diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index 2195371a3..290175c6b 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
   trainSpawnRate(numPlayerFactories: number): number {
     // hyperbolic decay, midpoint at 10 factories
     // expected number of trains = numPlayerFactories  / trainSpawnRate(numPlayerFactories)
-    return (numPlayerFactories + 10) * 18;
+    return (numPlayerFactories + 10) * 25;
   }
   trainGold(rel: "self" | "team" | "ally" | "other"): Gold {
     const multiplier = this.goldMultiplier();