Steam-belching iron horses roar West across the U.S. in the 1830’s. Relive the era of pioneering U.S. railroad companies that built the track and transformed America’s economy. The cut-throat action is centered on the industrial powerhouses of the growing nation: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and beyond.

features a painted map, artwork from the renowned Paul E. Niemeyer, 120 detailed plastic locomotives, a 16-page full-color rulebook, and loads of track tiles. The whistles blow and the trains rumble past, heralding the return of the Age of Steam.

Contents:

• 1 Game Board
• 1 Goods/Action Display
• 1 Income Track Display
• 8 Town Discs (white)
• 136 Hexagonal Track Tiles
• 8 Hexagonal New City Tiles (1 red, 1 blue, 1 purple, 1 yellow, 4 black)
• 96 Goods cubes (20 red, 20 blue, 20 purple, 20 yellow, 16 black)
• 6 sets track ownership Locomotives (20 each of red, blue, yellow, purple, green, black)
• 6 sets of player discs (5 each of red, blue, yellow, purple, green, black)
• 40 $1 Bills
• 40 $5 Bills
• 10 $25 Bills
• 1 Turn Track Marker
• 6 dice
• 1 Black Cloth Bag
• Rulebook

• Players: 3 - 6
• Time: 120 or more minutes
• Ages: 10 and up

This is the 2009 Fred Distribution Edition

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