Continental Rails II

Game # 18 - 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: Darkwing bought DRGW for $3535, Henry Farham bought DP for $15264.

PCs Merged: C&S merges into CASL.

PCs Incorporated: FW&D.

New Engines Acquired: CNJ bought Consolidation 2-8-0, ATSF bought Pacific 4-6-2.

New Technologies Acquired: ERIE bought steel bridges, READ bought Pullman sleepers, C&O bought steel bridges, P&FW bought automatic couplers, P&FW bought automatic brakes, P&FW bought steel bridges, M&C bought steel bridges, GM&O bought steel bridges, O&M bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought refrigerated cars, CASL bought steel bridges, V&T bought steel bridges, CP bought steel bridges, UP bought steel bridges, GW bought steel bridges, SP&P bought steel bridges, TR bought steel bridges, LP&W bought steel bridges, SA&H bought steel bridges.

RoWs built: TN1 by C&O, SC3 by W&M, KY6 by IC, C10 by C&NW, IL11 by CASL, WI9 by M&SP, TX14 by V&T, WA5 by UP, OK3 by GW, CA10 by SV.

KC&D doubled KCN.

New RoWs acquired: C&NW got MN3, M&SP got MN5, CNS got IA2, LP&W got IA11, GW got TX4, SP&P got MT10, CASL got CO5, V&T got NM1, SV got CA11, UP got WA3.

RR Mergers: CP merges into KC&D.

Inadequate brakes on CNJ locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $2016.

Old READ wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $3168.

Inadequate brakes on W&M locomotives results in numerous collisions; damages are $26730.

Old TP&W wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $15825.

Old CNS wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $9660.

MP bridge collapsed! Many passengers killed in plunge. Damages amount to $23807.

Old SV wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $18343.

Loan Recalls: Stepp.

Cornered stocks: M&C.

New railroad Presidents: Sleeping Dog of SCL, Dan Drew of GM&O, Cornelius Vanderbilt of IC, Sleeping Dog of MKT.

New Private Companies Available: M&W.

Jay Gould earns the Millionaire Award.

Henry Farham has a Transcontinental system.

Edward Harriman has a Transcontinental system.

Sleeping Dog dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $35000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Stepp, Henry Farham, Cornelius Vanderbilt, B, Casey Jones, Darkwing

Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
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, steel bridges

Tycoon Announcements:

12 Sleeping Dog game over?

FINAL VICTORY POINTS

Robber Baron Rail Mogul Rail Builder Rail Magnate Rail Prodigal Rail Baron
71 Casey Jones (10) 234 Casey Jones (10) 50 Sleeping Dog (12) 141 Edward Harriman (11) 100 Stepp (5) 429 Casey Jones (10)
71 Jay Gould (13) 200 Dan Drew (6) 42 Casey Jones (10) 133 Jay Gould (13) 99 Henry Farham (7) 376 Sleeping Dog (12)
52 Dan Drew (6) 195 Sleeping Dog (12) 38 Stepp (5) 98 Sleeping Dog (12) 90 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) 368 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2)
42 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) 183 B (4) 37 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) 96 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) 82 Sleeping Dog (12) 340 Jay Gould (13)
34 Edward Harriman (11) 181 Cornelius Vanderbilt (2) 37 B (4) 96 Casey Jones (10) 77 Casey Jones (10) 336 Henry Farham (7)
32 Henry Farham (7) 179 Jay Gould (13) 35 Jay Gould (13) 92 Henry Farham (7) 48 B (4) 307 Stepp (5)
30 Sleeping Dog (12) 163 Henry Farham (7) 29 Henry Farham (7) 64 Stepp (5) 30 Jim Hill (9) 265 B (4)
27 Stepp (5) 138 Edward Harriman (11) 23 Edward Harriman (11) 53 B (4) 20 Dan Drew (6) 251 Edward Harriman (11)
25 Darkwing (3) 113 Stepp (5) 9 Darkwing (3) 39 Darkwing (3) 11 Darkwing (3) 217 Dan Drew (6)
21 George R. Obberbaron (1) 107 Jim Hill (9) 8 Dan Drew (6) 33 Dan Drew (6) 7 Frank Throne (8) 132 Jim Hill (9)
20 B (4) 89 Darkwing (3) 4 Jim Hill (9) 30 Jim Hill (9) 6 George R. Obberbaron (1) 129 Darkwing (3)
20 Frank Throne (8) 17 Frank Throne (8) 0 George R. Obberbaron (1) 1 Frank Throne (8) 0 Edward Harriman (11) 42 Frank Throne (8)
20 Jim Hill (9) 5 George R. Obberbaron (1) 0 Frank Throne (8) 0 George R. Obberbaron (1) 0 Jay Gould (13) 37 George R. Obberbaron (1)
20 Robert Stephenson (14) 0 Robert Stephenson (14) 0 Robert Stephenson (14) 0 Robert Stephenson (14) 0 Robert Stephenson (14) 28 Robert Stephenson (14)
20 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 28 Cyrus Holliday (15)

Player Summary

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

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
ERIE Erie Lackawanna 2925   521784   271328   99   1082271   528312   7   12   0   1  
CNJ Central New Jersey 288   36272   21763   94   106936   16010   4   0   0   0  
READ Reading 288   51345   28239   99   118430   17242   4   1   0   0  
C&O Chesapeake & Ohio 2091   290916   151277   99   650253   35621   9   9   0   597  
W&M Wilmington & Manchester 2673   284703   170822   91   912833   403269   0   0   0   60  
SCL Sea Coast Line 1954   261100   135773   99   601703   10643   8   0   0   208  
P&FW Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne 833   108841   56597   99   249312   103240   5   6   0   2  
M&C Marietta & Cincinnati 2350   426550   226073   98   742467   476675   7   4   0   76  
A&GW Atlantic & Great Western 3377   536438   327227   90   1285656   615295   2   4   0   2  
TP&W Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw 3165   533329   298662   95   1144960   456003   6   7   0   2  
GM&O Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 581   71476   39311   99   164661   5160   7   2   0   1  
O&M Ohio & Mississippi 1708   231735   129772   98   598367   126474   5   0   0   3  
IC Illinois Central 2987   493235   256482   99   917597   478697   8   0   0   369  
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 2728   365043   189823   99   615237   448847   4   4   0   64  
CASL Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 2077   269753   148363   96   470800   342495   4   4   810   2059  
CNS Chicago North Shore 1380   177802   112016   88   334607   223978   2   8   0   143  
M&SP Milwaukee & St. Paul 2017   220329   114571   99   495222   344874   2   3   0   101  
MP Missouri Pacific 3401   455935   278118   90   764796   517842   1   1   0   1510  
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 1871   211049   116077   99   386015   281300   3   4   2530   1196  
UP Union Pacific 2476   259221   134794   99   588077   414567   2   6   0   169  
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 3085   400146   220079   96   714917   308535   4   11   0   1262  
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 821   70791   43182   93   189120   127504   -1   14   0   45  
GW Great Western 2361   247197   128543   99   468498   336604   3   9   496   2001  
SP&P St Paul & Pacific 1275   101923   56057   99   274593   107796   2   1   1134   702  
KC&D Kansas City & Denver 3267   375512   217798   93   688639   479160   2   4   0   645  
ATSF Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1258   95056   52280   99   250067   124388   1   2   0   472  
SV Sacramento Valley 1411   155861   98193   88   351258   214532   0   1   0   251  
TR Texas Road 84   11613   7316   91   15924   8301   5   1   0   0  
LP&W Levenworth, Pawnee & Western 200   20586   13381   89   37553   23496   1   2   0   0  
FW&D Ft Worth & Denver 195   17970   11860   88   32647   25653   0   0   0   0  
SA&H San Antonio & Houston 219   21865   14431   88   38731   25232   1   1   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  (Double) OH2 PENN  (Double) LV  (Double) PA5 PA6 PA4  (Double)
MD1  (Double) MD2 WV1 FW&C  (Double) PA2  (Double) MI6 MI4
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AOLC]
Central New Jersey (CNJ ):   CNJ PA9
Unbuilt:: none [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) TN15  (Double) TN13 VA6 TN1
Unbuilt:: none [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 TN6 TN9 TN8
SC3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: AD]
Sea Coast Line (SCL ):   SCL  (Double) GA4  (Double) FL4 FL5 FL6 AL8 MS3 TN12 IL9
AL5 TN11  (Double) FL3 FL2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADMG]
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW):   P&FW  (Double) OH4 IN1  (Double) OH7 OH1 WV3  (Double)
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: OC]
Marietta & Cincinnati (M&C ):   M&C WBSH  (Double) IN4  (Double) IN8 C&EI  (Double) L&N  (Double) IL5  (Double)
S&G  (Double) GA6 GA7 AL1  (Double) AL4 MS2  (Double) AL2  (Double)
TN7  (Double) KY14 TN14
Unbuilt:: none [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 KY13
Unbuilt:: none [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 KY11
Unbuilt:: none [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 KY10  (Double) KY8 KY9 FL1 KY6
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: ADOCMG]
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW):   C&NW  (Double) WI4  (Double) NP  (Double) ND3 SP&D  (Double) ND4 MT6
MT7 ID5 WA1 WA6 C10
Unbuilt:: MN3 [Regions: CWTPN]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL):   CASL  (Double) SL&A  (Double) MO1 MO8  (Double) IA3 IA6 NE2 NE3
CW CO8 C&S IL11
Unbuilt:: CO5 [Regions: CMWT]
Chicago North Shore (CNS ):   CNS  (Double) WI5  (Double) C6 WI7 WI8 WI2 IL15 SL IL13
Unbuilt:: IA2 [Regions: CWN]
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP):   M&SP MN2 GN C8 MN1 MN6 WI6 WI1 WI9
Unbuilt:: MN5 [Regions: CWN]
Missouri Pacific (MP ):   MP  (Double) MO6 OK2 AR8 T&P TX5 CT TX12 CRIP IA7
MO7 L&A  (Double) LA2 TX1 TX3 M1 LA5
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: CMGWSX]
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T ):   V&T  (Double) LA4 TX2 TX16 TX7 M2 LA3 TX15 TX14
Unbuilt:: NM1 [Regions: MGSX]
Union Pacific (UP ):   UP NE1 CO7 WY1 CB&Q  (Double) IA4 IA5 UT4 ID2 OR3
OR1 WA5
Unbuilt:: WA3 [Regions: CWP]
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT ):   MKT  (Double) OK6 OK5 NM5 NM3 KCS  (Double) AZ1 OK4 SP  (Double)
CA4 CA3 AZ3 AZ2 M4 M3
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MWSTPX]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF):   SLSF MO5 KS1 KS2
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: M]
Great Western (GW ):   GW LA1 LA6 LR&S AR6 H&S AR4 SLSW AR1 AR3 AR2
OK1 OK3
Unbuilt:: TX4 [Regions: MGS]
St Paul & Pacific (SP&P):   SP&P ND1 ND2 MT4 MT5
Unbuilt:: MT10 [Regions: W]
Kansas City & Denver (KC&D):   KC&D KCN  (Double) KS4 MO3  (Double) KP MO9 CO4 CO9 CP  (Double)
NV2 UT7 UT6 UT1 UT9
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: MWTP]
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF):   ATSF OK8 NM4 NM6 NM7
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: W]
Sacramento Valley (SV ):   SV CA9 WP NV1 CA7  (Double) CA8 UT8 UT5 UT3 CA10
Unbuilt:: CA11 [Regions: TP]
Texas Road (TR ):   TR
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
Levenworth, Pawnee & Western (LP&W):   LP&W
Unbuilt:: IA11 [Regions: W]
Ft Worth & Denver (FW&D):   FW&D
Unbuilt:: none [Regions: S]
San Antonio & Houston (SA&H):   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
ERIE 23   36   50   +27  3695   14630   0   7   7   2     4     6    
CNJ 55   40   25   -30  200   1425   15     2   4     6     7     10     12    
READ 21   33   46   +25  240   2880   0     2   4     6     7     10     12    
C&O 76   57   38   -38  2372   10390   65     12   2     6     10     11    
W&M 16   17   19   +3  4721   18351   54     6   10     12    
SCL 42   53   64   +22  1491   9777   0   12   12   4     6     13    
P&FW 31   50   69   +38  1024   4165   0     6   4     7     13    
M&C 44   41   39   -5  786   11750   0   13   13   2     3     6     7    
A&GW 52   60   69   +17  3806   17585   0   10   11  
TP&W 37   32   27   -10  5479   15832   0   11   11   10     12    
GM&O 39   40   41   +2  328   2890   15   6   6   2     4     10     12    
O&M 26   25   25   -1  1459   8539   9     4   6     10     12    
IC 42   53   64   +22  2813   14847   88   2   2   3     5     13    
C&NW 24   27   30   +6  2552   17564   76   5   5   3     7     11     13    
CASL 51   46   42   -9  1677   10285   100   13   13   6     7    
CNS 36   43   50   +14  1438   6900   0   9   9   7    
M&SP 34   24   14   -20  2217   14903   72   5   5   3     7     11     13    
MP 25   36   48   +23  4556   34010   0   3   3   7     12     13    
V&T 34   33   32   -2  1688   9087   268   4   4   6     7     10    
UP 29   35   42   +13  3355   12315   65   7   7   13    
MKT 32   45   58   +26  5828   19915   0   12   12   11    
SLSF 44   43   43   -1  1501   4105   0   10   10   4     9    
GW 44   43   42   -2  2011   11710   95   6   6   3     4     13    
SP&P 39   33   28   -11  1782   6375   0   3   3   2     13    
KC&D 27   30   25   -2  2162   19515   0   2   2   10    
ATSF 43   34   26   -17  2154   6170   120     11   10     12    
SV 29   31   33   +4  2402   18395   70   9   9   6     13    
TR 54   69   84   +30  57   402   18     7   2     3     4     6     12    
LP&W 13   20   27   +14  431   1000   0     12  
FW&D 0   0   13   +13  0   878   97     7  
SA&H 13   15   17   +4  803   1398   82     7  

Private Companies Available for Purchase

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