Continental Rails II
Game # 12 - Turn # 14
Headline News 1867 to 1868
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Thomas Durant bought CASL for $3100, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo bought SLSW for $908, Thomas Scott bought SP&P for $2000, Bill Bouquett bought KCS for $1111, Thomas Scott bought SP&D for $5000.
PCs Merged: SP merges into CP, NP merges into M&SP, KP merges into ATSF.
PCs Incorporated: V&T.
New Engines Acquired: NYC bought Prairie 2-6-2, NYNH bought Prairie 2-6-2, ERIE bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&A bought Mogul 2-6-0, LV bought Prairie 2-6-2, PENN bought Prairie 2-6-2, RF&P bought Prairie 2-6-2, N&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, S&G bought Prairie 2-6-2, P&LE bought Prairie 2-6-2, TP&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, GM&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, MN bought Prairie 2-6-2, MS bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&NW bought Prairie 2-6-2, CB&Q bought Prairie 2-6-2, CNS bought Prairie 2-6-2, M&SP bought Prairie 2-6-2, CP bought Prairie 2-6-2, MKT bought Prairie 2-6-2, SLSF bought Prairie 2-6-2, GN bought Prairie 2-6-2, ATSF bought Prairie 2-6-2.
New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought automatic couplers, ERIE bought automatic couplers, LV bought automatic couplers, PENN bought automatic couplers, N&W bought automatic couplers, P&LE bought automatic couplers, TP&W bought automatic couplers, GM&O bought automatic couplers, MS bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought automatic couplers, CB&Q bought automatic couplers, CNS bought automatic couplers, M&SP bought automatic couplers, CP bought automatic couplers, MKT bought automatic couplers, GN bought automatic couplers, ATSF bought automatic couplers.
RoWs built: MI3 by NYC, MI6 by ERIE, KY13 by PENN, KY5 by B&O, VA3 by RF&P, MS1 by N&W, OH6 by SCL, IL8 by GM&O, AL4 by SM, WI4 by C&NW, IA5 by CRIP, WI1 by M&SP, MO8 by MP, AR7 by SLSF.
N&W doubled IL4, TP&W doubled L&N.
New RoWs acquired: SCL got IL6, B&O got KY8, PENN got KY10, SM got AL5, CB&Q got IA4, M&SP got ND3, GN got ND5, CRIP got NE2, SLSF got OK1, ATSF got OK8.
Inadequate signal system slows B&M rail service: mail contracts worth $4361 cancelled.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost RF&P $4392.
Stock splits: CRIP splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Jim Fisk of LV, Bill Bouquett of MKT.
New Private Companies Available: KCN, SV, SL, T&P.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $19877. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: J. Edgar Thompson, Thomas Scott, Sleeping Dog, Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo, Thomas Durant
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Great.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
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Robber Baron
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
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)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
|
Rail Magnate
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
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Sleeping Dog (2)
|
J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
|
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
|
|
Rail Baron
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Sleeping Dog (2)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Bill Bouquett (10)
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo (9)
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Player Summary
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|
|
President of
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PCs owned
|
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
M&SP
|
N&W
|
....
|
....
|
|
2
|
Sleeping Dog |
ATSF
|
TP&W
|
....
|
....
|
|
7
|
Thomas Scott |
GN
|
ERIE
|
SP&D
|
SP&P
|
|
9
|
Virgil Bonnefoy-Dumo |
SLSF
|
PENN
|
....
|
SLSW
|
|
10
|
Bill Bouquett |
SCL
|
MKT
|
KCS
|
....
|
|
1
|
Jim Fisk |
CRIP
|
LV
|
UP
|
WP
|
|
4
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
NYC
|
GM&O
|
....
|
....
|
|
5
|
Leland Stanford |
S&G
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
C&A
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
B&O
|
CB&Q
|
SL&A
|
CASL
|
|
6
|
Milton Littlefield |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
|
John Forbes |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
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RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
|
B&M
|
Boston & Maine
|
623
|
78087
|
60908
|
79
|
191810
|
2243
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
329
|
41032
|
33236
|
79
|
101254
|
1184
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
1818
|
325632
|
169328
|
99
|
455301
|
207231
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
NYNH
|
New York & New Haven
|
633
|
105301
|
60022
|
94
|
175114
|
84497
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
2171
|
402705
|
209409
|
99
|
553457
|
260001
|
12
|
9
|
0
|
77
|
|
C&A
|
Camden & Amboy
|
380
|
78898
|
56017
|
89
|
95608
|
61365
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
LV
|
Lehigh Valley
|
130
|
22320
|
12499
|
98
|
36669
|
5128
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
1732
|
293453
|
152595
|
99
|
470854
|
269450
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
37
|
|
B&O
|
Baltimore & Ohio
|
2396
|
330966
|
221747
|
87
|
660563
|
337052
|
1
|
2
|
140
|
419
|
|
RF&P
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac
|
732
|
83143
|
45728
|
99
|
175223
|
59745
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
2965
|
553977
|
288068
|
99
|
764349
|
459010
|
11
|
16
|
0
|
125
|
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2719
|
526287
|
294719
|
95
|
833137
|
426661
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
225
|
|
S&G
|
Savannah & Gulf
|
282
|
31671
|
18052
|
97
|
64559
|
13392
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
P&LE
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
|
313
|
45298
|
26726
|
95
|
81162
|
6757
|
8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
2713
|
502150
|
261117
|
99
|
702789
|
9767
|
14
|
10
|
0
|
73
|
|
GM&O
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
|
643
|
76076
|
41081
|
97
|
171590
|
86015
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
292
|
37587
|
30069
|
74
|
67917
|
47853
|
-1
|
8
|
0
|
23
|
|
MN
|
Michigan Northern
|
102
|
15045
|
9328
|
92
|
23831
|
11675
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MS
|
Michigan Southern
|
204
|
22634
|
14938
|
88
|
28032
|
21509
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
400
|
50198
|
28613
|
97
|
101828
|
54511
|
5
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
493
|
60886
|
38358
|
91
|
117526
|
79838
|
1
|
9
|
1530
|
122
|
|
CB&Q
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
|
190
|
24196
|
15243
|
91
|
50602
|
30648
|
2
|
5
|
1700
|
0
|
|
CNS
|
Chicago North Shore
|
85
|
19412
|
11065
|
97
|
14980
|
3201
|
17
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
M&SP
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul
|
692
|
84925
|
46709
|
99
|
160042
|
106457
|
5
|
4
|
1940
|
0
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
418
|
52115
|
30748
|
95
|
121566
|
68895
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173
|
18067
|
12105
|
87
|
37244
|
24831
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
244
|
40282
|
23766
|
95
|
48558
|
28106
|
9
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
MKT
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
|
326
|
33164
|
19898
|
94
|
80001
|
39562
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
459
|
43003
|
22362
|
99
|
107297
|
72000
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
GN
|
Great Northern
|
295
|
24832
|
14651
|
95
|
70965
|
42735
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
ATSF
|
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
|
361
|
38136
|
22881
|
94
|
88139
|
52950
|
2
|
2
|
3144
|
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
|
MI3
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ALCN]
|
|
New York & New Haven (NYNH):
|
|
NYNH
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA9
|
PA10
(Double)
|
PA8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AL]
|
|
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):
|
|
ERIE
|
NY2
|
NY1
|
C3
(Double)
|
LS
(Double)
|
GTW
|
OH2
|
OH5
|
A&GW
(Double)
|
|
IN5
(Double)
|
FW&C
(Double)
|
IN8
|
IL5
(Double)
|
MI6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: AOLCMN]
|
|
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
(Double)
|
IN9
|
IL3
|
KY11
|
C&EI
|
KY13
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY10 |
[Regions: AOLC]
|
|
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):
|
|
B&O
|
WV1
|
PA7
|
M&C
|
OH1
|
PA2
|
OH7
|
IN1
|
KY3
|
C&O
|
MD1
(Double)
|
|
VA2
|
SC5
|
NC2
|
NC1
|
VA1
|
SC3
|
KY5
|
|
Unbuilt:: KY8 |
[Regions: AOC]
|
|
Richmond, Fred. & Potomac (RF&P):
|
|
RF&P
|
MD2
|
VA7
|
VC
|
VA3
|
|
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
(Double)
|
GA2
(Double)
|
AL6
|
TN5
|
AL7
|
IL4
(Double)
|
|
W&M
|
MS1
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
NER
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL3
(Double)
|
|
TN10
(Double)
|
A&T
|
TN12
|
KY12
|
IL2
|
IC
(Double)
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
|
O&M
(Double)
|
OH8
|
NO&J
|
MS6
|
MS5
|
OH6
|
|
Unbuilt:: IL6 |
[Regions: ADOCMG]
|
|
Savannah & Gulf (S&G ):
|
|
S&G
|
GA6
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE):
|
|
P&LE
|
PA11
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: OL]
|
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):
|
|
TP&W
|
C&C
(Double)
|
IN2
|
IN6
(Double)
|
L&N
(Double)
|
MI2
(Double)
|
G&C
|
|
C&H
(Double)
|
SC4
|
SC1
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
BRL
(Double)
|
TN2
|
|
FL4
|
FL5
(Double)
|
TN4
|
N&C
(Double)
|
FEC
|
FL6
|
|
Unbuilt:: IN10 |
[Regions: ADOLCG]
|
|
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):
|
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
MS3
|
TN13
|
IL8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MG]
|
|
Southern Mississippi (SM ):
|
|
SM
|
MS4
|
AL4
|
|
Unbuilt:: AL5 |
[Regions: DM]
|
|
Michigan Northern (MN ):
|
|
MN
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: L]
|
|
Michigan Southern (MS ):
|
|
MS
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: L]
|
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):
|
|
C&NW
|
WI4
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
IA5
|
|
Unbuilt:: NE2 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):
|
|
CB&Q
|
|
Unbuilt:: IA4 |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):
|
|
CNS
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):
|
|
M&SP
|
NP
|
WI1
|
|
Unbuilt:: ND3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP ):
|
|
MP
|
MO8
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):
|
|
V&T
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Central Pacific (CP ):
|
|
CP
|
SP
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):
|
|
MKT
|
|
Unbuilt:: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):
|
|
SLSF
|
AR7
|
|
Unbuilt:: OK1 |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Great Northern (GN ):
|
|
GN
|
|
Unbuilt:: ND5 |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF):
|
|
ATSF
|
KP
|
|
Unbuilt:: OK8 |
[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
|
|
B&M
|
17
|
19
|
21
|
+4
|
1431
|
3115
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
GT
|
11
|
14
|
17
|
+6
|
910
|
1645
|
0
|
|
1
|
|
|
NYC
|
20
|
26
|
32
|
+12
|
1184
|
8942
|
185
|
4
|
4
|
2
3
5
7
|
|
NYNH
|
34
|
35
|
37
|
+3
|
724
|
3165
|
0
|
|
9
|
3
4
|
|
ERIE
|
40
|
43
|
46
|
+6
|
1834
|
10800
|
55
|
7
|
7
|
3
10
|
|
C&A
|
31
|
32
|
34
|
+3
|
455
|
1900
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
1
2
|
|
LV
|
25
|
35
|
45
|
+20
|
189
|
629
|
21
|
1
|
1
|
2
3
9
|
|
PENN
|
64
|
43
|
22
|
-42
|
4654
|
10919
|
80
|
9
|
9
|
3
10
11
|
|
B&O
|
22
|
24
|
27
|
+5
|
5301
|
20969
|
376
|
11
|
11
|
7
|
|
RF&P
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
+4
|
747
|
3622
|
38
|
|
3
|
10
11
|
|
N&W
|
44
|
55
|
66
|
+22
|
3315
|
14776
|
69
|
3
|
3
|
2
10
|
|
SCL
|
64
|
50
|
37
|
-27
|
3608
|
13580
|
50
|
10
|
10
|
7
9
|
|
S&G
|
21
|
23
|
26
|
+5
|
331
|
1401
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
2
3
|
|
P&LE
|
29
|
31
|
34
|
+5
|
400
|
1565
|
0
|
|
4
|
7
10
|
|
TP&W
|
44
|
50
|
57
|
+13
|
3201
|
13597
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
3
9
|
|
GM&O
|
31
|
42
|
53
|
+22
|
1020
|
7155
|
190
|
4
|
4
|
1
9
|
|
SM
|
57
|
78
|
100
|
+43
|
633
|
3484
|
76
|
|
5
|
1
13
|
|
MN
|
16
|
19
|
22
|
+6
|
191
|
471
|
39
|
|
9
|
|
|
MS
|
19
|
23
|
28
|
+9
|
367
|
1020
|
0
|
|
10
|
9
|
|
C&NW
|
77
|
56
|
36
|
-41
|
163
|
1860
|
140
|
|
7
|
2
3
10
|
|
CRIP
|
91
|
117
|
47
|
+50
|
960
|
17934
|
201
|
1
|
1
|
3
15
|
|
CB&Q
|
16
|
23
|
31
|
+15
|
388
|
950
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
CNS
|
29
|
31
|
34
|
+5
|
89
|
401
|
24
|
|
4
|
3
9
|
|
M&SP
|
25
|
34
|
44
|
+19
|
452
|
3278
|
182
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
MP
|
52
|
38
|
24
|
-28
|
936
|
2023
|
67
|
|
3
|
2
5
|
|
V&T
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
+15
|
0
|
779
|
86
|
|
3
|
|
|
CP
|
35
|
42
|
50
|
+15
|
145
|
1142
|
78
|
|
1
|
3
9
|
|
MKT
|
16
|
19
|
23
|
+7
|
634
|
1507
|
123
|
10
|
10
|
2
|
|
SLSF
|
26
|
40
|
54
|
+28
|
340
|
2185
|
110
|
9
|
9
|
|
|
GN
|
16
|
20
|
24
|
+8
|
557
|
1475
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
|
|
ATSF
|
16
|
22
|
29
|
+13
|
380
|
1716
|
89
|
2
|
2
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
M&LR
|
660
|
L&A
|
450
|
GW
|
700
|
KC&D
|
330
|
KCN
|
1115
|
SV
|
750
|
SL
|
750
|
|
T&P
|
1120
|
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