local population, many of whom had had little exposure to such state-of-the-art engineering work. The bridge's official inauguration celebration took place on 15 July 1897. It is still in use after more than 120 years of existence!

Short Game Description

The game is a mixture of elements of 1830 and 1835 plus some unique features. At first the 6 private companies will be auctioned among the players. All of the privates have a special function which can be used by the railway corporation which purchased them. The railway corporations receive only the money for their certificates sold to the players. Dividend for certificates in the Initial Offering remain with the bank, dividends for the certificates in the Bank Pool are paid into the companies’ treasury.

In addition to the normal trains there are rail busses which are available from the green phase onwards. The latter cost less than the trains but they generate also less income. Their routes may include one city only while the other stops are towns. They cannot run to the red off-map connections.  However there are a limited number of trailers which can be used together with the rail busses and will double the income of towns included in routes of the rail busses. 

When paying dividends the director of a railway corporation can choose between 100% and 75% pay-out. In the latter case the remaining 25% will go to the corporation’s treasury. The stock value may even increase with a 75% dividend when the total payment is one and a half time the value of the current stock value.