The Pomorum Express and the Macadamia Light
Rail are racing from San Francisco, California, to Washington DC. The Avalon Island
survivors have been flown in from Avalon Island to board their trains in San Francisco.
The first tribe to meet with president and provide him with a new G4 Mac system wins
the race and the Immunity Mouse.
In the beginning, the cars were designated as follows:
Car 1: Mac Hardware
Car 2: Mac Software
Car 3: Cotton
Car 4: Redwood
Car 5: Gold
Car 6: Empty
The trains were originally loaded with resources which were won by various challenges
during the previous Award Challenge. Amazingly, the amount of resources were very
close between the two trains across the board despite the high random factor of resource
values, the lopsided size of both teams (3 versus 5), and the diverse amount of wins,
losses and steals.
As the trains travelled through the states, they partook in various resource trades
with hosting cities. Each state had a specific surplus resource which provided ideal
trade rates for certain resources. The trade values for each state were defined
on the State
Surplus Trade Chart. The train
engineers had to work hard and be smart, with the goal of obtaining high resources
and enough coal to complete the trip along with a well-balanced train. View the
Train
Resource page to view the resources
remaining on both trains once they arrived in Maryland.
Both trains fought a close race, taking completely different routes, yet reaching
Washington DC at nearly the same time! View the race map
to see the routes taken, and view the Race Journal for details of how the race evolved.
Both trains maintained enough coal to complete the trip, and enough resources to
purchase fully loaded Mac G4 systems for the President. Only one train, however,
could win... the first one to reach the President.
To view the results, view the Train
Race Journal.
