# Monopoly...Reading Railroad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238 "2024-06-23T20:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/81 "2024-07-11T20:36:12Z")
I learned something new today. I always thought it was like Reed-ing yet at some point when it mattered, living in the UK, I knew i(that city) was Redd-ing. So is there no railroad or town where it’s Reading, like in books? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/82 "2024-07-11T23:41:25Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > I learned something new today. I always thought it was like Reed-ing yet at some point when it mattered, living in the UK, I knew i(that city) was Redd-ing. > > So is there no railroad or town where it’s Reading, like in books? I don’t know about everywhere in the country but certainly not that railroad or the city it’s named after. I thought about this thread this week. We stayed in Atlantic City for a few days visiting friends and family in the area. First when I was driving down 95 I look up at my nav and I see that Reading Railroad is parallel to the highway right next to me. We spent the entire time without stepping foot in a casino. I was on a lot of the named streets. Went to great restaurants known to locals. It’s not a big city. It’s easy to go to all of the streets if you want to. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/83 "2024-07-12T04:22:06Z")
Did you stay in a place with “Tower” in the name? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/84 "2024-07-19T15:47:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > We stayed in Atlantic City for a few days visiting friends and family in the area. First when I was driving down 95 I look up at my nav and I see that Reading Railroad is parallel to the highway right next to me. We spent the entire time without stepping foot in a casino. Hah! I spent a weekend in Las Vegas without gambling (unless you consider playing pinball gambling). I stepped into casinos, but only because I had to walk through a few of them. And I had a wonderful time. Had a small reunion with some high school friends, because one of them was opening for someone, and it was a big step in her career (we surprised her). Flew in Friday after work, lit candles in my hotel room, and went to bed. We all met up on Saturday, and had lunch; saw her on Saturday night, and went out, then had Sunday brunch. I went to The Pinball Hall of Fame, spent hours there, then saw Penn & Teller on Sunday night. Flew out very early Monday, and was home in time to pick up my son from school. I hate gambling, if you want to know, and had been skeptical about having fun in Las Vegas, until I learned about The Pinball Hall of Fame. The idea of seeing Amy was someone else’s, but it was great. Never been to Atlantic City, but would now if I had the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/85 "2024-07-19T17:17:29Z")
The Atlantic City experience is much different than Vegas. It’s certainly urban with all the issues that come with being a city but it’s pretty small. That’s why I could confidently say I’ve been on every Monopoly street. It’s population is below 40,000. The suburban town I used to patrol with sometimes as little as 5 officers has almost double the population. There are also very nice neighboring communities like Ventnor and Margate. And two things that Vegas doesn’t have, the ocean and Lucy the Elephant. > **[Lucy the Elephant tramples all other roadside attractions in new list. And...](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/the-scene/lucy-the-elephant-tramples-all-other-roadside-attractions-in-new-list/3860139/?amp=1)** > > Visitors and residents at the Jersey Shore have known it for generations -- Lucy the Elephant is the best. While, now everyone around the country knows that the Margate, New Jersey, attraction towers above the rest thanks to it being named the Best... ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/86 "2024-07-19T18:45:22Z")
Well, if you come to my place, I’ll take you to Reader Railroad. (Said, Reeder). Featured in such Hollywood favorites as _“Boxcar Bertha” and “The North and the South”_ and more. And you can ride one of the last working steam engines ( not really, they shut it down a few years ago). But you can look. You’ll probably get chiggers. After that you can drive a few miles down the way. Bluff City. It’s not a city, At. All. No stores, nothing but a semi-famous graveyard. It’s semi-famous because a well known former slave named _Famous Porchia_ was lynched on the very tree (in the 1920s) that stands in the graveyard. He lies in repose under the tree, in a later erected mausoleum. (I have my doubts about that) Still, what you gonna do? When a graveyard is named Famous’ graveyard, you need a story. This same non-city _Bluff city_ has the “Stairway to nowhere” and the birthplace of the _Harveyville Haint_ (boy, I could tell stories about her) and it’s the road to the “Prescott Raceway”. Come to think of it, that was in a movie too. Move on to Gurdon, AR. And you can drive down the “Highway to Hope” (no explanation of the name) turn left at the Sonic and go see the “Gurdon light” that was featured on one of the ghost hunting programs. Stay on that road and you go straight to “Hollywood”. No not that one. Hollywood, Ar. Nothing there either. ( Hope you got food and drink at Sonic, oh now I understand the “Highway to Hope”). Just think, you can live in a place for a long time… ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/87 "2024-07-19T19:27:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, if you come to my place, I’ll take you to Reader Railroad. … I rode the Reader Railroad a long time ago when it went all the way to Waterloo. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/88 "2024-07-19T19:38:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Hah! I spent a weekend in Las Vegas without gambling (unless you consider playing pinball gambling). I stepped into casinos, but only because I had to walk through a few of them. Yeah, I used to go regularly to the ACAMs convention in vegas for 3-4 days, but I didnt gamble at all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/89 "2024-07-19T21:44:29Z")
I did too. Was fun…kids always loved it. We got popsicles at the the end. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/90 "2024-07-24T03:04:41Z")
We have been in your neighborhood. We stayed over in Murfreesboro a couple times. I bet you can guess why. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/91 "2024-07-24T03:26:44Z")
Diamonds? Or going to the only landfill in that county? Or cheap accommodations to go into Hot Springs the back way? I’m going out on a limb and say you got muddy boots and nothing to take to your jewellers. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/92 "2024-07-24T03:50:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m going out on a limb and say you got muddy boots and nothing to take to your jewellers. Sadly, the times we were there, it was too hot and dry for muddy boots. We did find some interesting material, but nothing for cutting glass. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238/93 "2024-07-24T05:01:38Z")
I was so close to you, you wouldn’t believe. You should of told me. Me and the bunch could’ve came over. The girls love to bring the grandkids there. Next time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-reading-railroad/1003238.md?page=4)