The Last Spike - Railway Building Game

The Last Spike is a Railway Building Game by Tom Dalgliesh.  In The Last Spike, players cooperate to build a railroad from St. Louis to Sacramento.  Many different routes are possible.  Each player competes to accumulate the most money from land speculation before the "last spike" is laid.  Quick to learn, the game is great fun for ages 10+.  2-6 Players.  45 minutes to play. - from Manufacturer

"The game is about the building of the great trans-Canadian railway --and how to get rich from it! As play progresses, you buy land which you hope will lie along the completed railway you also get to lay track sections. Once a complete link between the two oceans is established, the game is over and the land evaluated. Various random events spice up the flow of events, of course. A neat game, playable in a very reasonable amount of time." - BoardGameGeek