David had found a couple of places in the rule book where it reads like the dividend payout occurs between the player choosing their action and executing their action. I hadn't come across this issue before and even though I was sure it was the wrong interpretation I could find nothing to back my interpretation (except that it seems simpler and more sensible, which isn't always a good guide in game rules). It was David's game and house, so we played it his way. Later on BGG I found that other players had come to the same conclusion that David had but luckily there were confirmations from people owning Wabash Cannonball (and from Harry Wu via John Bohrer) that dividends are paid out between players turns.
We played with poker chips and open cash. Apart from some confusion about which chips were $1 and which were $5, this was very good. In my previous games we have played with paper money and Power-grid style (stack your money on the table, but you don't need to reveal exactly how much cash you have) -- which works fine too.
This was the first game for Matt and Roland and I was very rusty and over bid for my first shares. Red was divided three ways which put an end to it. Several railways reached Chicago.
Roland 141
Matt 90 odd
Ian 86
David 53
The pace of the second game was quicker. Unfortunately David and I let Matt get 2 red shares and Roland get 1. And they made us suffer!
Roland 67
Matt 67
Ian 54
David 55
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