In 1835, the length of the railway system throughout Germany was a respectable six kilometers. Today's network consists of a good ten thousand times more.

1835—Move by move, the players open up the country, laying tracks and building stations. The tracks system expands by leaps ands bounds while locomotives spout great clouds of steam. The boom begins with corporations sprouting like mushrooms. Private railway companies build, the goverment takes a piece of the action, and director's positions change hands.