6. Erie Railroad is a late starter as well, because until green tiles are
available you can place a track out of the initial railhead. The stock can
swing high to low and is a generally OK railroad is started later.

7. New York, New Haven, & Hartford (NYNHH) starts out in NYC which an excellent
spot to start. The down side is that it only has one extra railhead. The
computer tends to place it on the hex between NYC and the B&M main hex. So as
you guessed the Diesel runs won't be extensive. But this is a powerful RR in
that with any size train it will run well and a 5 or 5 & 6 train at end game
can clean up some revenue. This usually is a first start RR and worthy of
purchasing.

8. Boston & Maine (B&M) is limited in that it does not have but one extra
railhead and it is placed up in Boston. It needs to either get to NYC or
Albany (NYNHH or NYC railhead sites respectively) right away before it gets
boxed out. The stock price at least for me ends up middle of the field but
occasionally it is the leader in the $300 range.

9. Reading Railroad is only available if the reading option is selected. I've
only tried this option a few times as a second start up and with pretty good
success. Reading has the advantage of getting the president's share equaling
30% instead of 20%. When this railroad is in play early it can shut out B&O
from NY and help PRR early with longer runs. Anyone has other experiences????

PRR:
Start up a company, preferably PRR, immediately. The advantage of PRR is that
you only need to buy five shares, since one is already out. A good second
choice on the default map (if PRR is already taken) is NYNC. Set the par value
to be the maximum that you can afford to actually start up the company this
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