Continental Rails II
Game # 10 - Turn # 11
Headline News 1861 to 1862
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1861: Pony Express carries mail from St. Louis to Sacramento in record time of 10 days.
1862: Telegraph line completed to California: Pony Express goes bankrupt.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: J. Edgar Thompson bought O&M for $1000, Comte Verlin bought SP for $4500, Jim Fisk bought GN for $3589.
PCs Merged: N&S merges into W&W, W&M merges into W&W.
PCs Incorporated: MP, UP, V&T, WP, SL&A.
New Engines Acquired: CNJ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, READ bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, B&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, COG bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TP&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, A&C bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GM&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: CNJ bought block signal system, PENN bought block signal system, W&W bought block signal system, S&G bought block signal system, COG bought block signal system, GTW bought block signal system, TP&W bought block signal system, GM&O bought block signal system, C&NW bought block signal system, CNS bought block signal system, M&LR bought block signal system.
RoWs built: MI4 by NYC, OH2 by B&O, TN12 by S&G, GA2 by COG, IL4 by GTW, MI1 by TP&W, AL2 by GM&O, KY8 by N&C, WI4 by C&NW, IA1 by CB&Q.
Double Tracked Lines: B&O doubled WBSH, W&W doubled VA1, S&G doubled A&WP, COG doubled MS2, GM&O doubled AL5.
New RoWs acquired: GM&O got FL6, TP&W got OH7, B&O got MI2, NYC got MI6, COG got IL8, N&C got KY11, S&G got KY12, C&NW got MN2, CB&Q got MO8, M&LR got AR3, W&W got NC2, GTW got OH8.
RR Mergers: COG merges into TP&W, N&C merges into C&O, SM merges into S&G.
Inadequate signal system slows SCL rail service: mail contracts worth $11544 cancelled.
Inadequate signal system slows G&C rail service: mail contracts worth $1034 cancelled.
Insolvent RRs: G&C.
Loan Recalls: J. Edgar Thompson, Hannibal Kimball, Edward Harriman, Jim Hill, Jay Gould.
New railroad Presidents: John Forbes of PENN, Hannibal Kimball of CNS, Jim Fisk of WP, Edward Harriman of UP, William Palmer of SL&A.
New Private Companies Available: MKT, KP.
Hannibal Kimball earns the Gulf Bonus Award for linking the TP&W from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico.
John Forbes dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $7100. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Hannibal Kimball, Comte Verlin, J. Edgar Thompson, Jim Fisk, William Palmer
Civil War begins: Railroads may not build a Right-of-Way this turn.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system
Tycoon Announcements:
10
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William Palmer
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chicago, burlington & quincy a sure winner, go buy some stock folks....
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Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
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John Forbes (2)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Rail Mogul
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Builder
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Magnate
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Erastus Corning (9)
|
Rail Prodigal
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Baron
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Jay Gould (8)
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Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
2
|
John Forbes |
PENN
|
S&G
|
....
|
C&EI
|
1
|
Comte Verlin |
B&O
|
GM&O
|
SP
|
....
|
8
|
Jay Gould |
B&M
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
5
|
Hannibal Kimball |
CNS
|
TP&W
|
M&SP
|
....
|
10
|
William Palmer |
SL&A
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
CRIP
|
4
|
Jim Fisk |
WP
|
C&NW
|
....
|
GN
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
....
|
....
|
O&M
|
MN
|
9
|
Erastus Corning |
BRL
|
SCL
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
11
|
Byron Kilbourn |
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
7
|
Jim Hill |
W&W
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
15
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
Cyrus Holliday |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
13
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
842  
|
91247  
|
53836  
|
95  
|
220857  
|
123876  
|
1  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2468  
|
368423  
|
206316  
|
95  
|
693870  
|
420551  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
34  
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
936  
|
103061  
|
57715  
|
98  
|
213735  
|
101720  
|
3  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2126  
|
284163  
|
159129  
|
98  
|
535102  
|
240295  
|
5  
|
3  
|
0  
|
146  
|
READ
|
Reading
|
199  
|
32632  
|
17948  
|
99  
|
54937  
|
14478  
|
9  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
1799  
|
234988  
|
122193  
|
99  
|
464788  
|
218868  
|
5  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
1536  
|
150746  
|
84418  
|
95  
|
386276  
|
106799  
|
3  
|
2  
|
85  
|
178  
|
W&W
|
Wilmington & Weldon
|
1876  
|
195639  
|
109558  
|
95  
|
451143  
|
241633  
|
2  
|
1  
|
0  
|
14  
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
962  
|
103821  
|
69560  
|
87  
|
220914  
|
51084  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
S&G
|
Savannah & Gulf
|
1511  
|
177410  
|
104673  
|
95  
|
353044  
|
187918  
|
1  
|
2  
|
0  
|
87  
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
94  
|
8508  
|
5445  
|
90  
|
22232  
|
8736  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GTW
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
800  
|
96264  
|
53909  
|
95  
|
234706  
|
157369  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
98  
|
BRL
|
Blue Ridge Line
|
384  
|
29606  
|
18060  
|
93  
|
94701  
|
40495  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
1807  
|
254456  
|
134860  
|
98  
|
408628  
|
286246  
|
5  
|
4  
|
510  
|
2397  
|
A&C
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga
|
137  
|
13123  
|
7743  
|
95  
|
33478  
|
14987  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
428  
|
52463  
|
28854  
|
99  
|
92211  
|
65617  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
325  
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
400  
|
45868  
|
25228  
|
99  
|
82257  
|
61758  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
320  
|
30477  
|
17068  
|
95  
|
80901  
|
52374  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
85  
|
15198  
|
10943  
|
82  
|
13231  
|
10851  
|
4  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
283  
|
27654  
|
18252  
|
88  
|
37907  
|
34993  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
132  
|
12831  
|
8212  
|
90  
|
16181  
|
15803  
|
1  
|
0  
|
760  
|
0  
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173  
|
14339  
|
9320  
|
89  
|
22346  
|
20629  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
142  
|
15240  
|
10058  
|
88  
|
20006  
|
18469  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
105  
|
9348  
|
6357  
|
86  
|
13805  
|
12745  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SL&A
|
St Louis & Alton
|
99  
|
14304  
|
9870  
|
85  
|
15560  
|
14365  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
Railroad Lines:
(Region Key: A=Atl D=DpSouth O=Ohio L=GtLakes C=Central M=Miss G=Gulf W=MidWest S=SWest T=Mtn P=Pacific N=Canada X=Mexico)
Boston & Maine (B&M ):
|
|
B&M
(Double)
|
ME1
|
C1
|
GT
(Double)
|
C2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
New York Central (NYC ):
|
|
NYC
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
(Double)
|
C5
(Double)
|
MC
|
|
PA11
|
MI5
(Double)
|
MS
|
C3
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
OH3
|
PA7
|
MI4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI6 |
[Regions: AOLCN]
|
Central New Jersey (CNJ ):
|
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
PA8
|
NY1
|
NY2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AL]
|
Pennsylvania (PENN):
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
C&A
(Double)
|
PA5
|
PA6
|
P&FW
|
PA1
(Double)
|
NYNH
|
MRLE
|
|
WV2
|
B&H
|
A&GW
|
ERIE
|
WV3
|
IN4
|
LV
|
IN8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOL]
|
Reading (READ):
|
|
READ
|
PA2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
(Double)
|
WV1
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
OH4
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
IN1
(Double)
|
IN10
|
|
L&N
|
IL6
(Double)
|
TN7
|
OH2
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI2 |
[Regions: AOCM]
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
RF&P
|
VC
|
VA4
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
TN4
|
N&C
|
A&T
|
KY10
|
KY8
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY11 |
[Regions: ADO]
|
Wilmington & Weldon (W&W ):
|
|
W&W
(Double)
|
N&W
(Double)
|
R&D
(Double)
|
VA1
(Double)
|
VA2
|
NC1
|
VA7
|
|
MD2
|
C&H
(Double)
|
NER
|
SC1
|
N&S
|
W&M
|
|
Unbuilt:: NC2 |
[Regions: A]
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
|
S&A
|
GA1
|
GA4
|
FL3
|
FL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AD]
|
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):
|
|
S&G
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
AL3
|
TN10
|
MS6
|
TN12
|
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY12 |
[Regions: ADMG]
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ]
|
Grand Trunk Western (GTW ):
|
|
GTW
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH5
|
OH6
|
IN3
|
IN7
|
IL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: OH8 |
[Regions: LM]
|
Blue Ridge Line (BRL ):
|
|
BRL
|
TN2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
|
IN2
(Double)
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN9
|
KY13
|
MI1
|
COG
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
|
AL4
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
MS2
(Double)
|
GA2
|
|
Unbuilt:: OH7 |
[Regions: ADLCG]
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga (A&C ):
|
|
A&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
AL7
|
AL5
(Double)
|
AL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: FL6 |
[Regions: DG]
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MN2 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
|
IA1
|
|
Unbuilt:: MO8 |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
|
|
Unbuilt:: AR3 |
[Regions: M]
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):
|
|
V&T
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Western Pacific (WP ):
|
|
WP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: P]
|
Union Pacific (UP ):
|
|
UP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: W]
|
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):
|
|
SL&A
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Stock Market Report
RR stock data
|
RR
|
Start price
|
Trade price
|
End price
|
Net change
|
# Shares traded
|
# Shares issued
|
# Shares in treasury
|
President
|
Chairman
|
Directors
|
B&M
|
42  
|
34  
|
27  
|
-15
|
1117  
|
4210  
|
0  
|
8  
|
8  
|
1  
2  
|
NYC
|
41  
|
42  
|
43  
|
+2
|
2493  
|
12234  
|
113  
|
|
4  
|
10  
|
CNJ
|
40  
|
35  
|
30  
|
-10
|
1141  
|
4604  
|
76  
|
|
8  
|
4  
5  
|
PENN
|
84  
|
81  
|
78  
|
-6
|
2644  
|
10502  
|
133  
|
2  
|
2  
|
8  
|
READ
|
26  
|
32  
|
39  
|
+13
|
338  
|
968  
|
27  
|
|
1  
|
2  
5  
|
B&O
|
39  
|
44  
|
50  
|
+11
|
1762  
|
8936  
|
67  
|
1  
|
1  
|
5  
|
C&O
|
27  
|
33  
|
35  
|
+8
|
980  
|
7223  
|
457  
|
11  
|
11  
|
1  
5  
|
W&W
|
43  
|
33  
|
23  
|
-20
|
2324  
|
9203  
|
187  
|
7  
|
8  
|
|
SCL
|
18  
|
23  
|
28  
|
+10
|
1872  
|
4603  
|
214  
|
9  
|
9  
|
2  
5  
|
S&G
|
51  
|
43  
|
37  
|
-14
|
2581  
|
13491  
|
44  
|
2  
|
2  
|
8  
|
G&C
|
15  
|
15  
|
16  
|
+1
|
151  
|
454  
|
16  
|
|
2  
|
5  
|
GTW
|
38  
|
30  
|
23  
|
-15
|
1044  
|
3940  
|
60  
|
|
10  
|
|
BRL
|
27  
|
26  
|
26  
|
-1
|
473  
|
1845  
|
75  
|
9  
|
9  
|
1  
2  
|
TP&W
|
49  
|
47  
|
51  
|
+2
|
814  
|
8819  
|
216  
|
5  
|
5  
|
4  
8  
|
A&C
|
42  
|
50  
|
59  
|
+17
|
109  
|
646  
|
39  
|
|
7  
|
1  
5  
6  
|
GM&O
|
55  
|
61  
|
68  
|
+13
|
471  
|
2090  
|
50  
|
1  
|
1  
|
6  
|
C&NW
|
30  
|
40  
|
51  
|
+21
|
146  
|
1860  
|
140  
|
4  
|
4  
|
|
CB&Q
|
27  
|
42  
|
58  
|
+31
|
277  
|
1535  
|
65  
|
10  
|
10  
|
|
CNS
|
10  
|
13  
|
16  
|
+6
|
174  
|
393  
|
32  
|
5  
|
5  
|
|
MP
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
+11
|
0  
|
1274  
|
141  
|
|
1  
|
|
M&LR
|
10  
|
14  
|
18  
|
+8
|
273  
|
660  
|
0  
|
|
6  
|
|
V&T
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
+11
|
0  
|
779  
|
86  
|
|
2  
|
|
WP
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
+11
|
0  
|
639  
|
71  
|
4  
|
4  
|
|
UP
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
+11
|
0  
|
473  
|
52  
|
6  
|
6  
|
|
SL&A
|
0  
|
0  
|
11  
|
+11
|
0  
|
446  
|
49  
|
10  
|
10  
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
FW&C
|
570  
|
C&C
|
1010  
|
IC
|
925  
|
CASL
|
925  
|
FEC
|
1495  
|
L&A
|
450  
|
CP
|
770  
|
MKT
|
1630  
|
SLSF
|
1195  
|
SLSW
|
775  
|
GW
|
700  
|
KP
|
890  
|
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