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Pennsylvania Railroad

Take on the role of J. Edgar Thomson, first Chief Engineer and third President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Under your sober leadership, the Pennsy is destined to become the largest corporation the world has ever seen. It is up to you to build a system worthy of the name “Standard Railroad of the World”.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad was key to the rise of the United States as an industrial powerhouse in the 19th and 20th centuries. Incorporating over 800 other rail lines into it's system, the PRR linked the major cities of the Atlantic Seaboard to the Midwest with over 11,000 route miles. The Pennsy became not just the largest railroad in the world, carrying three times the ton-miles of other comparable roads, but the largest corporation in the world with a budget second only to the U.S. government itself.

In this scenario you will retrace the history of the PRR from the construction of the Main Line across Pennsylvania, to its expansion into the Midwest and the Northeast Corridor. Fuel the growth of American industrial might and connect the centers of business, industry, and government with famous named trains such as The Congressional and The Broadway Limited.

• New version of the Great Lakes map, with dozens of new cities and more realistic rural business placement. (Great Lakes DLC required)
  
• All locomotives have been re-tuned with authentic technical data as reference. Grades, curves, and train weight will have a significant impact on performance, making locomotive selection more important.
  
• Rail car weights have also been adjusted splitting freight into three categories: general freight at a middle weight, heavy bulk freight: coal and iron ore, and perishable freight which has lighter cars and benefits from refrigeration. Which goods benefit from the refrigerator car has also been made more clear. Only freight cars using the Vat Car or Refrigerator Car model receive the bonus.
  
• Tech tree and descriptions updated to reflect accurate progression of locomotive technology.
  
• New goods and industry flow; many late game goods require more refined materials.
  
• The historical Pennsylvania Railroad scenario.
  
  
  
  
  Special thanks to my proofreaders Soheon, NoctyrneSAGA, Yugas, and TheMightyVoice.