Continental Rails II - DE 4

Game # 16 - Turn # 22

Headline News 1883 to 1884

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1883: Rockefeller establishes Standard Oil Trust.
1884: Missouri Governor offers $10,000 reward for capture of Jesse James.

Railroad News

PCs Incorporated: DRGW, DP.

New Technologies Acquired: B&H bought automatic brakes, B&O bought automatic brakes, R&D bought Pullman sleepers, C&H bought automatic brakes, COG bought automatic brakes, CASL bought automatic brakes, CNS bought automatic brakes, M&SP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, SL&A bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, TR bought automatic brakes, C&S bought automatic brakes, CW bought automatic brakes.

RoWs built: PA4 by C&A, PA3 by B&O, VA2 by COG, C10 by M&SP, AZ5 by M&LR, IA11 by WP, CO3 by SLSF, LA5 by SP, LA2 by TR, AR1 by LR&S.

RoWs abandoned: WI6 was abandoned by CNS.

B&O doubled A&T, SP doubled TX7.

New RoWs acquired: COG got VA3, B&O got MS4, CNS got WI2, LR&S got AR2, TR got LA3, M&LR got AZ6.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost N&W $14574.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost A&GW $5103.

Inadequate brakes on NO&J locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $33012.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost C&EI $2024.

Inadequate brakes on CP locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $28827.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost MKT $3856.

Insolvent RRs: NO&J, SLSF, SA&H.

Bankrupt RRs: A&GW.

Bankrupt Tycoons: Darkwing, George R. Obberbaron.

Loan Recalls: Cornelius Vanderbilt, B, Stepp, Jim Hill, Henry Farham, Frederik Conrad.

New railroad Presidents: B of SA&H.

Darkwing has a Transcontinental system.

Stepp has a Transcontinental system.

Jim Hill has a Transcontinental system.

Louis McLane has a Transcontinental system.

Frederik Conrad has a Transcontinental system.

Frederik Conrad dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $52114. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Jim Hill, B, Stepp

Invention of refrigerated freight cars permits shipment of perishable cargos long distances.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Depression to Mild Depression.
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

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Jim Hill (9) B (4) Darkwing (1) Frederik Conrad (12) Louis McLane (11)
Rail Mogul B (4) Jim Hill (9) Darkwing (1) Stepp (6) Frederik Conrad (12)
Rail Builder Frederik Conrad (12) Jim Hill (9) B (4) Stepp (6) Darkwing (1)
Rail Magnate Stepp (6) Jim Hill (9) Darkwing (1) Frederik Conrad (12) Louis McLane (11)
Rail Prodigal B (4) Jim Hill (9) Stepp (6) George R. Obberbaron (8) Darkwing (1)
Rail Baron Jim Hill (9) B (4) Stepp (6) Frederik Conrad (12) Darkwing (1)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
9 Jim Hill CNS COG .... ....
12 Frederik Conrad SP B&O .... ....
11 Louis McLane WP C&A .... ....
4 B SA&H TR .... ....
2 Sun-E Storm C&H .... .... ....
7 Cheyenne C&NW .... .... ....
6 Stepp NYC CP M&W ....
15 Thomas Durant .... .... .... ....
14 William Palmer .... .... .... ....
10 Henry Farham M&LR .... .... ....
5 Matthias W. Baldwin .... .... .... ....
13 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
8 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... ....
1 Darkwing .... .... .... ....
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt SL&A CRIP .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
B&H Boston & Hartford 110   15598   8579   99   25142   460   9   6   0   0  
NYC New York Central 2967   434318   230188   98   1053882   297661   6   8   0   0  
C&A Camden & Amboy 2782   392110   203895   99   1087552   371588   4   0   0   0  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 2681   424630   229300   97   838103   129657   9   10   0   1  
R&D Richmond & Danville 2424   334941   187567   95   826013   346809   3   0   0   58  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2082   197884   102902   99   641593   117337   3   0   0   0  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 2144   236605   123034   99   373069   8147   8   2   0   0  
COG Central of Georgia 2869   436821   227146   99   850661   412033   5   9   0   1017  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 729   86744   52047   91   232294   124660   0   0   0   0  
NO&J New Orleans & Jackson 3668   527227   347971   85   1297666   678337   -1   0   0   8  
C&EI Chicago & Eastern Illinois 184   19446   11473   95   53887   1939   4   0   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 2627   254037   132099   99   775754   400074   1   0   0   288  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 1542   153788   79970   99   426136   40897   5   0   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 816   86899   48664   98   234414   115567   1   0   0   95  
CNS Chicago North Shore 2806   328264   180546   96   826079   508926   1   1   0   214  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 2399   285093   151100   98   630663   388972   3   4   0   1669  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 1907   179379   93277   99   515734   329502   0   2   1104   751  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1263   111798   67079   94   364466   145976   0   0   0   84  
CP Central Pacific 3203   397147   226374   94   1016591   606336   0   0   0   27  
WP Western Pacific 3378   368379   221027   91   1066088   630672   -1   0   0   927  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 1238   122053   63468   99   348910   67185   4   0   0   0  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 482   36426   21492   95   137317   40981   0   0   0   422  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 2215   200794   134532   84   703645   389523   -4   0   0   130  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 155   16387   9177   98   47865   19158   1   0   0   0  
GW Great Western 1038   98721   54295   99   293716   150189   0   0   0   112  
SP Southern Pacific 3171   374167   209535   95   787043   393952   3   6   0   2038  
TR Texas Road 272   24761   13619   99   48212   33018   2   1   900   1316  
LR&S Little Rock & Shreveport 782   68209   37515   99   162542   109926   1   1   791   1753  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   19806   13666   85   62037   28328   -2   0   0   0  
C&S Colorado & Southern 116   12150   7654   91   14822   12082   3   1   0   0  
CW Colorado Western 167   16155   10824   87   20649   17771   1   1   0   0  
DRGW Denver & Rio Grande Western 116   11637   7448   90   15911   14689   1   0   0   0  
DP Denver Pacific 106   11074   7863   83   14741   13609   0   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 & Hartford (B&H ):   B&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC B&A  (Double) HRL  (Double) NY3 PA11 GTW P&LE OH5 OH6
C&C IN3 GT B&M C2 C3 NY1 PA8 IN7 IL4
MI2 ME1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCMN]
Camden & Amboy (C&A ):   C&A READ PA2 MD1 MD2 ERIE NYNH NY2 C4 C5 MC
MN PA7 MI5 LS OH3 TP&W OH7 IN4 MI6 PA4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLCN]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O WV1 OH1 P&FW  (Double) M&C OH4 MRLE  (Double) IN1  (Double)
IN2 IN9 KY11 KY10 A&T  (Double) N&C AL4 MS2  (Double)
IL6  (Double) PA1  (Double) PA3
Unbuilt:: MS4 [Regions: ADOLCMG]
Richmond & Danville (R&D ):   R&D  (Double) VA4  (Double) VA5 KY1 VA7 IN5  (Double) IN8 WBSH  (Double)
IN10  (Double) KY12 TN13 TN14 GM&O  (Double) MS3 IL1 AL8
AL5 IL5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W N&S RF&P C&O NC2 W&W SC5 BRL VC TN2 TN4
TN6 TN9 TN10
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADM]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H NER SC4 G&C GA1 W&M SCL S&A GA4 FL4 A&C
FEC FL5 TN5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG  (Double) GA8  (Double) GA2  (Double) S&G  (Double) AL3 TN12 KY13
IL8  (Double) A&WP  (Double) AL6 AL7 MS1  (Double) IC  (Double)
IL2 KY9 SC1  (Double) KY14 AL1 SC3 VA2
Unbuilt:: VA3 [Regions: ADCMG]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW):   A&GW OH2 MI1 MS FW&C OH8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OLC]
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J):   NO&J  (Double) SM MS6 TN8 TN7 PENN LV PA5 PA6 WV2
CNJ PA9 PA10 WV3 KY2 KY5 L&N KY3 AL2 MS7
O&M IL7 MON IN6 IL3 KY8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMG]
Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI):   C&EI
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW WI4 NP MN1 ND3 ND4 MT4 MT5 MT10 SL WI8
WI9 ID4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWTN]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP  (Double) IA8  (Double) IA9  (Double) NE2 NE3 MN3 CO8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWT]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL MO1 MO9 MO2 IA2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMW]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) WI5  (Double) WI7 C6  (Double) GN ND5 MT1 MT2
SP&D  (Double) MT3 ID3 WA1 WA6
Unbuilt:: WI2 [Regions: CWTPN]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP  (Double) SP&P  (Double) ND1 ND2 MT6 MT7  (Double) ID5  (Double)
WA2 WI1 C10
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWTPN]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR  (Double) AR4 OK1 TX12 TX11 TX9 M3 NM8 A&P NM7
AZ5
Unbuilt:: AZ6 [Regions: MSTX]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T TX2  (Double) TX3 M1 AR8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MSX]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP  (Double) NV2 UT8 SV UT6 UT1 CA7  (Double) MP  (Double)
ATSF  (Double) KCN  (Double) KS2 KP CO2 CO9 IA7 IL14
Unbuilt:: CA9 [Regions: CMWTP]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP NV1 UT7 UT5 WY1 CO7 UT2 CB&Q IA4 IA5 UP
MO7 NE1 CO6 LP&W MO6 MO3 IA11
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMWTP]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):   SL&A IL11  (Double) IA1  (Double) MO8 KCS KC&D KS4 IA3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MW]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT KS1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF MO5 OK6 OK4 OK5 FW&D NM1 NM2 CT TX4 TX1
CO3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MST]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW LA1 LA6 T&P AR6 AR5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MGS]
Southern Pacific (SP ):   SP  (Double) CA4  (Double) CA3 AZ3 AZ2 AZ1 M4 L&A  (Double)
LA4  (Double) TX5 TX6 TX7  (Double) TX8 TX10 TX16 LA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MGSTPX]
Texas Road (TR ):   TR LA2
Unbuilt:: LA3 [Regions: S]
Little Rock & Shreveport (LR&S):   LR&S H&S AR3 AR1
Unbuilt:: AR2 [Regions: MS]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H):   SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Colorado & Southern (C&S ):   C&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Colorado Western (CW ):   CW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW):   DRGW
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Denver Pacific (DP ):   DP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]

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&H 32   38   44   +12  130   550   0     3   4     9     12    
NYC 47   41   36   -11  3581   14842   0   6   6   4     9     12    
C&A 29   36   43   +14  1517   13866   44   11   11   4     7     9    
B&O 54   43   32   -22  5260   13369   44   12   12   4     9    
R&D 31   24   17   -14  3939   12066   54     4   12    
N&W 34   25   16   -18  2245   10402   12     3   4     12    
C&H 33   31   30   -3  2024   10690   43   2   2   4     9     12    
COG 27   30   33   +6  3687   16645   130   9   9   12    
A&GW 32   23   15   -17  1186   3645   0     7   4    
NO&J 7   7   8   +1  4643   18345   0     9  
C&EI 29   20   12   -17  300   913   7     6   4     9    
C&NW 34   30   27   -7  2098   12935   200   7   7   4     6     9    
CRIP 37   33   29   -8  1381   7638   72   3   3   4     6     9     12    
CASL 22   25   28   +6  1380   3941   139     4   9     12    
CNS 24   20   16   -8  6499   14027   3   9   9  
M&SP 42   35   29   -13  5140   11872   123     4   12    
M&LR 40   28   17   -23  2157   9520   15   10   10   9    
V&T 19   17   15   -4  1669   6256   59     4   9     12    
CP 16   15   14   -2  9183   27770   0   6   6  
WP 29   25   21   -8  4817   16734   156   11   11  
SL&A 65   43   21   -44  4233   5857   333   3   6  
MKT 61   39   18   -43  1264   2365   45     4   6     9     12    
SLSF 26   20   15   -11  3680   10915   160     4   12    
SLSW 20   15   10   -10  232   756   19     4   6     9    
GW 13   13   13   +0  1676   5151   39     9   4     6    
SP 31   28   26   -5  3671   15782   73   12   12   4     9    
TR 50   34   19   -31  180   1266   94   4   4   6     9    
LR&S 24   25   27   +3  953   3835   75     4   12    
SA&H 24   26   29   +5  259   1013   82   4   4   6     9    
C&S 10   12   14   +4  232   536   44     9   4     6    
CW 10   12   14   +4  337   772   63     6   4     9    
DRGW 0   0   11   +11  0   522   58     4  
DP 0   0   11   +11  0   477   53     9  

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