Continental Rails II

Game # 18 - Turn # 13

Headline News 1865 to 1866

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1865: Nevada admitted into Union as newest state.
1866: Prussia unifies north German states by defeating Austria in 7 Weeks War

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: Dan Drew bought SLSW for $3016, Dan Drew bought GW for $7025, Darkwing bought SP&P for $10101, Casey Jones bought KC&D for $51698.

PCs Merged: NP merges into C&NW, SL&A merges into CASL.

PCs Incorporated: SLSF, SP, ATSF.

New Engines Acquired: READ bought Atlantic 4-4-2.

New Technologies Acquired: READ bought block signal system, GM&O bought block signal system, CB&Q bought Grand Station, CNS bought Grand Station, WP bought Grand Station, MKT bought Grand Station.

RoWs abandoned: KY8 was abandoned by A&GW, WI6 was abandoned by C&NW.

ERIE doubled PA2, IC doubled IL7, C&NW doubled WI4.

New RoWs acquired: CB&Q got IA4, CASL got MO1, L&A got LA2, V&T got LA4, C&NW got ND3, UP got NE1, MKT got OK6, CP got NV2.

Stock splits: CRIP splits 3 for 1, M&SP splits 4 for 1, MP splits 2 for 1, CP splits 2 for 1, WP splits 2 for 1.

Cornered stocks: CRIP, M&SP.

New railroad Presidents: Edward Harriman of A&GW, Casey Jones of SLSF, Edward Harriman of SP, Cornelius Vanderbilt of ATSF.

New Private Companies Available: KP, KCS, SV, SP&D.

Casey Jones dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $27309. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Sleeping Dog, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Stepp, Henry Farham, B, Dan Drew

Civil War ends: Railroads may resume building Right-of-Ways.

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Great.
Best locomotive available: Prairie 2-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron Casey Jones (10) Jay Gould (13) Dan Drew (6) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Henry Farham (7)
Rail Mogul Casey Jones (10) Sleeping Dog (12) Dan Drew (6) B (4) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2)
Rail Builder Casey Jones (10) Jay Gould (13) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Sleeping Dog (12) Edward Harriman (11)
Rail Magnate Casey Jones (10) Jay Gould (13) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Sleeping Dog (12) Edward Harriman (11)
Rail Prodigal Stepp (5) Henry Farham (7) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Casey Jones (10) Sleeping Dog (12)
Rail Baron Casey Jones (10) Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) Sleeping Dog (12) Jay Gould (13) Henry Farham (7)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
10 Casey Jones SLSF CP .... KC&D
11 Edward Harriman A&GW SP .... ....
5 Stepp C&NW M&SP .... GN
13 Jay Gould M&C CASL .... ....
2 Cornelius Vanderbilt IC ATSF .... ....
6 Dan Drew P&FW W&M SLSW GW
12 Sleeping Dog SCL MKT .... ....
7 Henry Farham UP CB&Q .... ....
3 Darkwing CRIP MP .... SP&P
4 B L&A V&T .... ....
1 George R. Obberbaron .... .... .... M&LR
9 Jim Hill WP CNS .... ....
8 Frank Throne .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday .... .... .... ....
14 Robert Stephenson .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 2589   506314   273409   97   817211   478281   10   9   0   51  
CNJ Central New Jersey 134   22610   14244   91   47330   13153   6   0   0   0  
READ Reading 288   56339   34367   93   99607   47896   7   9   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 1611   251782   130925   99   449886   142080   9   0   0   55  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 2106   247980   131429   98   616199   299319   2   1   770   205  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1317   189369   98472   99   381444   12136   10   4   133   85  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 833   116385   60519   99   201132   111000   7   0   0   112  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 2085   395084   205445   99   557310   369932   11   9   775   241  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 3377   591178   360619   90   1046835   494161   6   7   0   183  
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 3005   564947   299421   98   899636   532352   10   10   0   142  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 581   76457   43581   97   130080   64948   6   3   0   93  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 1623   234960   129228   99   478151   246405   6   0   0   156  
IC Illinois Central 2465   445949   231892   99   666365   414821   10   9   0   211  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 681   92978   48348   99   143369   96012   3   6   0   0  
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 150   21357   11960   98   36099   23532   1   1   1040   0  
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 190   24456   12717   99   47403   30717   5   1   0   0  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 284   44544   27617   92   65318   41016   6   0   1690   0  
CNS Chicago North Shore 85   27126   17361   87   24235   16965   15   2   0   0  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 326   32997   18148   99   76498   42803   3   4   0   0  
MP Missouri Pacific 283   35127   19320   99   67921   46259   4   1   490   0  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 173   17831   9807   99   42088   26907   3   4   2250   0  
L&A Louisiana & Arkansas 90   16975   10355   93   26321   17039   7   16   1504   0  
CP Central Pacific 154   20170   11093   99   34110   21622   6   1   1740   0  
WP Western Pacific 142   19408   12615   86   28321   21544   3   2   1255   0  
UP Union Pacific 105   11476   7230   91   25508   16412   1   1   0   0  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 326   32496   19823   90   72647   47618   1   2   2040   0  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 239   25447   17049   87   52259   34841   1   0   0   0  
SP Southern Pacific 90   18996   12157   90   25544   17031   8   0   0   0  
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 183   18915   12484   88   39584   26391   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)
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE):   ERIE  (Double) HRL  (Double) C&A  (Double) NY2 PA11  (Double) GTW MI1
MS OH2 PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 PA4  (Double)
MD1 MD2 WV1 FW&C  (Double) PA2  (Double)
Unbuilt:: MI6 [Regions: AOLC]
Central New Jersey (CNJ ):   CNJ
Unbuilt:: PA9 [Regions: A]
Reading (READ):   READ PA3 PA1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: A]
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O ):   C&O RF&P  (Double) VA4 VA5 KY1 IN5  (Double) MON  (Double) IN9
KY12 IL8  (Double)
Unbuilt:: TN15 [Regions: AOCM]
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M ):   W&M SC2 W&W VA1 SC1 G&C NC2 BRL  (Double) TN2 TN3
KY4 TN4 R&D  (Double) VA2 SC5 VA7
Unbuilt:: TN6 [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 AL8 MS3 TN12 IL9
Unbuilt:: AL5 [Regions: AMG]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW  (Double) OH4 IN1  (Double) OH7 OH1 WV3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OC]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C WBSH  (Double) IN4  (Double) IN8 C&EI L&N IL5  (Double) S&G  (Double)
GA6 GA7 AL1  (Double) AL4 MS2  (Double) AL2  (Double) TN7
Unbuilt:: KY14 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Atlantic & Great Western (A&GW):   A&GW OH8 C&H  (Double) NER SC4 GA1 GA8  (Double) AL3 TN10
MS6 N&W  (Double) N&S VA3  (Double) VC NC1 WV4 KY2
KY5 NO&J A&T KY3 SM C&C MRLE
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOLCMG]
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W):   TP&W IN2 IN7 NYC B&A  (Double) B&M  (Double) NY3 C4 C5  (Double)
MN MC MI2 MI5 IL4 IL3 B&H  (Double) NYNH  (Double)
GT  (Double) C2 C3  (Double) NY1 PA8
Unbuilt:: KY13 [Regions: ALCMN]
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O):   GM&O MS4 MS7 MS1
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MG]
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M ):   O&M IN6 IL6 LS P&LE OH3 OH5 B&O PA7 WV2 OH6
IN3
Unbuilt:: KY11 [Regions: AOLM]
Illinois Central (IC ):   IC  (Double) IL2 S&A  (Double) GA2  (Double) COG  (Double) GA3 A&C
GA5 TN5 N&C KY7 IN10 IL7  (Double) A&WP  (Double) AL6
AL7 FEC
Unbuilt:: KY10 [Regions: ADOCMG]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW  (Double) WI4  (Double) NP
Unbuilt:: ND3 [Regions: CW]
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP):   CRIP
Unbuilt:: IA7 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q):   CB&Q
Unbuilt:: IA4 [Regions: C]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL SL&A
Unbuilt:: MO1 [Regions: CM]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double)
Unbuilt:: WI5 [Regions: C]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP
Unbuilt:: MN2 [Regions: W]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP
Unbuilt:: MO6 [Regions: MW]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T
Unbuilt:: LA4 [Regions: M]
Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A ):   L&A
Unbuilt:: LA2 [Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP ):   CP
Unbuilt:: NV2 [Regions: P]
Western Pacific (WP ):   WP
Unbuilt:: NV1 [Regions: P]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP
Unbuilt:: NE1 [Regions: W]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT
Unbuilt:: OK6 [Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Southern Pacific (SP ):   SP
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: P]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF):   ATSF
Unbuilt:: none [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
ERIE 44   46   48   +4  2417   12950   0     7   2    
CNJ 30   32   35   +5  176   670   0     6   10     12    
READ 20   27   34   +14  390   1440   0     11   6     10    
C&O 37   46   56   +19  2073   8055   0     12   6     10    
W&M 25   27   29   +4  4631   15570   0   6   6   10    
SCL 68   50   33   -35  2319   6505   87   12   12   6     13    
P&FW 47   44   41   -6  1273   4165   0   6   6   13    
M&C 45   47   49   +4  1553   10425   0   13   13   2     10    
A&GW 34   37   41   +7  4708   17585   0   11   10  
TP&W 35   46   57   +22  4707   15032   0     11   5     10    
GM&O 26   31   37   +11  1202   2774   131     4   2    
O&M 35   37   40   +5  2166   8123   0     4   10    
IC 35   37   40   +5  3567   12325   0   2   2   13    
C&NW 42   47   52   +10  1138   7265   140   5   5   3     7     11    
CRIP 50   77   35   +55  405   9000   0   3   3   6     7     10     12     13    
CB&Q 15   17   20   +5  333   950   0   7   7  
CASL 20   22   25   +5  233   1302   118   13   13   6    
CNS 47   42   38   -9  96   425   0   9   9   2     7    
M&SP 85   142   50   +115  265   6520   0   5   5   3     7     9     11    
MP 58   80   51   +44  359   2830   0   3   3   2     4     12     13    
V&T 15   21   28   +13  359   779   86   4   4  
L&A 15   22   30   +15  184   405   45   4   4  
CP 32   67   51   +70  196   1540   0   10   10  
WP 32   67   51   +70  178   1420   0   9   9  
UP 15   20   25   +10  211   525   0   7   7  
MKT 15   25   36   +21  719   1630   0   12   12  
SLSF 0   0   15   +15  0   1076   119   10   10  
SP 0   0   15   +15  0   405   45   11   11  
ATSF 0   0   15   +15  0   824   91   2   2  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price CF Price
KP 890   KCS 490   SV 750   SP&D 750  

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