Columns: Railroad | Game Cost | Real-Life Years of Operation | Real-Life Eventual Outcome | Currently¹ Part Of...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe | $40,000 | 1859–1996 | Merged with Burlington Northern to become BNSF | BNSF | Union Pacific | $40,000 | 1862–Present | Currently operating | Union Pacific | Pennsylvania | $30,000 | 1846–1968 | Merged with New York Central to form Penn Central | Amtrak , Norfolk Southern | Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific | $29,000 | 1852–1980 | Liquidated | N/A | Missouri Pacific | $21,000 | 1849–1982 | Merged with Union Pacific | Union Pacific | Chesapeake and Ohio | $20,000 | 1869–1972 | Renamed to Chessie System | CSX | St. Louis & San Francisco | $19,000 | 1876–1980 | Acquired by Burlington Northern | BNSF | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific | $18,000 | 1847–1985 | Acquired by the Soo Line Railroad | Canadian Pacific | Illinois Central | $14,000 | 1851–1999 | Acquired by the Canadian National Railway | Canadian National | Chicago and North Western | $14,000 | 1865–1995 | Merged into Union Pacific | Union Pacific | Texas and Pacific | $10,000 | 1871–1976 | Merged with the Missouri Pacific | Union Pacific | Western Pacific | $8,000 | 1903–1983 | Acquired by Union Pacific | Union Pacific | New York, New Haven, and Hartford | $4,000 | 1872–1969 | Merged into Penn Central | Amtrak