Continental Rails II - DE 5

Game # 17 - 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

Private Companies Purchased: Darkwing bought A&P for $11227.

PCs Merged: DP merges into CW.

PCs Incorporated: M&W.

New Engines Acquired: ERIE bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, B&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&O bought Prairie 2-6-2, N&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, W&M bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&H bought Prairie 2-6-2, SM bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CNS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, V&T bought Prairie 2-6-2, L&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MKT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, GN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KC&D bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, KP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL bought Prairie 2-6-2, T&P bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, H&S bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SA&H bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.

New Technologies Acquired: N&W bought automatic brakes, GN bought Grand Station, KP bought Pullman sleepers.

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

TR doubled OK4.

New RoWs acquired: KP got IL15, N&W got TN3, NP got WI1, SL&A got WI3, GN got MN2, CB&Q got IA3, MP got IA5, MKT got TX13, TR got TX15, SLSF got M3.

RR Mergers: SLSF merges into M&LR.

Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost M&C $11691.

Inadequate brakes on SL locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $1650.

Insolvent RRs: M&C.

Cornered stocks: SM.

New railroad Presidents: Frederik Conrad of ERIE, Henry Farham of CNS, B of L&A, Stepp of GN, Dan Drew of SV.

Maldonash has a Transcontinental system.

Henry Farham dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $33005. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Milton Littlefield, Franziskus, Stepp, Darkwing, George R. Obberbaron, B, Maldonash, Frederik Conrad, Dan Drew

Engineering advances permit building steel bridges at lower cost with greater safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Improved.
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, steel bridges

FINAL VICTORY POINTS

Robber Baron Rail Mogul Rail Builder Rail Magnate Rail Prodigal Rail Baron
78 Dan Drew (10) 244 Dan Drew (10) 41 B (7) 120 Milton Littlefield (3) 109 Milton Littlefield (3) 401 Milton Littlefield (3)
52 Darkwing (4) 239 Maldonash (2) 40 Darkwing (4) 104 Stepp (8) 94 Stepp (8) 362 Darkwing (4)
50 Milton Littlefield (3) 219 Darkwing (4) 34 Milton Littlefield (3) 94 Henry Farham (11) 84 B (7) 354 Dan Drew (10)
50 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) 205 B (7) 32 Maldonash (2) 88 Dan Drew (10) 73 George R. Obberbaron (1) 351 Stepp (8)
38 Frederik Conrad (6) 165 Stepp (8) 31 Henry Farham (11) 85 Maldonash (2) 67 Henry Farham (11) 350 B (7)
37 Stepp (8) 164 Frederik Conrad (6) 29 Frederik Conrad (6) 75 Frederik Conrad (6) 61 Darkwing (4) 297 Maldonash (2)
34 Franziskus (12) 148 George R. Obberbaron (1) 28 Dan Drew (10) 67 Darkwing (4) 48 Franziskus (12) 296 Henry Farham (11)
29 B (7) 135 Milton Littlefield (3) 27 Stepp (8) 63 B (7) 25 Frederik Conrad (6) 269 Frederik Conrad (6)
26 George R. Obberbaron (1) 134 Henry Farham (11) 15 George R. Obberbaron (1) 62 George R. Obberbaron (1) 24 Maldonash (2) 246 George R. Obberbaron (1)
24 Maldonash (2) 55 Franziskus (12) 6 Franziskus (12) 50 Mister MP (5) 15 Dan Drew (10) 146 Franziskus (12)
22 Mister MP (5) 41 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) 0 Mister MP (5) 28 Franziskus (12) 0 Mister MP (5) 82 Mister MP (5)
22 Henry Farham (11) 32 Mister MP (5) 0 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) 1 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) 0 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9) 80 Cornelius Vanderbilt (9)
21 Thomas Scott (13) 0 Thomas Scott (13) 0 Thomas Scott (13) 0 Thomas Scott (13) 0 Thomas Scott (13) 26 Thomas Scott (13)
21 William Ogden (14) 0 William Ogden (14) 0 William Ogden (14) 0 William Ogden (14) 0 William Ogden (14) 26 William Ogden (14)
21 J. Pierpont Morgan (15) 0 J. Pierpont Morgan (15) 0 J. Pierpont Morgan (15) 0 J. Pierpont Morgan (15) 0 J. Pierpont Morgan (15) 26 J. Pierpont Morgan (15)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Dan Drew SV M&LR .... ....
12 Franziskus SLSW SL&A .... ....
9 Cornelius Vanderbilt .... .... GT MN
8 Stepp GN C&NW .... ....
6 Frederik Conrad CRIP ERIE .... ....
2 Maldonash KC&D N&W .... ....
4 Darkwing B&O .... A&P ....
3 Milton Littlefield NP C&O .... ....
7 B CB&Q L&A FW&D ....
11 Henry Farham CNS KP .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron TR MP .... ....
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   559622   335773   91   1146596   496216   5   6   0   6  
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 3812   679255   468685   82   1382639   304478   3   3   0   25  
PENN Pennsylvania 2072   351383   186236   98   681406   220516   9   1   0   2  
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 3023   507538   279143   96   1256530   428726   2   2   0   3  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 3212   530964   323888   90   1053960   546862   3   4   0   4  
N&W Norfolk & Western 2779   367724   191216   99   926823   487636   4   4   0   8  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 343   32253   19998   92   65381   1633   4   0   0   1  
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 3003   479352   273231   94   1146891   194509   7   1   0   3  
COG Central of Georgia 552   70126   44180   91   212846   35249   3   0   0   1  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 1299   173972   116562   87   450159   203288   0   0   0   99  
SM Southern Mississippi 44   7955   4375   99   16965   165   2   1   0   0  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 2420   282501   158199   95   600961   427595   2   4   0   356  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 2887   371674   223004   91   676884   437362   2   3   0   851  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 879   100831   67557   87   226080   114591   0   1   0   28  
CNS Chicago North Shore 197   32659   18289   98   49430   6906   10   5   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 2225   212671   119096   95   472181   330034   2   4   0   837  
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 2430   227303   118197   99   511577   319551   3   9   30   2617  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1474   125178   76358   93   307654   164230   1   0   0   624  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 1996   234174   128795   99   398056   211543   5   1   0   1580  
SL&A St Louis & Alton 1556   204025   112214   96   334261   258201   5   9   2360   3992  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 2268   213596   119612   98   425929   321678   2   4   0   972  
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 711   78838   47302   91   164815   124934   1   1   0   297  
GW Great Western 575   63197   34758   99   137536   20224   6   1   0   224  
GN Great Northern 1871   190267   102743   97   397075   277937   2   3   0   731  
NP Northern Pacific 2311   242404   135746   95   535664   379484   2   0   0   407  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 2899   334092   173726   99   572464   443478   3   4   0   657  
KP Kansas Pacific 2415   272599   141750   99   609275   360030   3   3   0   459  
SV Sacramento Valley 778   68310   40303   95   156758   80759   2   0   0   0  
SL Soo Line 150   14763   9596   89   23135   11829   3   0   0   0  
T&P Texas & Pacific 224   22064   14342   89   37310   24710   2   0   0   0  
TR Texas Road 712   84053   46230   99   136802   108786   4   5   1808   954  
H&S Houston & Shreveport 232   23456   13839   95   38369   24629   3   0   0   0  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   22271   14699   88   39165   25203   1   1   0   0  
CW Colorado Western 273   31603   20226   90   51312   36173   2   2   0   0  
M&W Missouri & Western 197   20673   13644   88   34803   27347   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 TN1
Unbuilt:: TN3 [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 WI8
Unbuilt:: none [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 MO4
Unbuilt:: IA3 [Regions: CMW]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS WI5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: C]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP ATSF MO7 OK8 NM1 NM2 NM5 NM6 TX14
Unbuilt:: IA5 [Regions: MWT]
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR):   M&LR AR4 OK3 SLSF  (Double) AR7 OK1 TX12 TX11 TX9 NM8
NM7 AZ5
Unbuilt:: M3 [Regions: MS]
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
NE3
Unbuilt:: WI3 [Regions: CMWT]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT OK6 OK5 NM4 NM3 AZ1 AZ2 AZ3 CA3
Unbuilt:: TX13 [Regions: MTP]
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 C10
Unbuilt:: MN2 [Regions: WTPN]
Northern Pacific (NP ):   NP M&SP  (Double) SP&D ND3 ND4 MT6 MT7 ID5 WA2
Unbuilt:: WI1 [Regions: WTP]
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 IA7
Unbuilt:: IL15 [Regions: CMWT]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV CA9 CA10 AZ6
Unbuilt:: none [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  (Double) TX16
Unbuilt:: TX15 [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 DP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: T]
Missouri & Western (M&W ):   M&W
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]

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 31   33   36   +5  1947   15487   0     8   9     12    
ERIE 20   25   31   +11  10446   28610   25   6   11  
PENN 19   22   26   +7  2921   10288   77     1   2     3     9    
B&O 15   16   18   +3  6964   36593   0   4   4   5     6     10    
C&O 15   17   19   +4  4076   19325   0   3   3   10     12    
N&W 17   19   21   +4  4196   13834   65   2   2   10    
W&M 21   21   22   +1  413   1715   0     4   2     3     7    
C&H 23   24   25   +2  3675   15028   0     10  
COG 21   22   23   +2  620   2749   11     3   2     4     10    
M&C 15   16   17   +2  2157   6464   31     2   10    
SM 27   27   28   +1  13   880   0     10   2     3     4     7     8    
C&NW 20   21   23   +3  3359   11975   125   8   8  
CRIP 19   20   22   +3  4495   23975   0   6   6   10    
CB&Q 14   16   18   +4  726   7432   163   7   7   4     8     10    
CNS 33   32   32   -1  122   971   14   11   11   2     4     7     8    
MP 22   23   24   +2  2318   10846   279   1   1   4    
M&LR 12   18   24   +12  558   12135   15   10   10   8    
V&T 17   18   19   +2  2229   7133   237     4   10    
L&A 23   25   28   +5  2727   9813   167   7   7   2     10    
SL&A 34   35   37   +3  1327   7539   241   12   12  
MKT 16   16   16   +0  3717   11215   125     7  
SLSW 35   35   35   +0  682   3555   0   12   12   2     7    
GW 31   30   29   -2  546   2812   63     2   1     4     7     10    
GN 25   29   34   +9  2219   9279   76   8   8   4    
NP 14   16   18   +4  2580   11401   154   3   3   10    
KC&D 18   19   21   +3  5422   20390   0   2   2   10    
KP 14   15   17   +3  4478   15182   323   11   11   2    
SV 46   37   29   -17  755   3706   184   10   10   2    
SL 41   46   52   +11  186   735   15     2   4     7     10    
T&P 20   30   40   +20  339   1057   63     7   2     3     4    
TR 58   47   36   -22  1075   3331   229   1   1   2     3    
H&S 22   33   45   +23  323   1094   66     10   2     3     7    
SA&H 13   16   20   +7  462   1013   82     2   7     10    
CW 13   20   27   +14  383   1249   116     6   1    
M&W 0   0   13   +13  0   887   98     12  

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