The Short Line is said to refer to the Shore Fast Line, an interurban electric streetcar.
However, there was an actual railroad, the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad, which merged with the Atlantic City Railroad in 1934. ACRR was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, which served the New Jersey coast.
The other railroads were also based on existing ones in the area of Atlantic City, NJ in the 1930s:
The Reading Railroad began as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1833.
The Pennsylvania Railroad was founded in 1846.
The B&O Railroad was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, now part of CSX. (It did not actually serve Atlantic City.)
Yes, in the game of Monopoly, railroads are considered utilities.
reading railroad, Pennsylvania railroad, B. & O. railroad, short line railroad
In the game of monopoly you can buy all four railroad properties. Each railroad property is now worth $200.00 if your opponent should land on any of the four.
The first railroad on the Monopoly board is the Reading Railroad. It is one of the four railroads featured in the game, along with the Pennsylvania Railroad, B&O Railroad, and Short Line. The Reading Railroad is located in the yellow property group, specifically between the Chance space and the International Space.
B&O Railroad, Short Line, Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)#Atlantic_City_version
28 properties counting railroad and utilitys
The Reading Railroad card from Monopoly is pronounced 'redd-ing' instead of 'reed-ing'. This is because the Reading Railroad was a real-life railroad, and the 'reading' in its title referred not to reading books, but to the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, which was one of the railroad's primary cities and is also pronounced 'redd-ing'.
B&O Railroad
In the game of Monopoly, the letters "B" and "O" stand for Baltic Avenue and Oriental Avenue, which are two properties on the game board.
In Monopoly, a railroad costs 200 to purchase. Owning a railroad can increase your income when opponents land on it, as you can collect rent from them. Additionally, owning multiple railroads can increase the rent you can collect.
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reading railroad