Continental Rails II - DE 5

Game # 17 - Turn # 21

Headline News 1881 to 1882

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1881: Thomas Edison announces invention of electric light.
1882: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral leaves 3 dead, 2 wounded.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Franziskus bought M&W for $5000.

PCs Merged: DRGW merges into KP.

PCs Incorporated: SA&H, CW.

New Engines Acquired: ERIE bought Prairie 2-6-2, PENN bought Prairie 2-6-2, B&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&O bought Atlantic 4-4-2, N&W bought Prairie 2-6-2, W&M bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SM bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&NW bought Prairie 2-6-2, CNS bought Prairie 2-6-2, MP bought Prairie 2-6-2, L&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, SL&A bought Prairie 2-6-2, MKT bought Prairie 2-6-2, SLSF bought Prairie 2-6-2, GW bought Prairie 2-6-2, GN bought Prairie 2-6-2, KC&D bought Prairie 2-6-2, KP bought Prairie 2-6-2, SV bought Prairie 2-6-2, T&P bought Prairie 2-6-2, TR bought Prairie 2-6-2, H&S bought Prairie 2-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought refrigerated cars, PENN bought refrigerated cars, SLSF bought refrigerated cars, SV bought automatic brakes.

RoWs built: VA6 by N&W, IA11 by C&NW, OK3 by M&LR, NE2 by SL&A, AZ3 by MKT, NM7 by SLSF, WA1 by GN, ID5 by NP, OK7 by KC&D, KS2 by KP, OK4 by TR.

SL&A doubled IA4, KC&D doubled KCS, TR doubled TR.

New RoWs acquired: N&W got TN1, C&NW got WI8, KP got IA7, CB&Q got MO4, SL&A got NE3, MP got TX14, TR got TX16, SLSF got AZ5, SV got AZ6, KC&D got ID1, MKT got CA3, NP got WA2, GN got C10.

RR Mergers: CP merges into CRIP.

Inadequate brakes on COG locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $7728.

Inadequate brakes on M&C locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $14289.

Loan Recalls: B, Henry Farham.

Cornered stocks: SM.

New railroad Presidents: Dan Drew of M&LR.

New Private Companies Available: A&P.

Maldonash has a Transcontinental system.

Stepp dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $23456. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Henry Farham, Darkwing, Milton Littlefield, Franziskus, B, Maldonash, Frederik Conrad, Dan Drew

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate remained stable at Recession.
Best locomotive available: Chesapeake 4-6-0
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:

8 Stepp great game everyone. hope you all play again.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Dan Drew (10) Darkwing (4) Milton Littlefield (3) Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) Frederik Conrad (6)
Rail Mogul Dan Drew (10) Maldonash (2) Darkwing (4) B (7) Frederik Conrad (6)
Rail Builder Darkwing (4) Maldonash (2) Henry Farham (11) Frederik Conrad (6) Dan Drew (10)
Rail Magnate Milton Littlefield (3) Stepp (8) Dan Drew (10) Henry Farham (11) Maldonash (2)
Rail Prodigal Milton Littlefield (3) Stepp (8) B (7) George R. Obberbaron (1) Darkwing (4)
Rail Baron Milton Littlefield (3) Darkwing (4) Dan Drew (10) Stepp (8) B (7)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Dan Drew SLSF M&LR .... ....
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... GT MN
12 Franziskus SLSW SL&A M&W ....
2 Maldonash KC&D N&W .... ....
8 Stepp NYC C&NW .... ....
4 Darkwing B&O GN .... ....
6 Frederik Conrad CRIP .... .... ....
3 Milton Littlefield NP C&O .... ....
7 B CB&Q MKT FW&D ....
1 George R. Obberbaron TR MP .... DP
11 Henry Farham KP ERIE .... ....
5 Mister MP .... .... .... ....
14 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
13 Thomas Scott .... .... .... ....
15 J. Pierpont Morgan .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
NYC New York Central 3096   560012   313606   95   1105729   475163   7   8   0   9  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 3812   678573   468215   82   1357480   291517   3   2   0   46  
PENN Pennsylvania 2072   352078   197163   95   667731   261643   7   1   0   3  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 3023   507793   269129   98   1236578   418448   3   1   0   5  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 3212   531310   302847   94   1053960   546862   4   4   0   8  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2648   351131   182588   99   888403   462176   4   1   0   15  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 343   32184   21241   88   63903   1749   4   0   0   1  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 3003   478190   267786   95   1123107   233342   7   0   0   5  
COG Central of Georgia 552   70838   41795   95   209203   37550   4   0   0   1  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 1299   173703   109432   91   439014   201687   1   0   0   152  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7955   4375   99   17192   180   2   1   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 2170   256479   141065   96   523346   374360   3   4   0   647  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 2887   374191   209545   95   640681   418712   2   3   0   1418  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 553   63935   40280   91   166301   69003   0   1   0   50  
CNS Chicago North Shore 197   32349   18115   98   48130   11724   10   0   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 1915   189346   98460   99   401485   277905   3   4   0   1288  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 486   44303   26139   95   95811   26915   3   0   0   1074  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1474   126490   74629   95   296953   174263   1   0   0   1134  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 1996   234221   128822   99   383565   232051   5   2   0   2430  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 1073   148906   77432   99   232973   179574   6   9   4830   1824  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 2017   181183   99651   99   372424   283238   2   4   0   1496  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 1913   176357   91704   99   389760   277863   2   2   279   3405  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 711   78728   44087   95   143698   114056   3   3   0   457  
GW Great Western 575   63176   34747   99   133741   26133   6   1   0   344  
GN Great Northern 1718   154741   85106   99   353612   246855   1   1   0   1124  
NP Northern Pacific 2002   195455   109455   95   450927   319340   1   0   0   679  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 2899   332885   173099   99   553331   433621   3   4   0   1195  
KP Kansas Pacific 2207   248754   129352   99   553499   320146   3   1   0   834  
SV Sacramento Valley 410   40709   22390   99   96070   36163   3   2   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   14392   9211   90   22145   13388   2   0   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   22755   15473   86   35240   25201   1   1   0   0  
TR Texas Road 542   61776   33976   99   98730   79838   4   7   1190   544  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 232   22884   13959   93   36685   24812   3   2   0   0  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   21460   14164   88   37575   29525   1   0   0   0  
CW Colorado Western 167   17850   11959   87   29567   23233   1   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)
New York Central (NYC ):   NYC  (Double) HRL  (Double) B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) B&H  (Double) NY3
PA11  (Double) NYNH  (Double) C3 MRLE OH4 P&FW IN2 IN7
IC  (Double) IL4  (Double) OH8 ME1 C1 C2
Unbuilt:: PA10 [Regions: AOLCMN]
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE NY2 C4  (Double) C5  (Double) MC NY1 GTW TP&W MI1
IN1  (Double) IN3 CNJ  (Double) IN8 IL5  (Double) O&M IL3
KY12 N&C TN8 KY14 A&WP A&C AL6  (Double) AL7  (Double)
AL8  (Double) MS4 MS7  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMGN]
Pennsylvania (PENN):   PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) C&A  (Double) PA5  (Double) PA6  (Double) WV2  (Double)
WV3 KY2 KY6 KY3 OH7 C&C  (Double) OH6 KY5 PA2
PA4 PA8 MI6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOC]
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O ):   B&O  (Double) WV1 OH1 A&GW  (Double) OH2 WBSH  (Double) MI2 IN10
IL2 IL1 L&N TN7 READ PA3 MD1 VA7 VA3 VA1
NC2 SC3 PA1 GM&O AL4  (Double) AL2 MS1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCG]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O  (Double) RF&P  (Double) MD2 VA2 SC5 TN2 TN4 P&LE  (Double)
LS  (Double) OH3  (Double) OH5 FW&C  (Double) PA7  (Double) MS  (Double)
TN6 TN9 BRL  (Double) NO&J  (Double) MS6 MS3 MS5  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMG]
Norfolk & Western (N&W ):   N&W R&D  (Double) N&S VA4 VA5 VC W&W KY1 IN5 IN9
KY13 MON  (Double) TN12 IL9  (Double) TN14 KY11 VA6
Unbuilt:: TN1 [Regions: AOCM]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ):   W&M SC2 NC1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H ):   C&H  (Double) SC4  (Double) NER  (Double) G&C  (Double) GA1  (Double) SCL  (Double)
S&G  (Double) GA6 GA8  (Double) A&T AL3 TN11 TN5 S&A  (Double)
GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 FEC KY7 FL1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOMG]
Central of Georgia (COG ):   COG GA3 GA2 SC1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AD]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C IN4  (Double) IN6 C&EI  (Double) KY8 KY10 KY9 IL8 TN15
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OCM]
Southern Mississippi (SM ):   SM
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW  (Double) WI4  (Double) SP&P MN1  (Double) WI6 C6 WI9 WI7
MN5 IA11
Unbuilt:: WI8 [Regions: CWN]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP  (Double) IA8 IA9 UP MN3  (Double) NE1 CO6 IL13 CP  (Double)
SP  (Double) NV2 UT7 UT6 UT1 CO9 C&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CWTP]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q IA1 MO8 MO6
Unbuilt:: MO4 [Regions: CW]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS WI5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP ATSF MO7 OK8 NM1 NM2 NM5 NM6
Unbuilt:: TX14 [Regions: MWT]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR AR4 OK3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T TX5 TX6 TX7 M2 TX8
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MX]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A  (Double) LA4  (Double) TX2  (Double) TX3 AR8 M1 LR&S LA5
OK2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MGSX]
St Louis & Alton (SL&A):   SL&A  (Double) IL11  (Double) IL12  (Double) IA4  (Double) IA10 IA6 NE2
Unbuilt:: NE3 [Regions: CMW]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT OK6 OK5 NM4 NM3 AZ1 AZ2 AZ3
Unbuilt:: CA3 [Regions: MT]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF  (Double) AR7 OK1 TX12 TX11 TX9 NM8 NM7
Unbuilt:: AZ5 [Regions: MS]
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW):   SLSW  (Double) AR1  (Double) AR3 AR2 MO5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW LA1 TX1 LA6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: GS]
Great Northern (GN ):   GN ND5 MT1 MT2 MT3 ID3 WA1
Unbuilt:: C10 [Regions: WTP]
Northern Pacific (NP ):   NP M&SP  (Double) SP&D ND3 ND4 MT6 MT7 ID5
Unbuilt:: WA2 [Regions: WT]
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):   KC&D  (Double) KCS  (Double) KS4 CO5 MO3  (Double) WP  (Double) NV1
UT8  (Double) UT5 WY1 CO8 UT4 KS1 OK7
Unbuilt:: ID1 [Regions: MWTP]
Kansas Pacific (KP ):   KP KS3 KCN CO1 CO3 LP&W CASL MO1 MO9 MO2 DRGW
KS2
Unbuilt:: IA7 [Regions: CMWT]
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  (Double) CT TX4 OK4
Unbuilt:: TX16 [Regions: S]
Houston & Shreveport (H&S ):   H&S
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H):   SA&H
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Colorado Western (CW ):   CW
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
NYC 25   28   31   +6  1960   15487   0   8   8   9     12    
ERIE 24   22   20   -4  9581   28610   25   11   11   6    
PENN 16   17   19   +3  2933   10263   102     1   3     9    
B&O 14   14   15   +1  6700   36593   0   4   4   5     6     10    
C&O 12   13   15   +3  6852   19325   0   3   3   12    
N&W 17   17   17   +0  3554   13169   75   2   2   10    
W&M 22   21   21   -1  394   1715   0     4   2     3     7    
C&H 31   27   23   -8  4370   15028   0     10  
COG 22   21   21   -1  703   2746   14     3   2     4     10    
M&C 16   15   15   -1  1889   6454   41     2   10    
SM 34   30   27   -7  12   880   0     10   2     3     4     7     8    
C&NW 19   19   20   +1  3491   10800   50   8   8  
CRIP 21   21   19   -2  2185   23975   0   6   6   10    
CB&Q 8   11   14   +6  1306   5965   0   7   7   4     8     10    
CNS 63   48   33   -30  146   967   18     11   2     4     7     8    
MP 24   23   22   -2  2300   9451   124   1   1   4    
M&LR 73   42   12   -61  501   2335   95   10   7   8    
V&T 17   17   17   +0  2225   7055   315     4   10    
L&A 28   25   23   -5  2364   9758   222     7   2     10    
SL&A 30   32   34   +4  940   5238   127   12   12  
MKT 16   16   16   +0  2432   9966   119   7   7   11    
SLSF 22   21   21   -1  1797   8730   835   10   10   6     8    
SLSW 31   33   35   +4  670   3555   0   12   12   2     7    
GW 20   25   31   +11  946   2791   84     2   1     4     7     10    
GN 23   24   25   +2  2657   8436   154   4   4   8    
NP 15   14   14   -1  3837   9891   119   3   3   10    
KC&D 18   18   18   +0  5790   20268   122   2   2   10    
KP 18   16   14   -4  4137   14246   219   11   11   2    
SV 51   48   46   -5  684   2050   0     10   2    
SL 15   28   41   +26  77   731   19     2   4     7     10    
T&P 12   16   20   +8  451   1036   84     7  
TR 60   59   58   -2  786   2566   144   1   1   2     3    
H&S 12   17   22   +10  510   1073   87     10  
SA&H 0   0   13   +13  0   986   109     2  
CW 0   0   13   +13  0   752   83     6  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

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