Wallis' Locomotive Game of Railroad Adventures

Britannia sits in the central panel of this cartographic board game, contemplating possibilities for commerce and the arts opened up by the new railways

The 48 squares around the board depict locomotives, rolling stock, and some principal stations of the growing rail network. Also illustrated are the hazards of early rail travel – some more catastrophic than others (floods, derailment, pigs on the line etc).

Condition & Materials

Engraved folding race game, printed area measurement 49.5 x 61 cm, dissected into 15 panels and laid on linen, original hand colour, slight adhesion damage affecting central panels and squares 41 and 42, folding into decorative cloth slip-case, gilt, minor wear; lacks rule-book. 

References 

Library Hub records only one UK copy of the game (University of Liverpool library)

WorldCat locates 8 copies in North America, some with rules: OCLC: 33894323; OCLC: 177782874; OCLC: 1005884627; OCLC: 80376563

Whitehouse, Table Games, p.44