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This is exactly how I use the Yellow Flag also. I tend to believe that the combined Green + Yellow Flag was split in two in Platinum to complement the addition of the Red Flag to give more options for stockpiling runs that collect from multiple stations. If the Green Flag were removed, it's so marginally useful that I don't think I would miss it. As Jeffry said, consist changes make it pretty redundant. I repeat two concepts that Jeffry already visited because they are of utmost importance. 1. When a train stops at a station, any cargo that is demanded at that station will be unloaded. Flags only affect what happens to any cargo types that are on the train but the station has no use for (undemanded). 2. If a consist change drops the car that carried a particular load to the station, that load will be unloaded. Any "stay on the train" flag option is only for cargoes that aren't unloaded from the train. The only option to keep the load from being sold is the Red Flag. In that case, the cargo is still unloaded from the train, but now it is stored safely in the station building. Note: #2 is dependent on #1. #2 doesn't apply at stations that have a use for that cargo type. Here's an illustration of how I might use the Yellow Flag. Stops 1 and 2 are Logging Camps on a graded spur. I use a slow, mountain loco here. Stop 3 is a connection to my flat, straight main line where I want to stockpile the Logs, for pickup by a fast freight engine for subsequent delivery to the Lumber Mill itself. Stop 1 can use any flag, the train is only loading here Stop 2 needs the Yellow* Flag Stop 3 uses the Red Flag *There is the option to use the Red Flag at Stop 2. Only advantage for the Yellow is saving the time for the Logs that were picked up at Stop 1 to be unloaded from the train and then reloaded again. What is the difference between Yellow and the combined Green + Yellow? The only difference is that the Yellow will allow a cargo to stay on a train even if it doesn't have any stops that demand the cargo on the entire route. It's a small difference and doesn't add to gameplay much except when the Red Flag is used on a route. The tip for Styria 1840 is based on misunderstanding of the flags. You might have trouble believing me, but I never tried that map. So, I just worked far enough into it to get through the Semmering, and there is no reason to use the Yellow Flag at all. Using only the Green + Yellow works just as well for what the author intended. The author is counting the passage of loads through a one-house top-of-the-pass village to make sure that the pass is getting used. A player may try to build a circuitous route around the mountains instead. Events count the number of passengers departing from that village to punish players that aren't using the pass. An ingenious idea.