Camelback: there's no competition when using the glitch -You can turn the speed up or down before starting the level with the + and - keys -Esc exits windows, though I tend to forget this -I turned off trees and turned graphics like trains and rails to visible from the outermost zoom level -I used Livesplit, recording with OBS, Windows XP in Virtual Machine, Railroad Tycoon II Platinum Edition