Destroy the rail link
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From: Merely Passing Through
Better not be connected to London than to suffer visitors like these.
Game Instructions: This will remove your rail connection. You will need to walk to town thereafter; if you ever want a rail connection back, you will have to rebuild it.
Unlocked with 5 x Hillmover
Challenge information
- 123 - very chancy (41%)
- 153 - chancy (51%)
- 183 - modest (61%)
- 213 - very modest (71%)
- 244 - low-risk (81%)
- 273 - straightforward (91%)
- 300 - straightforward (100%)
- 123 - very chancy (41%)
- 153 - chancy (51%)
- 183 - modest (61%)
- 213 - very modest (71%)
- 244 - low-risk (81%)
- 273 - straightforward (91%)
- 300 - straightforward (100%)
Success
With careful regard for the timetable
You pick a time when no trains are traveling […] You place the charges […] where it would be maximally inconvenient and costly to repair.
The fireball is glorious. The noise rocks the inhabitants of

Description summary:
The end of the second paragraph varies based on the city's Chosen Site, referencing both the city's site and the site after.
![]() | Site (short) |
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Near Ealing Gardens, in Ominous Proximity to London | Ealing Gardens |
Above the Magistracy of the Evenlode, with a Plentiful Supply of Bones | The Magistracy of the Evenlode |
Outside of Balmoral, Accessible to Communications with the Surface | Balmoral |
In the Shadow of Station VIII, Where the Masters Can Keep an Eye On It | Station VIII |
In the Parish of Burrow, Among the Parishioners of the Church in the Wild | Burrow-infra-Mump |
Between Moulin's Wastes and the Cold of Hurlers, Where No One Else Would Care to Live | Moulin |
Near Marigold, Snug Beneath the Walls of Hell | Marigold |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Shadowy is increasing…
Dangerous is increasing…
Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
You've lost 5 x Hillmover
The GHR no longer runs any regular service to the Tracklayers' city. (Sets
Involved in a Railway Venture to 130 - You've connected the GHR line to Marigold Station)
Failure
That was property of the Great Hellbound Railway!
Unfortunately, the spur line is assiduously guarded by the agents of the GHR. At some point in your career, you might have admired their efficiency. In this case, it's deucedly inconvenient. And embarrassing.
Shadowy is increasing…
Dangerous is increasing…
Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)