My experience is that boats are usually good to transport oil from rigs, so usually only in the later part of the game. If you want to get REALLY rich without cheating, try busses from town to town and see how quickly the towns grow. When the towns are big enough try Yate Haugans (over VERY long distances) or trains (over slightly less distance). The busses let the towns get so big, and the additional transport from planes or trains let it grow even further. In the end you'll see that the passengers will be the ones that really make the money. In the beginning though it is good to start with coal because that's the easiest money when towns are still small.
Oh and the AI in "hard" level is still very easy to leave behind if you do things the right way. But nevertheless it's a brilliant game and despite the fact that it's very easy it still gave me hours and hours of great fun.
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