Stickia & Atlantic Railroad

Synopsis
The Stickia Railway is A Railway Line Operating in Stickia. The Company Began Operations in 1911 and has operated sporadically throughout it's lifetime.

History
The Stickia Railway was born of desperation and Jealousy: Stickia, whose monarchy was long gone by the early 1900s, coveted the vacationers who were crowding The Sticklands, a more popular Stickman Country. They also saw how the sticklands was growing so Quickly: It's Railroad, The Stickburg Stickville & Sticktropolis Railway. Jealous Stickians Pleaded to The Stickian Government that a railroad was the only way to get the sporting types of The Sticklands to visit their Country, and to possibly become even richer than The Sticklands. In Turn, The Stickian Government Appealed to The USA, (who had annexed Stickia in the 1700s) For Permission to Build a Railroad. The Government decided to allow Stickia to build its rail line. in 1911, The Pivotland & Railway was Incorporated with the intent of building from Redfigure City, through several Stickian Provinces, and on to the southern Border of Stickia. in the fall of the same year a survey of the line was completed and 12.5 miles of right-of-way were graded by December 1911. In October of 1912 the first locomotive, "Stickian Pioneer", Arrived in Redfigure City. By December 1912 the railroad had reached inner Hetkania, with a branch line to Coobu. Stockholders went on an excursion to inspect the completed segment of The Railway. With the first segment completed the Stickian Government was now permitted to issue bonds. it looked as if The Stickia Railway would be able to accomplish it's goal, and put Stickia ahead of The Sticklands. But it all came tumbling down, starting when a dispute between the directors over the payment for equipment lead to accusations that The Stickian Investors had been misusing company funds and taking the Government along for a ride. In response, The Stickia Railway was turned over to The Stickian Government. the railroad initially carried a significant amount of freight and passengers, but financially it was never a success. The railroad lost money for four straight years, the greatest amount was reported in June 1914 at a loss of 17 thousand Stickian Dollars for the year. in 1929, the Great Depression Hit, and The US Quickly Annexed Stickia to Canada, which was also in Financial Ruin. The Stickia Railway struggled through the early 1930s until it was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1934. On November 1st, the S.Ry. was sold at a bankruptcy sale. By this point, Fifty miles of rail was built, but still the Stickia Railway never paid any dividends on its stock. it was clear That The Stickia Railway would not Become anywhere near as successful as The SS&S, and By summer’s end, 1935, The Government was being hounded by a small army of creditors. To satisfy the Railroad's most pressing debts, The Government Sold more Bonds with the promise of paying them back within a decade. In November, 1941, the Stickin Railway lost its mail contract due to irregular service. In March 1942 the Government was quoted as saying that the line was adopting a “tri-monthly schedule”; they would make a round trip one month and try to make one the next. it continued to operate on a Stringline until the 1960s, when The Great Stick Figure War Broke Out. The Stickian Government took Control of The Stickia Railway, Running a 24 hour 7 day a week schedule. secondhand locomotives were sent to the Stickia Railway from Stickian Allies, illustrating the importance of the Railway to the war effort. However, The Railway sustained damage from Robloxian Forces During The War. At the conclusion of the war, the Stickia Railway's equipment was functional but in disrepair. The Government prepared a tariff increase to allow for the purchase of new equipment and contacted their customers to alert them to the forth coming rate increases. Virtually all refused to consider these rate increases preferring to shift to trucking. in 1999, The Stickia Railway moved to a "Tri Monthly Schedule: they would make one round trip over the railway per month with necessary extra trains running if needed. in 2000, Canada offered to help rebuild the Stickia Railway, which stickia wasted no time in accepting. a work train was run over the line, and soon work began on repairing the railway. in 2003, VIA Rail of Canada sold a trio of Budd RDC cars to the Stickia Railway, which began operating the first regularly scheduled trains in several decades. over the years, a freight service was added that ran once a month as of 2023, the Stickia Railway currently operates 5 trains per day: most of them are passenger services run by the Budd RDCs but sometimes there is enough demand for freight service that a formal freight train is run.

Takeover by the S.S.&.S. Railway.
in 2023, The Stickia Railway was approached by the Stickburg Stickville & Sticktropolis Railway Company. the S.S.&.S. was looking to Purchase the 30 Miles of the Ailing Stickia Railway's Mainline and consolidate it into its own system. The Railway gave in, and the Graphite Road completed it's Connection (VIA Dimensional Portal). Most of The old equipment was scrapped or sold, while all Unprofitable lines, with the exception of the Mainline between Redfigure city, were abandoned. The Mainline became the Graphite Road's Stickia Division, hauling Freight and Passengers into and out of Redfigure City on Standard Gauge Tracks, making it the First and only Standard Gauge Line owned by the S.S.&.S. Railway.