Rail race Spears Games

	Rail race	?year	Spears Games
	First produced	?year	Players	2 to 6	Age(s)

Click the picture for more		1 x playing board with map of mainland Britain 6 x metal railway engines 2 x dice 64 x blue route cards 32 x yellow incident cards Travel round Great Britain with this game of both skill and chance. Historical and general information are included. Start from a town on the South Coast to a selected northern town and back. The first to complete the circuit, wins. Choose your route. The towns visited and encounters are determined by route and incident cards. A rare game. Of note is the fine colour illustration of a Pullman train. The rules are printed on the inside of the box lid.

The board shows 86 towns but only 85 are indexed, Crewe being unlisted.

Aberdeen, Aberysthwith, Alnwick, Arbroath, Ayr, Ballater, Banbury, Bangor, Barnsley*, Barnstaple, Barrow, Basingstoke, Bath*, Beccles, Berwick, Birmingham*, Bishop's Stortford, Blackburn*, Blackpool*, Boat of Garten, Boston, Bournemouth, Bradford, Bridlington, Brighton, Bristol*, Bury St. Edmonds*, Caernarvon, Cambridge*, Canterbury*, Cardiff*, Carlisle*, Carmarthen, Carstairs, Chatham, Chester, Chesterfield, Colchester*, Coventry*, (CREWE)*, Cromer, Cupar, Darlington, Derby*, Dingwall, Doncaster*, Dover, Driffield, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee*, Durham, Eastbourne, Edinburgh*, Elgin, Ely, Exeter*, Exmouth, Fakenham, Falmouth, Fishguard*, Fleetwood, Folkestone, Fort Augustus, Fort William, Fraserburgh, Glasgow*, Gloucester*, Goole, Grantham, Greenock, Gretna, Grimsby*, Guildford*, Halifax*, Harrogate*, Harwich*, Hastings, Hatfield, Hereford*, Hitchin, Holyhead*, Hull*, Huntingdon, Huntley, Ilfracombe, Inverness*, Ipswich, Keith, Kilmarnock, King's Lynn, Kirkby Stephen, Kyle of Lockalsh, Lancaster*, Leeds*, Leicester*, Lincoln*, Liverpool*, Llandudno, London, Lossiemouth, Lowestoft, Mallaig, Manchester*, March, Margate, Melrose*, Melton-Constable, Middlesbrough, Milford Haven*, Monmouth, Montrose*, Morpeth, Northampton*, Newark, Newcastle*, Newport*, Newquay, Newton Abbot, Northallerton, North Berwick, Norwich*, Nottingham*, Oban, Oxford, Padstow, Penrith, Penzance, Perth*, Peterhead, Peterborough*, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Pwthelli, Ramsgate, Reading*, Rugby*, Salisbury, Scarborough, Selby, Sheffield*, Shrewsbury, Silloth, Skegness*, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southport, Spalding*, Stafford*, Stirling*, Stoke*, Stornoway, Stranraer, Stratford-on-Avon*, Sunderland, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Thetford, Thurso*, Torquay, Tunbridge Wells*, Weston-Super-Mare, Weymouth, Whitby*, Whitehaven*, Wick, Winchester, Wolverhampton*, Worcester*, Wrexham*, Yarmouth, Yeovil, York*.

There are 32 yellow incident cards;
- Go to a town noted for its steel goods, Go to Land’s End (Penzance), Go to Thurso, Go to the town reputed to be the birthplace of Guy Fawkes, Go to the nearest Cunard White Star terminus to meet an American friend, Go to the second largest town in England, Go to the town nearest to where the Battle of Bannockburn was fought, Go to the town where you would not like to be sent (Coventry), Visit the capital of Wales, Visit the nearest university town you know, Visit the cathedral in which Thomas a Becket was murdered, Visit the nearest Health Spa to recouperate, Visit the chief town in the bulb growing district, Visit the nearest cathedral town, Visit the chief pottery town, Visit the birthplace of Shakespeare, Visit a town famous for its public school, Visit the capital of Scotland, Visit the town famous for its lace industry, Visit the town famous for its shoemaking industry, Visit the town famous for its fishing industry, Visit the town usually associated with the exploits of Robin Hood, Choose another town card - town to be visited immediately, Train is aided by auxiliary engine and makes extra speed - throw again, Train encounters heavy snowdrift - lose value of throw while snow is cleared, Train encounters cows on line - half value of present or next throw, Train encounters heavy floods - lose value of throw, Exhausted with travelling - proceed to nearest seaside resort and miss one throw, Traveller loses hat through window and pulls communication cord - is fined 5 points(go back 5), Master card - you may disregard one route card, Master card - you may disregard one incident card x 2.

Also printed on the inside of the box lid are adverts for other Spears games.
Coppit; Floundering; Turno "An entirely new patented game of tactics for 2 players. As easy as draughts. Provides many hours of fascinating entertainment."; Bricklayer " more than a toy it is a complete building kit that provides bricks, mortar and all accessories for constructing realistic models of houses, railway stations, engine sheds and almost any brick built structure."; Contact quiz "A grand new electrical test your knowledge game for young and old".
Another print run of Rail race has different adverts for Beat the clock, Mickey’s Ringo and Flying hats.