Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 11 - Turn # 16

Headline News 1871 to 1872

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1871: Wild Bill Hickok made Marshal of Abilene. Shoots two men and one policeman.
1872: Buffalo Bill Cody makes first stage appearance in Chicago. Broadway next!

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Florian bought C&C for $1120, Jay Gould bought SLSW for $2000, Jay Gould bought SL for $1500.

PCs Merged: NP merges into M&SP, T&P merges into M&LR.

New Engines Acquired: PENN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, WBSH bought Pacific 4-6-2, SM bought Pacific 4-6-2, C&NW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CRIP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, MP bought Pacific 4-6-2, M&LR bought Pacific 4-6-2, L&A bought Pacific 4-6-2, CP bought Pacific 4-6-2, WP bought Pacific 4-6-2, MKT bought Pacific 4-6-2, GW bought Pacific 4-6-2, SP bought Pacific 4-6-2, GN bought Pacific 4-6-2, KP bought Pacific 4-6-2, KCS bought Pacific 4-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: PENN bought , WBSH bought , GM&O bought , SM bought , C&NW bought , M&SP bought , MP bought , M&LR bought , L&A bought , CP bought , WP bought , GW bought , SP bought , GN bought , GN bought , GN bought , KP bought .

RoWs built: MN3 by C&NW, MT6 by M&SP, TX12 by M&LR, UT6 by CP, UT8 by WP, CO7 by UP, OR7 by SP, MT9 by GN, KS3 by KP.

M&SP doubled ND1, WP doubled SV.

New RoWs acquired: A&T got WV2, GM&O got MS1, GW got LA1, MP got KS4, M&LR got TX11, GN got MT5, UP got WY1, CP got UT2, WP got UT5, M&SP got ID1, SP got OR1.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost PENN $29430.

Inadequate signal system slows N&W rail service: mail contracts worth $70125 cancelled.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost C&H $10287.

Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against FEC exceed $2863.

Inadequate signal system slows V&T rail service: mail contracts worth $1730 cancelled.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost KCS $1078.

Guerre tarifaire: A&T declares rate war on ERIE, reduces rates by 50%.

Reorganized RRs: ERIE, C&O.

Insolvent RRs: C&H.

Bankrupt RRs: N&W.

Loan Recalls: Scrooge McDuck.

Stock splits: M&SP splits 2 for 1.

New railroad Presidents: Florian of PENN, Edward Harriman of A&T, Sun-E Storm of CRIP, Vanderbilt of V&T.

New Private Companies Available: TR, LP&W.

Florian dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $31012. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, Maggy, Erastus Corning, Vanderbilt

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers

Tycoon Announcements:

4 Florian there will be no bargain, young jedi!

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Florian (4) Edward Harriman (9) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Mogul Florian (4) Maggy (7) Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Builder Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) Florian (4) Vanderbilt (3) Maggy (7)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Scrooge McDuck (8) Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Prodigal Florian (4) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Edward Harriman (9) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Baron Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Florian GN PENN .... C&C
9 Edward Harriman WP A&T .... ATSF
10 Erastus Corning M&SP SP .... ....
7 Maggy CP UP .... ....
3 Vanderbilt M&LR V&T IC ....
2 Sun-E Storm .... CRIP .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
11 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
5 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....
12 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
14 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
13 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
8 Scrooge McDuck N&W GW .... ....
6 Jay Gould .... .... SLSW SL

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1452   166186   140867   75   326700   0   -5   0   0   1  
PENN Pennsylvania 3270   595621   345461   93   955351   426303   8   2   0   7  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 773   72512   60187   71   173925   0   -4   0   0   108  
N&W Norfolk & Western 4675   613409   533669   64   1198070   747537   -4   0   0   4  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 1143   133182   89231   87   299141   166628   0   0   0   8  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 1107   142449   86894   93   282531   147726   3   0   0   1  
WBSH Wabash Line 2964   516051   278668   97   985727   208652   10   3   0   2  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 3045   558855   340790   93   827200   527926   2   0   0   44  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 325   29620   17475   95   80997   11662   3   4   0   20  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   8037   4420   99   9880   180   14   4   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 539   60447   35664   95   105119   56790   4   8   0   1384  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   19230   12884   87   20637   16201   4   0   0   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   22243   14903   87   26115   21279   3   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 453   54714   32282   95   111527   52710   4   0   0   285  
FEC Florida East Coast 409   32715   20610   91   94305   47173   0   0   0   177  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 1860   212563   110533   99   387292   266204   4   6   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 670   78921   43406   99   126480   58178   2   3   4830   312  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 1019   100921   54496   97   180217   91511   3   9   3210   1291  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173   16240   10069   92   22137   16577   3   0   0   0  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   15803   10588   87   17630   12902   5   1   0   0  
CP Central Pacific 724   71965   40301   98   143367   77402   3   22   288   174  
WP Western Pacific 728   77165   43984   97   138167   101331   3   1   1760   1541  
UP Union Pacific 507   37862   23853   91   89802   70771   -1   6   2904   244  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 326   29804   19373   89   51582   37236   1   1   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   17602   10737   93   18990   15538   5   2   0   0  
SP Southern Pacific 832   81066   44586   99   145527   116305   3   9   0   0  
GN Great Northern 1302   103690   57030   96   246863   188007   1   4   0   2751  
KP Kansas Pacific 766   72739   40006   99   151651   85117   3   8   0   0  
KCS Kansas City Southern 98   12114   6784   98   16835   10995   6   4   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)
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS PA8 OH3 MI1 MS MC MI5
Unbuilt:: OH6 [Regions: ALC]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 C&A  (Double) PA6 CNJ  (Double) GT  (Double)
B&M C2 C3 HRL  (Double) NY1 PA9 PA10 PA1  (Double)
B&O  (Double) WV1 M&C IN4  (Double) IN7 IL4 IL1  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMN]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA2 MD1 SC5 TN2 TN3
Unbuilt:: KY4 [Regions: A]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) RF&P  (Double) R&D  (Double) N&S VA1  (Double) VC W&W
VA7 NC2 VA4 VA6 TN1 TN4 VA5 NO&J  (Double) MS6
COG  (Double) GA2  (Double) A&C GA3 BRL  (Double) TN6 G&C
TN9 TN10 TN13 N&C L&N TN8 KY12 IL2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOMG]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H SC4 SC1 GA4 FL4 FL5 FL6 AL8 AL6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AG]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW OH2 TP&W OH5 IN1 MI2  (Double) C5 PA7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OLCN]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH  (Double) IN6 MON  (Double) IN10 KY13 IL8  (Double) SCL  (Double)
S&G  (Double) S&A  (Double) NER W&M GA1 A&WP GA8  (Double)
AL4 MS2 AL3 TN12 MS4 TN14
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T AL5 TN5 AL7 P&LE  (Double) MRLE OH4 NYC  (Double) B&A  (Double)
NY3 PA11  (Double) C4  (Double) IN3 C&EI  (Double) GTW IN9
B&H  (Double) A&GW O&M KY7 NYNH  (Double) IL6  (Double)
Unbuilt:: WV2 [Regions: ADOLCMGN]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O MS3
Unbuilt:: MS1 [Regions: G]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW WI4 MN3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CW]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL SL&A MO1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CM]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC GA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) CNS  (Double) SP&P  (Double) ND1  (Double) ND2 NP MT6
Unbuilt:: ID1 [Regions: CWT]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP KCN MO6 KC&D
Unbuilt:: KS4 [Regions: MW]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR  (Double) AR4 OK1 T&P TX12
Unbuilt:: TX11 [Regions: MS]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP  (Double) NV2 UT7 UT6
Unbuilt:: UT2 [Regions: TP]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP  (Double) SV  (Double) NV1 UT8
Unbuilt:: UT5 [Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP NE1 CO7
Unbuilt:: WY1 [Regions: W]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW
Unbuilt:: LA1 [Regions: G]
Southern Pacific (SP ):   SP  (Double) CA5 OR8 OR7
Unbuilt:: OR1 [Regions: P]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN ND5 SP&D MT1 MT9
Unbuilt:: MT5 [Regions: W]
Kansas Pacific (KP ):   KP MO3 KS3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):   KCS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]

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
ERIE 14   11   21   +7  3719   7260   0      
PENN 35   41   48   +13  2697   16363   0   4   4   7    
C&O 11   10   25   +14  1187   3865   0      
N&W 41   27   14   -27  13859   23379   0   8   8  
C&H 30   33   37   +7  1842   5687   34     4   3    
P&FW 27   25   23   -4  1852   5492   43     9   7    
WBSH 38   46   54   +16  2715   14795   32     10   4     7    
A&T 17   17   17   +0  8973   45696   0   9   9   4    
GM&O 32   36   41   +9  313   1594   31     3   2    
SM 42   40   39   -3  44   214   6     10   2     4    
C&NW 24   22   21   -3  570   2521   174     4   9    
CRIP 13   13   13   +0  226   707   43   2   2   9    
CB&Q 13   13   14   +1  272   896   54     2   4    
CASL 31   29   28   -3  410   2174   91     9   2    
FEC 14   14   14   +0  715   2013   32     3  
M&SP 77   90   51   +25  1129   18074   526   10   10   4     9    
MP 16   26   36   +20  1126   7595   0     9   2     4     7     10    
M&LR 52   62   72   +20  1360   7629   351   3   3   2     4     9     10    
V&T 15   17   19   +4  224   816   49   3   3   4     9    
L&A 12   14   16   +4  196   416   34     2   9    
CP 43   60   77   +34  604   3515   105   7   7   2     9     10    
WP 35   31   27   -8  805   3548   92   9   9   7    
UP 52   59   66   +14  825   4278   72   7   7   15    
MKT 12   11   11   -1  565   1507   123     10  
GW 13   17   21   +8  244   700   0   8   8   9    
SP 45   52   60   +15  1120   4098   62   10   10   4    
GN 39   33   27   -12  1702   6400   110   4   4  
KP 49   50   51   +2  970   3572   258     3   9    
KCS 12   14   16   +4  169   453   37     7   2    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
READ 520   MN 510   FW&C 570   SLSF 1195   TR 420   LP&W 1000  

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