: Collis P. Huntington , Leland Stanford , Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker were the driving forces behind the Central Pacific Railroad , which completed the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad.
If you are looking for the story behind the video game, it follows a similar trajectory. Players start in the 1830s with a single locomotive and a dream of completing the Transcontinental Railroad. The "story" is one of , where you must: Railroad Pioneer
While the term "Railroad Pioneer" covers a lot of ground—including historical figures like Cornelius Vanderbilt and the legendary John Henry —the following narrative focuses on the most iconic "pioneer" of all: the small steam engine that literally put Chicago on the map. The Little Engine That Built Chicago : Collis P
to find the best routes through mountains and over rivers. Players start in the 1830s with a single
: A "self-taught" pioneer who fought against empires like Jay Gould's to develop the railway systems of Southeast Missouri . The Game: Railroad Pioneer (2003)
in a race to claim territory during the era of Manifest Destiny .