This page contains Reference Data for playing Rail Baron, taken from the reference charts included with the game. This page contains the following charts:

Destination Table

(Roll twice to find your DESTINATION. First, roll and consult the REGION chart to find the region, then roll again and consult the chart for that region to pinpoint the destination city)

Region

ODD EVEN
2 PLAINS SOUTHWEST
3 SOUTHEAST SOUTH CENTRAL
4 SOUTHEAST SOUTH CENTRAL
5 SOUTHEAST SOUTH CENTRAL
6 NORTH CENTRAL SOUTHWEST
7 NORTH CENTRAL SOUTHWEST
8 NORTHEAST PLAINS
9 NORTHEAST NORTHWEST
10 NORTHEAST NORTHWEST
11 NORTHEAST PLAINS
12 NORTHEAST NORTHWEST
Rail Baron Destination Chart

Northeast

ODD EVEN
2 NEW YORK NEW YORK
3 NEW YORK WASHINGTON
4 NEW YORK PITTSBURGH
5 ALBANY PITTSBURGH
6 BOSTON PHILADELPHIA
7 BUFFALO WASHINGTON
8 BOSTON PHILADELPHIA
9 PORTLAND BALTIMORE
10 NEW YORK BALTIMORE
11 NEW YORK BALTIMORE
12 NEW YORK NEW YORK

Southeast

ODD EVEN
2 CHARLOTTE NORFOLK
3 CHARLOTTE NORFOLK
4 CHATTANOOGA NORFOLK
5 ATLANTA CHARLESTON
6 ATLANTA MIAMI
7 ATLANTA JACKSONVILLE
8 RICHMOND MIAMI
9 KNOXVILLE TAMPA
10 MOBILE TAMPA
11 KNOXVILLE MOBILE
12 MOBILE NORFOLK

North Central

ODD EVEN
2 CLEVELAND CINCINNATI
3 CLEVELAND NORFOLK
4 CLEVELAND CINCINNATI
5 CLEVELAND CINCINNATI
6 DETROIT COLUMBUS
7 DETROIT CHICAGO
8 INDIANAPOLIS CHICAGO
9 MILWAUKEE ST LOUIS
10 MILWAUKEE ST LOUIS
11 CHICAGO ST LOUIS
12 MILWAUKEE CHICAGO

South Central

ODD EVEN
2 MEMPHIS SHREVEPORT
3 MEMPHIS SHREVEPORT
4 MEMPHIS DALLAS
5 LITTLE ROCK NEW ORLEANS
6 NEW ORLEANS DALLAS
7 BIRMINGHAM SAN ANTONIO
8 LOUISVILLE HOUSTON
9 NASHVILLE HOUSTON
10 NASHVILLE FORT WORTH
11 LOUISVILLE FORT WORTH
12 MEMPHIS FORT WORTH

Plains

ODD EVEN
2 KANSAS CITY OKLAHOMA CITY
3 KANSAS CITY ST PAUL
4 DENVER MINNEAPOLIS
5 DENVER ST PAUL
6 DENVER MINNEAPOLIS
7 KANSAS CITY OKLAHOMA CITY
8 KANSAS CITY DES MOINES
9 KANSAS CITY OMAHA
10 PUEBLO OMAHA
11 PUEBLO FARGO
12 OKLAHOMA CITY FARGO

Northwest

ODD EVEN
2 SPOKANE SPOKANE
3 SPOKANE SALT LAKE CITY
4 SEATTLE SALT LAKE CITY
5 SEATTLE SALT LAKE CITY
6 SEATTLE PORTLAND
7 SEATTLE PORTLAND
8 RAPID CITY PORTLAND
9 CASPER POCATELLO
10 BILLINGS BUTTE
11 BILLINGS BUTTE
12 SPOKANE PORTLAND

Southwest

ODD EVEN
2 SAN DIEGO LOS ANGELES
3 SAN DIEGO OAKLAND
4 RENO OAKLAND
5 SAN DIEGO OAKLAND
6 SACRAMENTO LOS ANGELES
7 LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES
8 PHOENIX LOS ANGELES
9 EL PASO SAN FRANCISCO
10 TUCUMCARI SAN FRANCISCO
11 PHOENIX SAN FRANCISCO
12 PHOENIX SAN FRANCISCO

Dice Odds

These are the odds of rolling a particular number when rolling two 6 sided die

Dice
Roll Odds Percentage
2 1:36 2.7%
3 2:36 5.6%
4 3:36 8.3%
5 4:36 11.1%
6 5:36 13.9%
7 6:36 16.6%
8 5:36 13.9%
9 4:36 11.1%
10 3:36 8.3%
11 2:36 5.6%
12 1:36 2.7%

Railroad Price Chart

Abbreviation Name Price
ACL Atlantic Coast Line $12,000
AT & SF Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe $40,000
B & M Boston & Maine $4,000
B & O Baltimore & Ohio $24,000
CB & Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy $20,000
CMSTP & P Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific $18,000
C & NW Chicago & NorthWestern $14,000
C & O Chesapeake & Ohio $20,000
CRI & P Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific $29,000
D & RGW Denver & Rio Grande Western $6,000
GM & O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio $12,000
GN Great Northern $17,000
IC Illinois Central $14,000
MP Missouri Pacific $21,000
L & N Louisville & Nashville $18,000
NP Northern Pacific $14,000
N & W Norfolk & Western $12,000
NYC New York Central $28,000
NYNH & H New York, New Haven & Hartford $4,000
PA Pennsylvania $30,000
RF & P Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac $4,000
SAL Seaboard Air Line $14,000
SOU Southern $20,000
SP Southern Pacific $42,000
SLSF St. Louis-San Francisco $19,000
T & P Texas & Pacific $10,000
UP Union Pacific $40,000
WP Western Pacific $8,000
Rail Baron Title Deeds

Payoff Chart

I have scanned the Payoff chart as a pdf file, which can be downloaded.

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Misc Reference Info

Starting Cash

Each player starts with $20,000 Cash.

Express Train

An Express costs $4,000. It allows players to get a Bonus Roll if they roll doubles on the white dice.

Rail Baron Express Train card

Superchief Train

A Superchief costs $40,000. It allows players to get a Bonus Roll every turn.

Optional Rule

No. of Players Price of SUPERCHIEF
3 $40,000
4 $36,000
5 $32,000
6 $28,000
Rail Baron Superchief card

Declaring/Winning Amount

To "Declare" and then ultimately win, a player needs $200,000 cash.

Optional Rule: Instead of playing to $200,000 in cash, the players can play to the net worth indicated on the chart below:

No. of Players Net Worth Needed
3 $300,000
4 $250,000
5 $225,000
6 $200,000
Land Acknowledgement

With gratitude, Ewert Technologies acknowledges that we are based on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ(Tsleil-Waututh), and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam) Nations.