Continental Rails II
Game # 12 - Turn # 10
Headline News 1859 to 1860
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1859: John Brown is executed after seizing arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
1860: Rich silver strike at Comstock Lode in Nevada Territory.
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Bill Bouquett bought MS for $3081, Thomas Scott bought FEC for $1496, J. Pierpont Morgan bought CNS for $18901, Jim Fisk bought CP for $41788, Thomas Durant bought SL&A for $7000.
PCs Incorporated: MP, C&NW.
New Engines Acquired: S&G bought Mogul 2-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought block signal system, NYNH bought block signal system, ERIE bought block signal system, LV bought block signal system, PENN bought block signal system, RF&P bought coal burning engines, N&W bought block signal system, COG bought block signal system, P&LE bought block signal system, G&C bought block signal system, TP&W bought block signal system, WBSH bought block signal system, GM&O bought Grand Station, GM&O bought block signal system, NO&J bought block signal system, SM bought block signal system, C&EI bought block signal system, CRIP bought block signal system.
RoWs built: MI4 by NYC, IN8 by ERIE, IL3 by PENN, IN1 by B&O, VA1 by C&O, IN7 by N&W, IL2 by SCL, AL7 by COG, TN4 by G&C, IN6 by TP&W, TN13 by GM&O, MS5 by NO&J.
NYC doubled NYC, NYNH doubled CNJ, ERIE doubled FW&C, PENN doubled P&FW, N&W doubled MON, SCL doubled GA1, COG doubled A&WP, G&C doubled BRL, WBSH doubled WBSH, GM&O doubled GM&O.
New RoWs acquired: C&O got SC3, G&C got FL6, WBSH got OH8, TP&W got MI2, NYC got MI3, N&W got IL4, ERIE got IL5, GM&O got IL8, B&O got KY3, COG got TN6, SM got MS4, SCL got IL1, PENN got KY11.
RR Mergers: COG merges into N&W.
Inadequate signal system slows B&O rail service: mail contracts worth $14244 cancelled.
Loan Recalls: Jim Fisk, J. Edgar Thompson, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Durant.
Stock splits: GM&O splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Leland Stanford of GT, Thomas Scott of C&NW, J. Edgar Thompson of MP.
New Private Companies Available: M&SP, M&LR, V&T, L&A, WP, UP, SLSF, GW, SP.
J. Edgar Thompson earns the Gulf Bonus Award for linking the N&W from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico.
Sleeping Dog dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $8353. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Scott, Jim Fisk, J. Edgar Thompson, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo, Thomas Durant
Invention of coal burning engine for locomotives improves operations, reduces operating costs.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Great to Panic.
Best locomotive available: Atlantic 4-4-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system
Tycoon Announcements:
9
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Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo
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je suis bien d'accord mais que veut dire"fancy"?
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Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Rail Mogul
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Rail Builder
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Thomas Durant (11)
|
Rail Magnate
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Durant (11)
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Rail Baron
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
9
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo |
NYNH
|
PENN
|
....
|
....
|
2
|
Sleeping Dog |
G&C
|
TP&W
|
L&N
|
N&C
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
MP
|
N&W
|
....
|
....
|
10
|
Bill Bouquett |
SCL
|
WBSH
|
MS
|
....
|
7
|
Thomas Scott |
C&NW
|
ERIE
|
....
|
FEC
|
4
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
NYC
|
GM&O
|
IC
|
CNS
|
5
|
Leland Stanford |
S&G
|
GT
|
....
|
....
|
1
|
Jim Fisk |
CRIP
|
SM
|
CP
|
....
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
B&O
|
C&O
|
SL&A
|
....
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
C&A
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
8
|
John Forbes |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Milton Littlefield |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
623  
|
86463  
|
60523  
|
87  
|
147985  
|
101588  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
30  
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
329  
|
44614  
|
32568  
|
87  
|
69256  
|
48009  
|
2  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
1618  
|
324719  
|
168853  
|
99  
|
367330  
|
233512  
|
14  
|
16  
|
0  
|
8  
|
NYNH
|
New York & New Haven
|
633  
|
111404  
|
57931  
|
99  
|
158504  
|
107807  
|
10  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
1941  
|
345049  
|
179424  
|
99  
|
447187  
|
290335  
|
11  
|
9  
|
600  
|
310  
|
C&A
|
Camden & Amboy
|
380  
|
86375  
|
63054  
|
87  
|
83258  
|
69456  
|
6  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
LV
|
Lehigh Valley
|
130  
|
24640  
|
14538  
|
95  
|
33351  
|
12788  
|
11  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
1303  
|
221891  
|
115385  
|
99  
|
306572  
|
190990  
|
8  
|
9  
|
255  
|
88  
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
1187  
|
179742  
|
120428  
|
87  
|
257991  
|
152463  
|
1  
|
1  
|
0  
|
502  
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
889  
|
113904  
|
79733  
|
87  
|
204351  
|
119107  
|
2  
|
1  
|
545  
|
163  
|
RF&P
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac
|
656  
|
75434  
|
44506  
|
95  
|
132568  
|
63793  
|
5  
|
1  
|
0  
|
22  
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
2573  
|
484571  
|
256823  
|
98  
|
612611  
|
402178  
|
12  
|
9  
|
600  
|
643  
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
1546  
|
274672  
|
175791  
|
87  
|
361244  
|
233402  
|
7  
|
5  
|
925  
|
0  
|
S&G
|
Savannah & Gulf
|
282  
|
35203  
|
20770  
|
95  
|
55473  
|
27026  
|
6  
|
1  
|
0  
|
0  
|
P&LE
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
|
313  
|
48867  
|
26876  
|
99  
|
71653  
|
24533  
|
9  
|
11  
|
0  
|
0  
|
G&C
|
Greenville & Columbia
|
1451  
|
231992  
|
120637  
|
99  
|
385823  
|
23244  
|
11  
|
9  
|
44  
|
274  
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
524  
|
76684  
|
42943  
|
98  
|
143510  
|
68698  
|
7  
|
2  
|
0  
|
361  
|
WBSH
|
Wabash Line
|
279  
|
47128  
|
26392  
|
98  
|
71924  
|
36524  
|
9  
|
9  
|
0  
|
0  
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
413  
|
47434  
|
24665  
|
99  
|
111265  
|
65175  
|
5  
|
4  
|
0  
|
158  
|
NO&J
|
New Orleans & Jackson
|
507  
|
65517  
|
39965  
|
93  
|
142456  
|
71597  
|
4  
|
3  
|
0  
|
0  
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
44  
|
9532  
|
6100  
|
90  
|
15367  
|
8543  
|
7  
|
23  
|
288  
|
0  
|
C&EI
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
|
184  
|
26034  
|
17443  
|
87  
|
54089  
|
24731  
|
3  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
120  
|
20879  
|
14198  
|
86  
|
36959  
|
20791  
|
4  
|
0  
|
0  
|
0  
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
150  
|
23167  
|
15290  
|
88  
|
45824  
|
25426  
|
3  
|
5  
|
0  
|
0  
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
283  
|
36780  
|
25378  
|
85  
|
77759  
|
43741  
|
2  
|
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
|
B&H
|
ME1
|
C1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
Grand Trunk (GT ):
|
|
GT
|
C2
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
New York Central (NYC ):
|
|
NYC
(Double)
|
B&A
(Double)
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
C4
|
C5
|
MC
|
MI1
|
|
MI5
(Double)
|
OH3
|
MI4
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI3 |
[Regions: ALCN]
|
New York & New Haven (NYNH):
|
|
NYNH
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
|
PA8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AL]
|
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):
|
|
ERIE
|
NY2
|
NY1
|
C3
|
LS
(Double)
|
GTW
|
OH2
|
OH5
|
A&GW
(Double)
|
|
IN5
|
FW&C
(Double)
|
IN8
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL5 |
[Regions: AOLCN]
|
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):
|
|
C&A
|
READ
|
PA1
|
PA3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Lehigh Valley (LV ):
|
|
LV
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Pennsylvania (PENN):
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
PA5
(Double)
|
PA6
(Double)
|
P&FW
(Double)
|
WV2
|
OH4
|
IN3
|
|
MRLE
|
IN9
|
IL3
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY11 |
[Regions: AOL]
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
|
WV1
|
PA7
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
PA2
|
OH7
|
IN1
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY3 |
[Regions: AOC]
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):
|
|
C&O
|
MD1
(Double)
|
VA2
|
SC5
|
NC2
|
NC1
|
VA1
|
|
Unbuilt:: SC3 |
[Regions: A]
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):
|
|
RF&P
|
MD2
|
VA7
|
VC
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):
|
|
N&W
(Double)
|
R&D
(Double)
|
VA4
(Double)
|
N&S
(Double)
|
VA5
|
KY1
(Double)
|
|
W&W
(Double)
|
IN4
(Double)
|
KY2
|
MON
(Double)
|
KY6
|
IN7
|
COG
(Double)
|
|
A&WP
(Double)
|
A&C
|
GA2
(Double)
|
AL6
|
TN5
|
AL7
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL4 |
[Regions: ADOCG]
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
S&A
|
NER
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL3
(Double)
|
TN10
(Double)
|
|
A&T
|
TN12
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL1 |
[Regions: ADM]
|
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):
|
|
S&G
|
GA6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):
|
|
P&LE
|
PA11
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: OL]
|
Greenville & Columbia (G&C ):
|
|
G&C
|
C&H
(Double)
|
SC4
|
SC1
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
BRL
(Double)
|
TN2
|
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
TN4
|
|
Unbuilt:: FL6 |
[Regions: ADG]
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
|
C&C
|
IN2
|
IN6
|
|
Unbuilt:: MI2 |
[Regions: OC]
|
Wabash Line (WBSH):
|
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
O&M
|
|
Unbuilt:: OH8 |
[Regions: O]
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL8 |
[Regions: G]
|
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):
|
|
NO&J
|
MS6
|
MS5
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MG]
|
Southern Mississippi (SM ):
|
|
SM
|
|
Unbuilt:: MS4 |
[Regions: M]
|
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):
|
|
C&EI
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA7 |
[Regions: C]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
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
|
76  
|
52  
|
28  
|
-48
|
1786  
|
3115  
|
0  
|
|
1  
|
|
GT
|
32  
|
25  
|
18  
|
-14
|
501  
|
1591  
|
54  
|
5  
|
5  
|
7  
|
NYC
|
58  
|
59  
|
61  
|
+3
|
877  
|
8014  
|
113  
|
4  
|
4  
|
2  
3  
5  
7  
|
NYNH
|
43  
|
39  
|
36  
|
-7
|
672  
|
3165  
|
0  
|
9  
|
9  
|
3  
4  
|
ERIE
|
47  
|
47  
|
48  
|
+1
|
2234  
|
9655  
|
50  
|
7  
|
7  
|
3  
|
C&A
|
81  
|
61  
|
42  
|
-39
|
928  
|
1900  
|
0  
|
15  
|
2  
|
1  
|
LV
|
32  
|
36  
|
41  
|
+9
|
158  
|
613  
|
37  
|
|
1  
|
2  
3  
9  
|
PENN
|
47  
|
49  
|
51  
|
+4
|
859  
|
8800  
|
54  
|
9  
|
9  
|
1  
3  
10  
11  
|
B&O
|
23  
|
19  
|
16  
|
-7
|
2970  
|
15101  
|
199  
|
11  
|
11  
|
5  
7  
|
C&O
|
36  
|
35  
|
34  
|
-2
|
1314  
|
4221  
|
224  
|
11  
|
11  
|
7  
|
RF&P
|
31  
|
26  
|
22  
|
-9
|
731  
|
3178  
|
102  
|
|
3  
|
2  
4  
11  
|
N&W
|
34  
|
35  
|
35  
|
+1
|
1986  
|
12805  
|
80  
|
3  
|
3  
|
2  
|
SCL
|
56  
|
77  
|
98  
|
+42
|
1692  
|
7711  
|
54  
|
10  
|
10  
|
7  
9  
|
S&G
|
33  
|
35  
|
38  
|
+5
|
380  
|
1383  
|
27  
|
5  
|
5  
|
2  
3  
|
P&LE
|
71  
|
45  
|
20  
|
-51
|
769  
|
1565  
|
0  
|
|
4  
|
7  
10  
|
G&C
|
61  
|
70  
|
80  
|
+19
|
1438  
|
7232  
|
55  
|
2  
|
2  
|
3  
9  
|
TP&W
|
55  
|
68  
|
81  
|
+26
|
523  
|
2564  
|
56  
|
2  
|
2  
|
1  
9  
|
WBSH
|
86  
|
76  
|
67  
|
-19
|
407  
|
1395  
|
0  
|
10  
|
10  
|
1  
7  
|
GM&O
|
98  
|
109  
|
40  
|
+22
|
574  
|
6063  
|
132  
|
4  
|
4  
|
1  
|
NO&J
|
46  
|
41  
|
36  
|
-10
|
1111  
|
2408  
|
127  
|
|
10  
|
|
SM
|
17  
|
24  
|
31  
|
+14
|
85  
|
220  
|
0  
|
1  
|
1  
|
|
C&EI
|
17  
|
22  
|
27  
|
+10
|
381  
|
851  
|
69  
|
|
11  
|
|
C&NW
|
0  
|
0  
|
17  
|
+17
|
0  
|
540  
|
60  
|
7  
|
7  
|
|
CRIP
|
17  
|
26  
|
35  
|
+18
|
318  
|
750  
|
0  
|
1  
|
1  
|
|
MP
|
0  
|
0  
|
17  
|
+17
|
0  
|
1274  
|
141  
|
3  
|
3  
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
W&M
|
665  
|
MN
|
510  
|
CB&Q
|
950  
|
M&SP
|
1630  
|
M&LR
|
660  
|
V&T
|
865  
|
L&A
|
450  
|
WP
|
710  
|
UP
|
525  
|
SLSF
|
1195  
|
GW
|
700  
|
SP
|
450  
|
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