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The '''Great Hellbound Railway''', short '''Railway''' or '''GHR''', is a big project.

In terms of narrative, it is the project to connect London (more precisely {{IL|Moloch Street}}) with Hell through a railway, enabling commerce and tourism.

Mechanically, it is a series of locations available to late-game players, and either directly or indirectly a requirement for increasing your main attributes up to 230 by [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)|raising attribute caps]].

Each station you build increases your {{IL|Persuasive Gains}} by 3, and building the tracks towards the first station unlocks or increases your {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}}.

At the stations, collectively referred to as the {{IL|Upper River}}, the Bazaar is replaced with the slightly less legal [[Upper River Exchange]], where commerce mostly goes through {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} instead of pennies and Echoes. 1 Scrip is valued at 0.5{{E}}.

= Starting Out =
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To begin the Railway project, you will first need to:
* Become a Tier 2 {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -}} (any of the four specializations work)
* Raise your (modified) {{IL|Persuasive}} to at least 175

With these requirements met, you'll draw [[Advertisements of a New Venture]], where you need '''one''' of:
* {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|400 x}}, {{IL|Notability|5}}
* {{IL|Favours: Society|7 x}}, {{IL|Respectable|10}}, {{IL|Notability|7}}
* {{IL|A Vast Network of Connections Wherever the Bazaar's Influence can be Found}} (from {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}})
* {{IL|A Leasehold on All of London}} (from {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}})
* {{IL|Newly-Cast Crown of the City of London}} (from {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}})

In order to actually begin laying track, you also need base {{IL|Watchful}} 200 in order to start researching {{IL|Railway Steel}} in your {{IL|University Laboratory}}.

After starting creating your company, you'll need to convene a Board of Directors (accept as few as you can), bribe a few stakeholders (like Hell and the Bazaar) and deal with administrative issues.

Once this is done, you can get approval from the Board to start laying track, grind the materials necessary, and finally get to '''actually''' laying track. [[Railway Beginning (Guide)]] covers this part in the beginning, and [[Bessemer Steel Ingot (Guide)]] covers grinding for {{IL|Railway Steel}}. 

Getting approval from the Board involves convincing all members to vote for you. Every board member has their own agenda; if your proposal opposes that agenda, they become harder to convince. You can apply leverage or remove members; [[Railway Board (Guide)]] covers this aspect.

After you have laid your stretch of track, you can build your first station at {{IL|Ealing Gardens}}. Of course, you need board approval for building stations as well.

= What's different in the Hinterlands? =

Most things here work the same as they do in London, but there are a few key differences.

* Your Opportunity Cards are drawn from a different deck. Some cards (like [[A Disillusioned Fungiculturalist]]) can be drawn in any Hinterlands location, while others (like [[Engage in Excavation]]) can only be drawn at a single station. These cards are still kept in your hand when you visit a different station. (See [[Location-specific cards in the Hinterlands (Guide)]])
** Notably, many factions' 25 Renown items unlock new cards in the Hinterlands deck. For instance, the {{IL|Language of Laces}} unlocks the card [[Which meeting?]]
* The Bazaar is unavailable here. Instead, the Bazaar tab will give you access to the [[Upper River Exchange]].
** Most of the shops in the Upper River Exchange don't take Echoes. Rather, they require payment in {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} (1 Scrip is worth approximately 0.5{{E}}). You can easily exchange Scrip for Echoes by buying {{IL|Tinned Ham}} for 125 Scrip each and selling for 63.5{{E}}, but going the other way is harder. (See [[Hinterland Scrip-Making]])
* Each time you travel to or from a Hinterlands area, you have to spend 1 action boarding the train — you can't travel about freely like you can in London.

= The Rhythm of the Railway =
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Progression towards building a new station typically follows these steps:

* [[Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway/Plan the next route|Convene a board meeting to plan a route to the next station]]
* Lay the first stretch of track (see [[The Next Stretch of Track]] for which resources you need, depending on terrain); encounter an obstacle
* [[Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway/Solve A Problem|Call a board meeting to remove the obstacle]]
* Lay the rest of the tracks
* [[Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway/Building a Station|Call a board meeting to build the station]] (Most of these meetings require a {{IL|Puzzling Map}} and {{IL|Infernal Machine}}; the latter can be researched in your {{IL|University Laboratory}})
* [[The Next Stretch of Track/Build the station|Build the station]] (All options cost {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|20 x}})
* Explore and develop the new station

Convening a board meeting is time-locked by [[Time, the Healer]]. Until you have built the last station at Marigold, you get one extra board meeting per week via [[Help from the Board Secretary]]; after that, you're limited to one per week. This means it takes at least three weeks to build two stations.

Unless you want to draw out the process, it is thus advisable to finish your two board meetings (and maybe the following actions like building tracks and stations) before [[Time, the Healer]] visits you.

Various tracklaying actions will increase {{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}}; likewise, various successful board meetings will increase {{IL|In Corporate Debt}}. Several board meetings can also be held to increase your train's {{IL|Train Luxuries|Appearance=Luxuries}}, {{IL|Train Defences|Appearance=Defences}} and {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|Appearance=Baggage Accomodations}}. The above qualities are all covered in the next section.

== Railway Qualities ==

=== In Corporate Debt ===
{{IL|In Corporate Debt}} is raised whenever the railway needs to spend money (e.g. [[Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway/Plan the next route|approving the route to the next station]], raising the {{IL|Train Luxuries|Appearance=three}} {{IL|Train Defences|Appearance=train}} {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|Appearance=qualities}}). When debt gets too high (above level 5), you cannot hold any meetings that would raise debt further. Each CP of {{IL|In Corporate Debt}} is worth roughly 5{{E}}.

At level 5 or higher, you start drawing [[A Word From Your Creditors]] in London, which is not dismissable.

To lower {{IL|In Corporate Debt}}, you can (not an exhaustive list):

* [[Invite the Tentacled Entrepreneur to the Board]]: -15 CP and {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|+10}}. You have to remove him in your next board meeting before you can invite him again.
* [[Invite the Gracious Widow to the Board]]: -15 CP, except it also increases {{IL|Seeing Banditry in the Upper River}} by +5 CP
* [[Bring His Amused Lordship back to the Board]]: -10 CP. You have to remove him in your next board meeting before you can invite him again.
* [[Raise funds for the railway]]: -3 CP for {{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|5 x}} and {{IL|Jasmine Leaves|1 x}}.
* If your Club is {{IL|The Parthenaeum}}, [[Drum up a few investments for the Great Hellbound Railway]]: -6 CP for {{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|12 x}}.

=== Train Defences ===
{{IL|Train Defences}} can be raised at any time through [[Add Train Defences]], up to a maximum of 6. Note that each meeting will add +(3 x ''resulting'' {{IL|Train Defences}}) CP to the railway's {{IL|In Corporate Debt|Appearance=corporate debt}}, which can add up extremely quickly.

Moving between stations at the Upper River is a {{IL|Dangerous}} check; the difficulty increases with {{IL|Seeing Banditry in the Upper River}} and trips of larger distances, and is reduced by {{IL|Train Defences}}.

Additionally, you need at least {{IL|Train Defences|3}} if you want to deploy your train in the [[Parabolan War (Guide)|Parabolan War]].

=== Train Luxuries ===
{{IL|Train Luxuries}} can be raised at any time through [[Add Train Luxuries]], up to a maximum of 6. Note that each meeting will add +(3 x ''resulting'' {{IL|Train Luxuries}}) CP to the railway's {{IL|In Corporate Debt|Appearance=corporate debt}}, which can add up extremely quickly.

{{IL|Train Luxuries}} unlock or give bonuses for some actions in some Upper River locations:
* [[Forget the biscuits, take the Solacefruit]] at {{IL|Helicon House}} requires {{IL|Train Luxuries|4}}.
* [[Sell Unprovenanced Artefacts]] at {{IL|Jericho Locks}} gives a bonus of ({{IL|Hinterland Scrip|1 x}} x {{IL|Train Luxuries}}).
* [[Invite your companions to investigate Infernal Fashions]] from the {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}'s opportunity card gives a bonus of ({{IL|Jasmine Leaves|10 x}} x {{IL|Train Luxuries}}).
* [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)|Serving up dishes at Station VIII]] gives a bonus of ({{IL|Hinterland Scrip|1 x}} x {{IL|Train Luxuries}}).

=== Train Baggage Accommodations===
{{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations}} can be raised at any time through [[Add Train Baggage Accommodations]], up to a maximum of 6. Note that each meeting will add +(3 x ''resulting'' {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations}}) CP to the railway's {{IL|In Corporate Debt|Appearance=corporate debt}}, which can add up extremely quickly.

{{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations}} unlock or give bonuses related to smuggling items between London and the Hinterlands.

Of particular note are the following actions:
* [[Sell an Infernal Machine to devils]] requires {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|1}}.
* [[Export the Skeleton of a Neathy Bird]] by [[The Dumbwaiter of Balmoral]] requires {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|3}}.
* [[Sell all your Jasmine Leaves via the contacts of the Gracious Widow]] on [[Engage in Some Minor Smuggling]] requires {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|3}}.
* [[Smuggle in industrial materials]] on the same card requires {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations|4}}.
* [[Invite Chuffy to picnic at the Magistracy of the Evenlode|Inviting Chuffy (for Young Stags)]] and [[Sell Unearthly Fossils]] grant a bonus of ({{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps|1 x}} x {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations}}) and ({{IL|Hinterland Scrip|1 x}} x {{IL|Train Baggage Accommodations}}), respectively.

=== Tracklayers' Displeasure ===
{{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}} generally increases when you build tracks and do not choose the "keep your workforce well-fed" (i.e. {{IL|Supporting the Emancipationist Tracklayers}}) option. Actions to decrease it are few and far between:

* [[Present the union members with a good-will gift]] at any of your stations (except the last): -3 CP for {{IL|Sausage About Which No One Complains|1 x}} and {{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits|1 x}}.
** [[Buy the Sausage About Which No One Complains]] is only available if you have {{IL|Mutersalt}} ('''only''' available through {{FontFate}} or [[Support the Liberationists and build track through marshland (After Discovery)|a specific trackbuilding option on the way to Jericho Locks]])
* [[Lay an astonishing feast for the Tracklayers]]. (See [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)]])

{{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}} makes some {{IL|Persuasive}} checks harder: notably when talking to or changing the leaders of the Tracklayer's Union. It does ''not'' lead to work stoppage or other severe mechanical effects.

= Laying Track =
{| class="article-table"
|+ Table showing Railway steel needed to different locations
!Next station
!{{IL|Railway Steel}} needed
!Cumulative {{IL|Railway Steel|Appearance = Steel}} needed
!Obstacle
|-
|{{IL|Ealing Gardens}}
|9 or 12
|9-12
|Non-existent block
|-
|{{IL|Jericho Locks}}
|9 or 12
|18-24
|Excavation
|-
|{{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode}}
|12 or 20
|30-44
|Worker's Strike
|-
|{{IL|Balmoral}}
|20
|48-64
|Hellworms or Train through parabola
|-
|{{IL|Station VIII}}
|10
|58-74
|Bridge Troubles
|-
|{{IL|Burrow-Infra-Mump}}
|9
|67-83
|Second strike
|-
|{{IL|Moulin}}
|9
|76-92
|Hillchanger
|-
|{{IL|The Hurlers}}
|9
|85-101
|Board in disarray
|-
|{{IL|Marigold Station}}
|9
|94-110
|Tracklayers City
|}

For more information on aquiring the steel required, see [[Bessemer Steel Ingot (Guide)]]

When laying tracks, you'll either support the Prehistoricists, the Emancipationists or the Liberationists. These choices will affect the kind of tracklayer's city you can build, as well as difficulties on several actions and immediate rewards.

{| class="article-table"
|+ Table showing general costs of supporting groups of tracklayers
!Faction
!Additional cost
!Effect(s)
!Action changes
|-
|{{IL|Supporting the Liberationist Tracklayers}}
|{{IL|Perfumed Gunpowder|5 x}}, sometimes {{IL|Hillmover|1 x}}
|{{IL|Advancing the Liberation of Night:}} increases
|It gets harder to reduce darkness in some locations and/or reducing LoN. It gets easier to sell {{IL|Perfumed Gunpowder}} to liberationists.
|-
|{{IL|Supporting the Prehistoricist Tracklayers}}
|{{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|25 x}}
|Provides various bones
|
|-
|{{IL|Supporting the Emancipationist Tracklayers}}
|{{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies|5 x}}
|Lowers {{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}}
|It gets easier to sell {{IL|Corrective Historical Narrative}} to emancipationists.
|}

Getting a station built usually costs {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|20 x}} and an easy board meeting.

==Tracks to Ealing Gardens==

You have to lay 3 stretches of tracks from {{IL|Moloch Street}} to {{IL|Ealing Gardens}}.

After the first one, you encounter an obstacle: a non-existent block. This unlocks {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}}, but also sets you back. You can either work through it, if you have an {{IL|Impossible Theorem}} (which is not consumed), or have to build around it, requiring another track laid.

Laying tracks in this region also costs {{IL|Perfumed Gunpowder|5 x}} and {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|1 x}} in addition to the usual costs.

Once in {{IL|Ealing Gardens}}, you should check out the exclusive {{IL|Helicon House}} and the butcher's shop. Helicon is discovered with either opportunity cards or by spending {{IL|Investigating...}}. More info can be found at [[Helicon House (Guide)]]

You can raise [[Ealing Gardens Commercial Development]] at the [[Offices of the Tracklayer's Union: Ealing Gardens Branch]], which unlocks the [[Licensed by Mr Hearts|butcher]], which gives repeatable access to some bones that are useful for building skeletons at the Bone Market. If you give the butcher a [[Device for the Duplication of Bones]], you can get those bones without killing the animals, though it costs some raw materials, usually [[Bone Fragments]] and [[Nodule of Warm Amber]]. More info about building developments see [[Railway Station Developments (Guide)]]

==Tracks to Jericho Locks==

This location requires another 3 stretches of tracks. Each stretch costs {{IL|Railway Steel|3 x}} and {{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits|10 x}}. In addition, you need any of the following:

* {{IL|Perfumed Gunpowder|5 x}}
* {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones|25 x}}
* {{IL|Solacefruit|5 x}}, {{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies|5 x}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine}}

The obstacle this time is the remains of a prehistoric creature.
You may either pave over the remains, or you may excavate it. Either way, you need board approval.

Excavating costs some extra food items, but provides some interesting lore, and more importantly, can provide you with a [[Discordant Studies - Costs and Rewards (Guide)|headstart on something forbidden]]. Paving over is less expensive, so doesn't increase {{IL|In Corporate Debt}} as much, doesn't need as much convincing the board against own financial interests, but you lose access to that aforementioned headstart.

Post-discovery, playing the [[Support the Liberationists and build track through marshland (After Discovery)|Liberationist tracklaying option]] will grant you the {{FontFate}}-locked {{IL|Mutersalt}}. Note that this does not lock you out of the [[Lay track through marsh and keep watch for any buried bones as you go (After Discovery)|Prehistoricist tracklaying option]], which gives a {{IL|Leviathan Frame}}.

Once you've reached Jericho, you might want to take a visit to the canals there, with [[Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide)]].

You might also build a library, where you can [[Jericho Library (Guide)|Do Research]].

==Tracks to the Magistracy==

This location requires another 4 stretches of tracks. In addition, you have a choice between two routes. If you have a {{IL|Cartographer's Hoard}} you can go by the hills or otherwise by the plains. It takes 20 Steel to go by the hills versus 12 with the plains. Going by the plains will also cost {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}}.
The obstacle this time is a worker's strike.
You may either pay the workers, give the workers a part of your company or you may just say no and take a hit to tracklayer's displeasure.

The route you take to the Magistracy determines which of two options to use {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones}} is available to you, but the difference is very small, and you could add a short line to gain access to the other side if it's important at a later point.

Once in the Magistracy you will begin to hear rumours of a certain Clay Highwayman. More on that in Balmoral.
In addition, {{IL|A Day in the Life of a Novice Policeman}} will open after using some actions in branches in the Magistracy. This lets you discover a special area once it reaches 10.

You can also go [[Diving in the Magistracy (Guide)|diving in the basement]] if you're feeling adventurous.

==Tracks to Balmoral==

This location requires another 4 stretches of tracks. It takes 12 Steel to go by the hills, in addition to other supplies. 
The obstacle this time is a mountain side, which either has to be dug with Hellworms or you may choose to have your train transported through parabola instead. Having your train go through Parabola is beneficial when fighting Parabolan Wars, so this should be worth considering. This can be built in hindsight, however.

Once you've reached Balmoral there are several things happening. A first priority should be crowning a castellan with a board meeting, as this allows you to get a weekly item worth 125 Scrip. Other things worth considering is to build a Cabinet Noir as this is a requirement for [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)|Khaganian Intrigue]] in {{IL|Khan's Heart}}. In addition to this, you may discover the Clay Highwayman's lair (which lets you steal {{IL|Railway Steel}} directly instead of making it yourself, but at a pretty steep action cost) and learn more about Cornelius.

Things to check out related to Balmoral:
* [[Cover Identities (Guide)]], building cover identities in your Cabinet Noir
* [[Deciphering (Guide)]]
* [[Disappearing (guide)]]
* [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)]]
* [[Painting in Balmoral (Guide)]]
* [[Twilit Smuggler (Guide)]]

Once you have built your Cabinet Noir, you can also [[Following up Rumours of Cornelius (Guide)|track down Cornelius]]. You can tell he's important by him having a proper name, and tracking him down gives you more options in some of the upcoming obstacles.

==Tracks to Station VIII==

From now on, stations require fewer tracks. You only need 3 stretches of track / {{IL|Railway Steel|9x}} in order to reach Station VIII (or St8tion for short).
The obstacle this time is that Furnace Ancona is abducted, and you need to find a new (temporary) leader of the tracklayers.

The easier option is a tracklayer that is most likely a representative of Mr Fires, but you may wish to track down Cornelius (see [[Following up Rumours of Cornelius (Guide)]]) and put him in instead.

Once you've reached St8tion you should (probably) try to find Furnace Ancona. This will lead to getting to know more of the Bazaar's agreement with Hillchanger, and you will eventually be able to restore Furnace, or keep your temporary leader of the trackleaders, should you wish to do so. Mechanically, it allows you to unlock and/or increase {{IL|Steward of the Discordance}}.

In order to use St8tion more efficiently, you must first restore it, and subsequently discover different areas inside the factory by breaking into it. Once you have discovered the dirigible mast, this allows you to raise your {{IL|Watchful}} cap to 215 and then to 218, compare [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)]].

Other things to do in St8tion include cooking (see [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)]]) and alchemy (see [[Alchemy at Station VIII (Guide)]]).

==Tracks to Burrow==

You only need 9 tracks for each station from now on. The next area on the Railway is Burrow, a place in the middle of nowhere. That is, until you build a church there. This involves many expensive steps and can be read about in [[A Church in the Wild (Guide)]].

Of course, before you actually reach this station, there's another strike. The way to deal with this will depend on your leader of the Tracklayers. Anything from making the stations brighter to making a tracklayer mammoth. Yes, you read that correctly! (If you want to go that route, Cornelius must be the leader of your tracklayers, and you need a {{IL|Mammoth Ribcage}} on hand in the board meeting where you resolve the blockage).

==Tracks to Moulin==

The next area on the Railway is Moulin, a small village which makes it profits by doing expeditions into the wastelands. That is, until you arrive and the Bazaar messes up everything. By helping the local community, you will get access to [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)]] and eventually also [[Writing a Monograph (Guide)|monographs]].

This time, you have a choice about which station to build; this choice influences how easy or hard it is to convince certain board members to approve. There are no long-term mechanical consequences to this choice.

Of course, before you actually reach this station, you have to deal with Hillchanger again. This time the obstacle comes up when building the station, not while laying tracks. To resolve it there are several options:
*you could have at least three "not entirely human" human board members ({{IL|Board Member: Tentacled Entrepreneur|Appearance=The Tentacled Entrepreneur}}, {{IL|Board Member: The Bishop of Saint Fiacre's|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: The Drummer|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: Virginia|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: Rubbery Yes-Man|Appearance=The Rubbery Yes-Man}}, and {{IL|Board Member: The Viscountess of the Viric Jungle|Appearance=The Viscountess}})
*You could have 3 experts of history ({{Unlock|Board Member: Sinning Jenny|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: the Gracious Widow|Appearance = The Gracious Widow}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: His Amused Lordship|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: Feducci|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Bishop of Southwark|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Dean of Xenotheology|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Delightful Reverend|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Wandering Gondolier|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Hell-Scarred Gondolier|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Wry Functionary|Short=yes}}, {{Unlock|Board Member: The Dauntless Temperance Campaigner|Short=yes}} and {{Unlock|Board Member: The Implacable Detective|Short=yes}})
*You could have the Calendar Council (at least three of {{IL|Board Member: Jovial Contrarian|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: April|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: September|Short=yes}}, {{IL|Board Member: January|Short=yes}}, {{IL|July}}).
*You could spend {{IL|Moon-Pearl|10000 x}}

==Tracks to The Hurlers==

The next area on the Railway is The Hurlers, a cold wasteland in the wilderness. Here you will be able to build a spa, [[Digging in the Hurlers (Guide)|do investigations in the ice]], [[The Hurlers (Guide)|play some hurling]] and eventually learn more of *[[Discordant Studies - Costs and Rewards (Guide)|Redacted]]*.

That is, if you can deal with your board suddenly getting in disarray and some laboratory investigations related to this. This happens when you are proposing a plan for track towards The Hurlers. To be prepared, it is handy to have the following on hand:

* The Numismatrix as a researcher in your lab
* {{IL|Justificande Coin}}
* a {{IL|Cave-Aged Code of Honour}} and/or {{IL|The Censored Census of 1862}}

Once you have gone through with it (trying to avoid spoilers here), a living story will start, and 24 hours later, you can finish it, and then actually build the tracks towards your next station. Mechanically, the choices you make here during this section only affect what attributes and skills are checked on a few opportunity cards in the Tracklayer's City after the railway is built, the rewards and payouts do not differ, so generally you can just focus on what appeals to you roleplaying and lorewise. For a more spoilery guide to what exactly affects what, see [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)|this guide's first section.]]

Laying tracks costs the usual {{IL|Railway Steel|3 x}}, plus {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|100 x}} per stretch of tracks, and looking for bones costs an extra {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe}}.

After all the hubbub in the first board meeting, you do not need another board meeting to build the station at the Hurlers.

==Tracks to Marigold==

The next area on the Railway is {{IL|Marigold Station}}, by the walls of Hell itself. Congratulations, you made it! Well, you'll first have to give the tracklayers a city of course.

You can decided where that city is built, and later it can be moved, but at a pretty high cost. If you plan to ever acquire a [[Hellworm (Guide)|Hellworm]], it is mechanically advantageous to build it at Balmoral, because that is where the fewest opportunity cards are that could compete with [[Your Very Own Hellworm]], and if you build the City of the Tracklayers at the same location, you have zero-action travel between the station and the city. See [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)]].

Upon reaching Marigold, you will receive a [[Director's Commemorative Overcoat|suit]], and once you've built statues in all areas, you will also get a special [[Amber Vision of the Sea of Spines|Home comfort]]. Visiting hell for a few weeks will also give you a [[Marigold Found|flower]]. This and several other activities are [[Marigold Station (Guide)|detailed here.]]

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