Continental Rails II
Game # 10 - Turn # 17
Headline News 1873 to 1874
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1873: Jesse James and his gang commit their first train robbery in Iowa.
1874: Rich silver strike found in Nevada.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Jim Hill bought FEC for $2500, Jim Fisk bought SV for $12345, Jim Fisk bought T&P for $12345, Comte Verlin bought LP&W for $7580.
PCs Incorporated: SL, L&A, GW, IC.
New Engines Acquired: B&O bought Pacific 4-6-2, SCL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, WP bought Pacific 4-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought Pullman sleepers, NYC bought automatic brakes, CNJ bought automatic brakes, PENN bought automatic brakes, B&O bought Pullman sleepers, C&O bought automatic couplers, W&W bought automatic couplers, G&C bought automatic couplers, GTW bought automatic brakes, TP&W bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, V&T bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, UP bought Pullman sleepers, UP bought automatic brakes, MKT bought automatic brakes, KC&D bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: TN15 by C&O, GA3 by TP&W, MT2 by C&NW, IL13 by CRIP, OK6 by CB&Q, MT6 by CNS, KS2 by MP, UT7 by WP, IA6 by UP.
Double Tracked Lines: NYC doubled NYC, TP&W doubled TN13, C&NW doubled SP&D, CNS doubled NP, M&LR doubled M&LR, WP doubled WP, UP doubled NE2.
New RoWs acquired: G&C got SC2, NYC got MI3, TP&W got IN5, CRIP got IA8, KC&D got MO3, M&LR got AR4, UP got NE1, CB&Q got OK5, V&T got TX11, C&NW got MT3, CNS got MT7, MP got CO2, WP got UT6.
Inadequate brakes on C&O locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $24312.
Inadequate signal system slows G&C rail service: mail contracts worth $940 cancelled.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost A&C $1233.
Inadequate brakes on CRIP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1332.
Rate Wars: READ declares rate war on PENN, reduces rates by 50%
Reorganized RRs: READ, BRL.
New Private Companies Available: LR&S, H&S.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $10321., Comte Verlin, Edward Harriman, Byron Kilbourn, John Forbes
L'invention des wagons réfrigérés permet le transport of denrées périssables sur of longuers distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Normal to Good.
Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes, refrigerated cars
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)
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Comte Verlin (1)
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Hannibal Kimball (5)
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Jim Fisk (4)
|
Jay Gould (8)
|
Rail Mogul
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Builder
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Magnate
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Byron Kilbourn (11)
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Rail Baron
|
Hannibal Kimball (5)
|
John Forbes (2)
|
Comte Verlin (1)
|
Jim Fisk (4)
|
William Palmer (10)
|
Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
1
|
Comte Verlin |
MP
|
WP
|
....
|
LP&W
|
5
|
Hannibal Kimball |
CNS
|
TP&W
|
....
|
....
|
10
|
William Palmer |
CRIP
|
CB&Q
|
....
|
....
|
4
|
Jim Fisk |
NYC
|
C&NW
|
SV
|
T&P
|
2
|
John Forbes |
GTW
|
V&T
|
....
|
....
|
8
|
Jay Gould |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
M&LR
|
FW&C
|
....
|
11
|
Byron Kilbourn |
C&O
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
15
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
Cyrus Holliday |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
13
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
9
|
Erastus Corning |
....
|
SCL
|
....
|
....
|
7
|
Jim Hill |
KC&D
|
G&C
|
....
|
FEC
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
842  
|
107818  
|
66847  
|
92  
|
263008  
|
112693  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2570  
|
467884  
|
243298  
|
99  
|
832286  
|
358981  
|
10  
|
9  
|
0  
|
1  
|
CNJ
|
Central New Jersey
|
936  
|
124897  
|
69943  
|
98  
|
258719  
|
25235  
|
7  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2430  
|
408108  
|
237776  
|
97  
|
705538  
|
136585  
|
9  
|
5  
|
0  
|
4  
|
READ
|
Reading
|
288  
|
35104  
|
29866  
|
99  
|
72000  
|
0  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
2533  
|
480948  
|
254902  
|
98  
|
762875  
|
258495  
|
11  
|
3  
|
0  
|
10  
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
2026  
|
261972  
|
157183  
|
91  
|
609780  
|
107149  
|
5  
|
3  
|
0  
|
179  
|
W&W
|
Wilmington & Weldon
|
2031  
|
251929  
|
131003  
|
99  
|
608638  
|
201048  
|
5  
|
0  
|
0  
|
1  
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
962  
|
123470  
|
79020  
|
90  
|
271072  
|
16335  
|
5  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
94  
|
10071  
|
6345  
|
91  
|
27386  
|
7846  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GTW
|
Grand Trunk Western
|
2996  
|
523281  
|
293037  
|
95  
|
893074  
|
412857  
|
6  
|
5  
|
0  
|
131  
|
BRL
|
Blue Ridge Line
|
384  
|
34710  
|
23255  
|
87  
|
96000  
|
0  
|
-1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
2401  
|
461254  
|
239854  
|
99  
|
611127  
|
412894  
|
11  
|
9  
|
0  
|
105  
|
A&C
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga
|
137  
|
15439  
|
10190  
|
88  
|
39871  
|
11231  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185  
|
22826  
|
15750  
|
85  
|
38105  
|
27595  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
2217  
|
249260  
|
129615  
|
99  
|
492083  
|
341685  
|
4  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
222  
|
31044  
|
17074  
|
99  
|
57364  
|
39086  
|
5  
|
13  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
1438  
|
196099  
|
109815  
|
95  
|
436002  
|
275313  
|
3  
|
10  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
1718  
|
213022  
|
110771  
|
99  
|
364663  
|
258907  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
2974  
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
1110  
|
124740  
|
64865  
|
99  
|
227809  
|
145195  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
477  
|
55016  
|
30259  
|
99  
|
95256  
|
41760  
|
5  
|
9  
|
0  
|
69  
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
736  
|
61327  
|
33730  
|
99  
|
148561  
|
96849  
|
2  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
L&A
|
Louisiana & Arkansas
|
90  
|
16518  
|
10737  
|
89  
|
21575  
|
15625  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
WP
|
Western Pacific
|
1087  
|
132982  
|
74470  
|
95  
|
234724  
|
160893  
|
4  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
978  
|
100632  
|
55348  
|
99  
|
215600  
|
155037  
|
2  
|
7  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
326  
|
32221  
|
21266  
|
88  
|
65316  
|
38286  
|
1  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GW
|
Great Western
|
140  
|
18255  
|
11683  
|
90  
|
29405  
|
21295  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
KC&D
|
Kansas City & Denver
|
66  
|
10719  
|
5895  
|
99  
|
17073  
|
10151  
|
7  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
KP
|
Kansas Pacific
|
178  
|
17596  
|
10734  
|
93  
|
34750  
|
21959  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SL
|
Soo Line
|
150  
|
15540  
|
10101  
|
89  
|
29231  
|
21169  
|
1  
|
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
(Double)
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
(Double)
|
C5
(Double)
|
|
MC
|
PA11
|
MI5
(Double)
|
MS
|
C3
|
P&LE
(Double)
|
OH3
|
PA7
|
|
MI4
|
MN
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI3 |
[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
|
C&EI
|
IL5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCM]
|
Reading (READ):
|
|
READ
|
PA2
|
PA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
(Double)
|
WV1
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
OH4
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
IN1
(Double)
|
IN10
(Double)
|
|
L&N
(Double)
|
IL6
(Double)
|
TN7
|
OH2
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
AL7
(Double)
|
|
AL5
(Double)
|
AL2
(Double)
|
MI2
|
MS1
|
IL3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
VC
|
VA4
|
VA6
|
TN1
|
TN4
|
N&C
|
A&T
|
KY10
|
|
KY8
|
O&M
|
KY11
|
KY9
|
TN15
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOM]
|
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
(Double)
|
NC2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
|
S&A
|
GA1
|
GA4
|
FL3
|
FL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AD]
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: SC2 |
[Regions: ]
|
Grand Trunk Western (GTW ):
|
|
GTW
|
LS
(Double)
|
OH5
|
OH6
|
IN3
|
IN7
|
IL4
|
C&C
|
OH8
|
IN6
|
|
S&G
(Double)
|
GA6
|
GA7
|
AL1
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
AL3
|
TN10
|
MS6
|
|
TN12
|
SM
(Double)
|
NO&J
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
Blue Ridge Line (BRL ):
|
|
BRL
|
TN2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
(Double)
|
IN2
(Double)
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN9
(Double)
|
KY13
|
MI1
(Double)
|
|
COG
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL4
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
(Double)
|
MS2
(Double)
|
|
GA2
(Double)
|
OH7
|
IL8
(Double)
|
TN14
|
GA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: IN5 |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
Atlanta & Chattanooga (A&C ):
|
|
A&C
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: D]
|
Illinois Central (IC ):
|
|
IC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
(Double)
|
WI4
(Double)
|
SP&P
(Double)
|
MN2
|
GN
(Double)
|
ND5
|
SP&D
(Double)
|
|
MT1
|
MT2
|
|
Unbuilt:: MT3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
IL13
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA8 |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
(Double)
|
IA1
(Double)
|
MO8
|
KCS
|
IA3
|
SL&A
(Double)
|
MO1
|
IL11
|
|
IA5
|
OK6
|
|
Unbuilt:: OK5 |
[Regions: CMW]
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
(Double)
|
M&SP
(Double)
|
NP
(Double)
|
MN3
|
ND3
|
ND4
|
MT6
|
|
Unbuilt:: MT7 |
[Regions: CWT]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
KCN
(Double)
|
ATSF
|
MO6
|
KS2
|
|
Unbuilt:: CO2 |
[Regions: MW]
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):
|
|
M&LR
(Double)
|
AR3
|
SLSW
|
|
Unbuilt:: AR4 |
[Regions: M]
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):
|
|
V&T
|
TX5
|
TX6
|
TX15
|
|
Unbuilt:: TX11 |
[Regions: M]
|
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):
|
|
L&A
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
Western Pacific (WP ):
|
|
WP
(Double)
|
SP
(Double)
|
CP
(Double)
|
CA6
|
OR5
|
NV1
|
UT7
|
|
Unbuilt:: UT6 |
[Regions: P]
|
Union Pacific (UP ):
|
|
UP
(Double)
|
NE2
(Double)
|
NE3
|
IA6
|
|
Unbuilt:: NE1 |
[Regions: WT]
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):
|
|
MKT
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Great Western (GW ):
|
|
GW
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: G]
|
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):
|
|
KC&D
|
|
Unbuilt:: MO3 |
[Regions: W]
|
Kansas Pacific (KP ):
|
|
KP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: W]
|
Soo Line (SL ):
|
|
SL
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: N]
|
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
|
21  
|
22  
|
24  
|
+3
|
1511  
|
4210  
|
0  
|
|
2  
|
1  
|
NYC
|
26  
|
39  
|
52  
|
+26
|
3876  
|
12857  
|
0  
|
4  
|
4  
|
5  
10  
|
CNJ
|
24  
|
25  
|
27  
|
+3
|
1096  
|
4665  
|
15  
|
|
8  
|
4  
5  
|
PENN
|
34  
|
33  
|
32  
|
-2
|
3783  
|
12082  
|
73  
|
|
2  
|
|
READ
|
13  
|
13  
|
12  
|
-1
|
1047  
|
1440  
|
0  
|
|
|
|
B&O
|
36  
|
36  
|
37  
|
+1
|
2849  
|
12580  
|
93  
|
|
1  
|
|
C&O
|
22  
|
24  
|
26  
|
+4
|
1774  
|
10075  
|
55  
|
11  
|
11  
|
1  
10  
|
W&W
|
26  
|
27  
|
28  
|
+2
|
2892  
|
10087  
|
78  
|
|
5  
|
8  
|
SCL
|
15  
|
17  
|
20  
|
+5
|
1310  
|
4778  
|
39  
|
9  
|
9  
|
1  
5  
|
G&C
|
23  
|
27  
|
32  
|
+9
|
152  
|
470  
|
0  
|
7  
|
7  
|
5  
|
GTW
|
28  
|
29  
|
30  
|
+2
|
5489  
|
20816  
|
144  
|
2  
|
2  
|
10  
|
BRL
|
14  
|
15  
|
40  
|
+26
|
494  
|
1920  
|
0  
|
|
|
|
TP&W
|
35  
|
37  
|
39  
|
+4
|
3203  
|
11929  
|
76  
|
5  
|
5  
|
8  
|
A&C
|
21  
|
22  
|
24  
|
+3
|
189  
|
676  
|
9  
|
|
5  
|
1  
|
IC
|
0  
|
0  
|
14  
|
+14
|
0  
|
833  
|
92  
|
|
1  
|
|
C&NW
|
72  
|
62  
|
52  
|
-20
|
3845  
|
11020  
|
65  
|
4  
|
4  
|
5  
10  
|
CRIP
|
40  
|
53  
|
67  
|
+27
|
191  
|
1074  
|
36  
|
10  
|
10  
|
|
CB&Q
|
36  
|
36  
|
36  
|
+0
|
1141  
|
7063  
|
127  
|
10  
|
10  
|
5  
|
CNS
|
25  
|
27  
|
29  
|
+4
|
2324  
|
8467  
|
123  
|
5  
|
5  
|
|
MP
|
35  
|
36  
|
37  
|
+2
|
685  
|
5389  
|
161  
|
1  
|
1  
|
4  
5  
|
M&LR
|
23  
|
25  
|
28  
|
+5
|
385  
|
2385  
|
0  
|
6  
|
6  
|
1  
4  
5  
|
V&T
|
48  
|
46  
|
44  
|
-4
|
1165  
|
3512  
|
168  
|
2  
|
2  
|
4  
5  
|
L&A
|
0  
|
0  
|
14  
|
+14
|
0  
|
405  
|
45  
|
|
5  
|
|
WP
|
45  
|
44  
|
44  
|
-1
|
746  
|
5343  
|
92  
|
1  
|
1  
|
4  
5  
|
UP
|
75  
|
76  
|
78  
|
+3
|
2192  
|
4823  
|
67  
|
6  
|
1  
|
10  
|
MKT
|
14  
|
19  
|
25  
|
+11
|
696  
|
1507  
|
123  
|
|
1  
|
|
GW
|
0  
|
0  
|
14  
|
+14
|
0  
|
630  
|
70  
|
|
5  
|
|
KC&D
|
25  
|
44  
|
63  
|
+38
|
95  
|
330  
|
0  
|
7  
|
7  
|
1  
5  
|
KP
|
28  
|
34  
|
40  
|
+12
|
203  
|
839  
|
51  
|
|
2  
|
1  
5  
6  
10  
|
SL
|
0  
|
0  
|
14  
|
+14
|
0  
|
675  
|
75  
|
|
7  
|
|
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Price
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CF
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Price
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CASL
|
925  
|
SLSF
|
1195  
|
CT
|
845  
|
LR&S
|
1050  
|
H&S
|
1160  
|
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