Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 11 - Turn # 20

Headline News 1879 to 1880

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1879: Wyatt Earp arrives in Tombstone, Arizona.
1880: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Vanderbilt bought H&S for $15432, Erastus Corning bought CW for $9876.

New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought block signal system, P&FW bought Grand Station, P&FW bought block signal system, P&FW bought automatic couplers, P&FW bought Pullman sleepers, P&FW bought automatic brakes, GM&O bought automatic brakes, C&C bought automatic brakes, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought Pullman sleepers, CASL bought automatic brakes, CP bought automatic brakes, SLSW bought automatic brakes.

RoWs built: MD2 by P&FW, MN4 by CRIP, CA3 by M&SP, OK4 by MP, AZ1 by M&LR, M1 by GW, C10 by GN, IA6 by KCS.

A&T doubled A&GW, M&SP doubled CA4, MP doubled MO6.

New RoWs acquired: C&O got SC3, C&H got GA7, ERIE got OH7, WBSH got AL1, CRIP got MN5, KCS got NE2, MP got TX4, GN got MT4, M&SP got M4.

RR Mergers: C&H merges into GM&O.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost ERIE $12416.

C&O railway workers demand safety improvements. Wildcat strike costs $6920.

Inadequate signal system slows N&W rail service: mail contracts worth $60775 cancelled.

Inadequate brakes on FEC locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $2454.

Inadequate brakes on WP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $5640.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost MKT $3912.

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

Reorganized RRs: N&W, FEC.

Loan Recalls: Erastus Corning.

Cornered stocks: PENN.

New railroad Presidents: Florian of PENN, Vanderbilt of M&LR.

New Private Companies Available: LR&S, DRGW, DP, A&P, M&W.

Florian has a Transcontinental system.

Erastus Corning has a Transcontinental system.

Florian dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $250000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, Erastus Corning, Sun-E Storm, Maggy, Vanderbilt

Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Normal.
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

Tycoon Announcements:

2 Sun-E Storm the end comes near...;-p

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) Maggy (7) Florian (4) Vanderbilt (3)
Rail Magnate Edward Harriman (9) Florian (4) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) Scrooge McDuck (8)
Rail Prodigal Florian (4) Edward Harriman (9) Erastus Corning (10) Maggy (7) Sun-E Storm (2)
Rail Baron Florian (4) Edward Harriman (9) Maggy (7) Erastus Corning (10) Vanderbilt (3)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
4 Florian GN PENN .... ....
9 Edward Harriman A&T MP CT SA&H
7 Maggy P&FW C&O .... ....
2 Sun-E Storm KCS CRIP .... ....
3 Vanderbilt M&LR GM&O H&S TR
10 Erastus Corning M&SP ERIE .... CW
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
8 Scrooge McDuck GW .... .... C&S
11 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 Leland Stanford .... .... .... ....
12 Hannibal Kimball .... .... .... ....
6 Jay Gould SLSW .... .... SL
13 Collis Huntington .... .... .... ....
5 Jim Hill .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1552   209034   142143   83   409418   24274   5   0   0   1  
PENN Pennsylvania 3270   640759   371640   93   1055282   466352   4   0   0   1  
READ Reading 104   19668   12588   90   24351   13162   8   0   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 865   84329   69993   71   220168   23801   -1   0   0   11  
N&W Norfolk & Western 4675   643451   559804   64   1168750   0   0   0   0   1  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 1259   189134   100242   98   358397   175120   7   1   0   1  
WBSH Wabash Line 2964   516863   284967   99   1078263   79973   0   1   0   1  
A&T Alabama & Tennessee 3045   608870   348011   97   928416   571190   2   3   0   4  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 1607   201430   138988   85   549523   199805   0   1   774   3  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   8403   4622   99   6935   155   15   6   0   0  
MN Michigan Northern 102   14594   8610   95   21197   12320   6   0   0   0  
FW&C Ft. Wayne & Chicago 114   18277   11697   90   23799   15556   6   6   0   0  
C&C Cincinnati & Chicago 202   24643   15525   91   41336   23186   4   0   0   0  
IC Illinois Central 185   23067   16608   82   37189   23105   1   0   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 647   68559   38393   98   122480   71134   4   4   0   587  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   24032   13218   99   32941   15156   7   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 453   60186   34908   96   125399   30550   6   0   0   43  
FEC Florida East Coast 409   34067   21462   91   102250   0   0   0   0   21  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 4675   609621   524273   65   994029   689492   -1   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 1756   226613   124635   96   347069   217726   4   4   0   2476  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 2122   241915   125797   99   414384   216588   4   0   0   1385  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   16518   10902   88   20862   7354   7   1   0   0  
CP Central Pacific 2380   257358   141547   96   555392   304869   3   0   0   877  
WP Western Pacific 940   106710   58690   99   201089   136185   4   0   0   496  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 326   31161   18073   96   61761   32276   3   0   0   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   25944   15566   94   45277   27475   3   0   0   0  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155   19883   11930   94   32365   17645   5   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 950   105553   60165   97   173662   93650   5   4   0   0  
GN Great Northern 2660   346407   180132   99   615625   406447   6   4   0   784  
KP Kansas Pacific 989   103797   57088   99   212073   73628   5   1   0   239  
KCS Kansas City Southern 433   49724   25856   99   88933   62775   5   4   0   148  

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 OH6
Unbuilt:: OH7 [Regions: ALC]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 C&A  (Double) PA6 CNJ  (Double) GT  (Double)
B&M  (Double) 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]
Reading (READ):   READ
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA2 MD1 SC5 TN2 TN3 KY4
Unbuilt:: SC3 [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]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW OH2 TP&W OH5 IN1 MI2  (Double) C5 PA7 MD2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCN]
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:: AL1 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Alabama & Tennessee (A&T ):   A&T AL5 TN5 AL7 P&LE  (Double) MRLE OH4 NYC  (Double) B&A  (Double)
NY3  (Double) PA11  (Double) C4  (Double) IN3 C&EI  (Double) GTW
IN9 B&H  (Double) A&GW  (Double) O&M KY7 NYNH  (Double) IL6  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMGN]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O MS3 MS1 C&H SC4 SC1 GA4 FL4 FL5 FL6 AL8
AL6
Unbuilt:: GA7 [Regions: AG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Michigan Northern (MN ):   MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Ft. Wayne & Chicago (FW&C):   FW&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C ):   C&C
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP IA7 IA10 MN4
Unbuilt:: MN5 [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  (Double)
MT6  (Double) ID1 ID2 MN2 SP  (Double) CA5 OR8 OR7
OR1 OR3 CA4  (Double) CA3
Unbuilt:: M4 [Regions: CWTP]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) KCN  (Double) MO6  (Double) KC&D KS4 ATSF OK6 OK4
Unbuilt:: TX4 [Regions: MWS]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR  (Double) AR4 OK1 T&P  (Double) TX12 TX11 V&T  (Double) TX10
FW&D M3 AZ1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MSX]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP  (Double) NV2 UT7 UT6 UT2 UT1 UP NE1 CO7 WY1
IA5 CA7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: WTP]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP  (Double) SV  (Double) NV1  (Double) UT8 UT5 UT3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: TP]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW LA1 TX1 TX3 M1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: GSX]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN ND5 SP&D MT1 MT9 MT5 ID5 C&NW  (Double) WI4 MN3
WA1 C10
Unbuilt:: MT4 [Regions: CWTPN]
Kansas Pacific (KP ):   KP MO3 KS3 MO7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):   KCS LP&W IA6
Unbuilt:: NE2 [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 41   45   49   +8  2045   7760   0   10   10   7     9    
PENN 59   67   76   +17  3407   32726   0   4   4   7     9    
READ 17   18   20   +3  140   481   39     4   9    
C&O 24   26   29   +5  1374   4325   0   7   7  
N&W 17   17   30   +13  10764   23375   0      
P&FW 32   30   29   -3  1261   6219   76   7   7   9    
WBSH 41   23   5   -36  107755   177924   0     10   4    
A&T 27   26   26   -1  5716   45696   0   9   9   4     7    
GM&O 39   36   37   -2  338   8041   0   3   3   7    
SM 39   40   41   +2  36   215   5     10   2     4     9    
MN 17   21   25   +8  159   471   39     7   2     9    
FW&C 13   14   15   +2  193   527   43     4  
C&C 22   26   30   +8  254   953   57     2   4     9    
IC 20   23   27   +7  244   856   69     3   4     9    
CRIP 18   19   20   +2  791   3160   75   2   2   9    
CB&Q 19   19   20   +1  231   932   18     2   4     9    
CASL 44   40   36   -8  309   2235   30     9   2     4     7    
FEC 14   14   25   +11  654   2045   0      
M&SP 19   17   16   -3  20893   74730   125   10   10  
MP 24   24   24   +0  1108   12943   82   9   9   2     4     7     10    
M&LR 40   65   91   +51  2001   13237   258   3   3   4     7     9    
L&A 21   25   29   +8  134   438   12     3   2     4     9    
CP 44   41   38   -6  5070   13479   236     7   10    
WP 28   31   35   +7  1589   4686   14     7   9    
MKT 23   22   22   -1  356   1590   40     10   2     4     9    
SLSF 17   20   24   +7  359   1105   90     10   4     9    
SLSW 26   30   34   +8  183   731   44   6   6   4     9    
GW 38   35   33   -5  911   4456   294   8   8   4     9    
GN 25   34   43   +18  4466   13224   76   4   4   9    
KP 30   28   27   -3  2171   4852   93     9   10    
KCS 56   52   49   -7  499   2098   67   2   2   7     9     10    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
LR&S 1050   DRGW 580   DP 530   A&P 580   M&W 985  

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