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Any time I hear the names of train companies in America, I am always transported back a few decades, playing Rail Baron with my family.

For those that have never heard of that game, please enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWZVhmSFJs

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Ticket to Ride is thought to be RB's natural successor.

ref: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/94883/rail-baron-comparing-...

I think about a book I found in Texas at a thrift store. Poor's 1925 Railroad Section [1] is a thick book containing details about every (?) railroad in the US such as miles of track, tons hauled, revenue, recent mergers, etc.

I'm not sure whether there is digitized data for railroad performance from the era, but it seemed like it'd be a neat dataset to assemble and research.

https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Poors-1925-Railroad-S...

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