New Map- North America Thru the Ages

[orange46]

This is a new scenario for solitaire play using a slightly modified Kraellin map.  It is meant for those who want to run a railroad for a very long period of time.  There won't be 100's of trains and especially not for the first several decades.  You may never reach 100 trains. l

[belbincolne]

Interesting - On Normal I've got to 1890 without any handouts and probably already have over 100 trains and have connected 80 of the 90 stations required but with annl divs of $1.3m (and one of $1.7m) things have got very tough. Tried Hotels to reduce my overheads but (with a few exceptions) these haven't paid off.

Of course the last 10 towns need tunnels costing around $3m each and entry to other countries so times are getting hard. Until now the debt caused by dividend payment has been paid off in the first 6 months but on my only try since 1890 I couldn't get into the black and by 1900 when I quit I was $5m in debt - I took a handout and was given $1m :( :( :( - any advice as to how to proceed from my last 1890 save?