Continental Rails II - Club DE

Game # 14 - 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: B bought FW&D for $2143, Darkwing bought C&S for $5555, Gyro Gearloose bought DRGW for $1000, Cornelius Vanderbilt bought DP for $13131.

PCs Merged: CT merges into H&S, SA&H merges into H&S.

PCs Incorporated: TR.

New Engines Acquired: GT bought Consolidation 2-8-0, ERIE bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&A bought Consolidation 2-8-0, PENN bought Consolidation 2-8-0, B&O bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&O bought Consolidation 2-8-0, N&W bought Consolidation 2-8-0, S&A bought Consolidation 2-8-0, WBSH bought Consolidation 2-8-0, MC bought Prairie 2-6-2, GM&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SM bought Consolidation 2-8-0, C&C bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&NW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CRIP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, CB&Q bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, FEC bought Consolidation 2-8-0, M&SP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, V&T bought Consolidation 2-8-0, L&A bought Consolidation 2-8-0, UP bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SL&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, GW bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KC&D bought Consolidation 2-8-0, KCS bought Consolidation 2-8-0, SL bought Consolidation 2-8-0, T&P bought Consolidation 2-8-0, LR&S bought Consolidation 2-8-0, H&S bought Consolidation 2-8-0.

New Technologies Acquired: GT bought Pullman sleepers, C&A bought Pullman sleepers, PENN bought Pullman sleepers, B&O bought Pullman sleepers, C&O bought Pullman sleepers, N&W bought Pullman sleepers, S&A bought Pullman sleepers, WBSH bought Pullman sleepers, MC bought coal burning engines, MC bought block signal system, GM&O bought Pullman sleepers, SM bought Pullman sleepers, C&C bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought Pullman sleepers, CRIP bought Pullman sleepers, M&SP bought Pullman sleepers, V&T bought Pullman sleepers, L&A bought Pullman sleepers, UP bought Pullman sleepers, SLSW bought Pullman sleepers, GW bought Pullman sleepers, KC&D bought Pullman sleepers, KCS bought Pullman sleepers, SV bought Pullman sleepers, SL bought Pullman sleepers, T&P bought Pullman sleepers, LR&S bought Pullman sleepers, H&S bought Pullman sleepers.

RoWs built: OH8 by NYC, TN9 by N&W, ND4 by C&NW, OK7 by CRIP, WA1 by M&SP, TX11 by V&T, CA4 by UP, CA10 by SV.

N&W doubled IL4, M&SP doubled GN, UP doubled NV2.

New RoWs acquired: NYC got KY3, N&W got TN11, V&T got TX12, C&NW got MT4, SV got AZ6, UP got CA3, M&SP got C10.

Loan Recalls: B.

New railroad Presidents: Darkwing of B&O, B of GM&O.

New Private Companies Available: M&W.

Salvator has a Transcontinental system.

B has a Transcontinental system.

Gyro Gearloose has a Transcontinental system.

B dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $60065. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Darkwing, Salvator, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Gyro Gearloose

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Great to Panic.
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

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) B (10) Gyro Gearloose (12) Darkwing (5) Vanderbilt (9)
Rail Mogul B (10) Darkwing (5) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)
Rail Builder B (10) Darkwing (5) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)
Rail Magnate B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Salvator (2) Gyro Gearloose (12) Darkwing (5)
Rail Prodigal B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Salvator (2) Gyro Gearloose (12)
Rail Baron B (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) Darkwing (5) Gyro Gearloose (12) Salvator (2)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt C&O C&NW DP ....
12 Gyro Gearloose N&W UP .... DRGW
5 Darkwing B&O SV C&S ....
10 B GM&O M&SP CASL FW&D
2 Salvator C&A CRIP .... ....
1 Sun-E Storm S&A SM .... M&LR
7 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
8 McPenguin .... .... .... ....
15 Calypso .... .... .... ....
6 Mr. Winterbottom .... .... .... ....
11 Salvatore Petrillo .... .... .... ....
13 Heckenspecht .... CB&Q MKT ....
4 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
14 Louis McLane .... .... .... ....
9 Vanderbilt .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 329   44804   24643   99   58902   1026   10   6   0   0  
NYC New York Central 1724   314701   213996   83   672057   152357   5   4   0   287  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 1064   139766   83859   91   359039   98602   4   0   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2645   626426   325742   99   836735   375311   16   9   0   3  
PENN Pennsylvania 1035   197258   110466   98   252112   2691   13   9   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2645   502678   261393   99   713414   7565   14   1   0   1  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2898   609425   316903   99   961112   408941   13   9   0   2  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2757   499376   259677   99   908833   275660   11   9   376   1  
S&A Savannah & Augusta 1254   191458   99559   99   365588   3586   11   3   0   0  
WBSH Wabash Line 114   20158   11288   98   25217   10999   11   4   0   0  
MC Michigan Central 152   25552   16353   90   35244   514   9   3   0   0  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 2947   626047   350586   95   821716   411900   12   2   0   9  
SM Southern Mississippi 227   38302   21066   99   53595   649   12   3   0   0  
C&C Cincinnati & Chicago 304   47017   29620   91   78600   28070   6   1   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 1321   150154   82583   99   376544   180239   4   9   2350   1754  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 3545   560229   352943   88   821186   559461   4   9   0   455  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 360   46562   27472   95   100774   8813   6   1   0   0  
FEC Florida East Coast 299   27506   18154   88   66813   35133   1   0   0   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 3011   454747   241015   98   682669   449921   2   1   0   423  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 2027   229209   123772   97   536401   333724   4   15   0   1150  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 1096   149926   82460   99   269048   121200   7   5   0   152  
UP Union Pacific 3231   462312   263518   94   757018   517247   6   13   502   494  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 99   19722   12228   92   36808   11286   8   2   0   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   28942   17076   95   47002   21574   6   1   0   0  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155   22286   13372   94   45535   20378   6   7   0   0  
GW Great Western 140   21516   14846   85   41802   19256   3   4   0   0  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 66   12327   6903   98   23890   5912   10   5   0   0  
KCS Kansas City Southern 98   14884   8186   99   16063   4160   11   2   0   0  
SV Sacramento Valley 410   48195   28435   95   89640   49345   5   4   2944   544  
SL Soo Line 150   18207   12017   88   41984   18357   2   5   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   27211   15510   97   36685   17592   7   2   0   0  
TR Texas Road 84   13618   9396   85   24959   14041   3   0   0   0  
LR&S Little Rock & Shreveport 210   20025   12415   92   55073   25471   2   5   0   0  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 620   73655   47139   90   172218   86623   2   3   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)
Grand Trunk (GT ):   GT C2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AN]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) NY3  (Double) PA11  (Double) OH3 TP&W OH5 MI6 B&A
B&M MI5 ME1 OH8
Unbuilt:: KY3 [Regions: AOLC]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 LS GTW PA8 NY1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AL]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A  (Double) NYNH  (Double) PA1  (Double) B&H  (Double) MD1 HRL  (Double)
C3 MD2 PA7 VA7 MRLE  (Double) P&LE  (Double) OH2 PA4
MI1 MS  (Double) FW&C  (Double) OH6 IN3 IN8 IL3 IL6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN LV  (Double) PA9 CNJ PA10 C4 C5 MN
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ALN]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 PA2  (Double) OH1 OH4 IN1  (Double) IN2 IN6  (Double)
IN10 COG BRL A&WP  (Double) A&C AL6 N&C AL7 L&N  (Double)
GA2 AL8 MS4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCG]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O VA4 VA5 KY1 IN5  (Double) MON  (Double) IN7 SCL  (Double)
NER  (Double) GA4  (Double) C&H  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 W&W
W&M VA1  (Double) G&C VA3  (Double) AL5 IL5  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W  (Double) R&D  (Double) RF&P  (Double) N&S  (Double) VA2  (Double) VC  (Double)
SC5  (Double) TN2 TN4 TN5 KY7 TN6 O&M  (Double) IL2  (Double)
IC  (Double) IL4  (Double) AL2 TN9
Unbuilt:: TN11 [Regions: ADOCM]
Savannah & Augusta (S&A ):   S&A GA1 S&G GA8 AL3 A&T TN10 TN13 TN8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADM]
Wabash Line (WBSH):   WBSH
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: O]
Michigan Central (MC ):   MC  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: L]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O  (Double) MS3 TN12 M&C A&GW  (Double) IN4  (Double) C&EI  (Double)
P&FW  (Double) IN9 KY13 READ  (Double) PA5 PA6  (Double) WV2
PA3  (Double) IL7  (Double) AL4 MS1  (Double) TN14 AL1  (Double)
KY14
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM NO&J
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MG]
Cincinnati & Chicago (C&C ):   C&C OH7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OC]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW WI4 NP ND3 ND4
Unbuilt:: MT4 [Regions: CW]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP  (Double) IA7 MO7 KP ATSF  (Double) MO3 KS3 LP&W CO2
WP  (Double) SP  (Double) NV1 UT8 UT6 UT1 CO9 OK7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWTP]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q IA4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Florida East Coast (FEC ):   FEC
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) CNS  (Double) SP&P  (Double) MN2 GN  (Double) SP&D  (Double)
ND1 ND2 MT6 MT7 ID5 WA1
Unbuilt:: C10 [Regions: CWTP]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T TX5 TX2 TX6 TX7 M2 TX8 TX11
Unbuilt:: TX12 [Regions: MSX]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A LA2 TX1 TX3 M1 LA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MGSX]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP  (Double) IA5 KCN  (Double) NE1 MP  (Double) CO7 WY1  (Double)
UT4 CP  (Double) NV2  (Double) UT7  (Double) UT5  (Double) CA7  (Double)
ID1 CA4
Unbuilt:: CA3 [Regions: MWTP]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):   SL&A
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
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: G]
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):   KC&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Kansas City Southern (KCS ):   KCS
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV CA9 CA10
Unbuilt:: AZ6 [Regions: P]
Soo Line (SL ):   SL
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: N]
Texas & Pacific (T&P ):   T&P
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Texas Road (TR ):   TR
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S):   LR&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ]
Houston & Shreveport (H&S ):   H&S CT SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]

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
GT 40   36   32   -8  552   1645   0     5   10    
NYC 60   48   36   -24  2509   8576   51     10   3    
ERIE 34   28   23   -11  1169   5311   9     13   2     5    
C&A 47   43   40   -7  1189   13225   0   2   2   3     10    
PENN 53   42   31   -22  2644   5144   36     3   10    
B&O 34   49   64   +30  1459   13217   16   5   5   3    
C&O 44   47   50   +6  2189   14503   0   3   3   5     8     12    
N&W 53   58   63   +10  4630   13709   80   12   12   3     5     10    
S&A 57   39   22   -35  2606   6256   14   1   1   3     5     13    
WBSH 23   26   29   +6  191   537   33     5   10    
MC 38   38   39   +1  365   760   0     5  
GM&O 45   39   33   -12  3388   14677   58   10   10   12    
SM 35   31   28   -7  304   1114   21   1   1   5     8    
C&C 34   28   23   -11  363   1506   14     13   3     5    
C&NW 75   74   73   -2  1298   6382   223   3   3   2     5     10     12    
CRIP 50   37   25   -25  7064   22433   122   2   2   3     12    
CB&Q 24   21   18   -6  170   1779   21   13   12   5     10    
FEC 19   17   16   -3  499   1383   112     5  
M&SP 25   20   16   -9  16910   64141   154   10   10   3    
V&T 35   33   32   -3  2635   9975   160     5   10    
L&A 39   34   30   -9  1914   5344   136     5  
UP 68   63   59   -9  2482   15944   211   12   12   3     5    
SL&A 34   30   26   -8  109   483   12     10   5    
SLSF 25   22   20   -5  358   1127   68     3   5    
SLSW 17   18   19   +2  238   717   58     12   5    
GW 17   20   23   +6  278   647   53     12   5     10    
KC&D 34   37   40   +6  108   321   9     10   3     5    
KCS 25   24   23   -2  149   469   21     10   5    
SV 38   35   33   -5  345   1980   70   5   5   12    
SL 17   20   23   +6  277   693   57     3   5     10    
T&P 36   29   23   -13  207   1084   36     5   3     10    
TR 0   0   17   +17  0   378   42     5  
LR&S 17   17   18   +1  366   971   79     10   3    
H&S 17   20   23   +6  418   2820   280     2   3    

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
CW 835   M&W 985  

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