Continental Rails II

Game # 19 - 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: A&P, M&W.
  • New Engines Acquired: N&W bought Atlantic 4-4-2, SCL bought Prairie 2-6-2.
  • New Technologies Acquired: NYC bought steel bridges, READ bought steel bridges, P&LE bought steel bridges, CRIP bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought refrigerated cars, L&A bought steel bridges, GN bought steel bridges, SV bought steel bridges.
  • RoWs built: MT4 by C&NW, WY2 by CRIP, IA8 by CB&Q, TX13 by MP, LA3 by M&LR, TX5 by V&T, TX8 by L&A, NM3 by MKT, OK6 by SLSW.
  • RoWs abandoned: OR1 was abandoned by GN.
  • GT doubled C2, V&T doubled LA1.
  • New RoWs acquired: CB&Q got IA9, V&T got AR6, C&NW got ND2, SLSW got OK7, SV got CA8, MKT got M3, MP got IA11.
  • RR Mergers: L&A merges into MKT.
  • Old SLSW wooden bridges inadequate for new locomotives. Repairs cost $10626.
  • Cornered stocks: WBSH, SV.
  • New railroad Presidents: Henry Farham of PENN, Griffes dÆargent of READ.
  • B has a Transcontinental system.
  • Casey Jones has a Transcontinental system.
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt has a Transcontinental system.
  • Frederik Conrad has a Transcontinental system.
  • Jay Gould has a Transcontinental system.
  • Henry Farham dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $25003. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Stepp, Jay Gould, Frederik Conrad, B, Jim Hill
  • NEW RECORD! Wolfgang Trennhaus is now number 9 in the all-time top 10 Victory Point list as Rail Prodigal.
  • Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Great.
  • 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:

8 Jim Hill bows to b.....well played indeed....

FINAL VICTORY POINTS

Robber Baron Rail Mogul Rail Builder Rail Magnate Rail Prodigal Rail Baron
79 Jim Hill (8) 212 B (1) 46 B (1) 162 B (1) 172 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 411 B (1)
65 Jay Gould (7) 211 Jay Gould (7) 42 Casey Jones (2) 161 Jay Gould (7) 110 B (1) 379 Jay Gould (7)
41 Casey Jones (2) 205 Casey Jones (2) 42 Frederik Conrad (4) 149 Casey Jones (2) 102 Henry Farham (6) 370 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3)
38 B (1) 165 Frederik Conrad (4) 40 Jay Gould (7) 133 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 83 Stepp (10) 330 Casey Jones (2)
37 Frederik Conrad (4) 155 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 33 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 102 Frederik Conrad (4) 78 Frederik Conrad (4) 321 Frederik Conrad (4)
37 Griffes d’argent (5) 147 Henry Farham (6) 25 Railroad Bill (9) 87 Henry Farham (6) 23 Jay Gould (7) 263 Henry Farham (6)
35 Cornelius Vanderbilt (3) 137 Jim Hill (8) 22 Thomas Durant (11) 77 Stepp (10) 17 Jim Hill (8) 250 Jim Hill (8)
32 Railroad Bill (9) 129 Griffes d’argent (5) 21 Henry Farham (6) 71 Railroad Bill (9) 9 Thomas Durant (11) 200 Stepp (10)
30 Henry Farham (6) 123 Thomas Durant (11) 19 Jim Hill (8) 59 Jim Hill (8) 4 Griffes d’argent (5) 186 Railroad Bill (9)
29 Thomas Durant (11) 105 Railroad Bill (9) 17 Stepp (10) 51 Thomas Durant (11) 2 Casey Jones (2) 177 Thomas Durant (11)
23 Stepp (10) 85 Stepp (10) 16 Griffes d’argent (5) 46 Griffes d’argent (5) 0 Railroad Bill (9) 170 Griffes d’argent (5)
21 William Palmer (12) 60 Cyrus Holliday (15) 2 Cyrus Holliday (15) 14 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 William Palmer (12) 66 Cyrus Holliday (15)
21 William Ogden (13) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Palmer (12) 0 William Ogden (13) 26 William Palmer (12)
21 Dan Drew (14) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 William Ogden (13) 0 Dan Drew (14) 26 William Ogden (13)
21 Cyrus Holliday (15) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Dan Drew (14) 0 Cyrus Holliday (15) 26 Dan Drew (14)

Player Summary

President of PCs owned
Player # Tycoon name RR 1 RR 2 PC 1 PC 2
8 Jim Hill GT SV .... ....
7 Jay Gould WBSH CP .... ....
4 Frederik Conrad C&H SLSF .... ....
2 Casey Jones CNJ C&NW .... ....
1 B P&LE MP .... FW&D
3 Cornelius Vanderbilt NYC GN .... ....
5 Griffes d’argent READ CB&Q .... ....
6 Henry Farham PENN MKT .... ....
11 Thomas Durant .... CRIP .... ....
9 Railroad Bill .... .... .... ....
15 Cyrus Holliday SLSW .... .... ....
13 William Ogden .... .... .... ....
10 Stepp V&T .... .... ....
14 Dan Drew .... .... .... ....
12 William Palmer .... .... .... ....

Railroad Summary

RR Name Tracks Revenues Expense Efficiency Bonds Loans Profit / share Dividend / share Grant Land
GT Grand Trunk 952 147378 76636 99 181818 3427 12 1 0 0
NYC New York Central 2081 455673 236952 99 804292 453570 11 9 0 1
CNJ Central New Jersey 1863 313746 163149 99 674115 363540 7 7 0 2
PENN Pennsylvania 2691 518363 279915 97 876563 291410 11 0 0 2
READ Reading 2648 413903 215227 99 672611 188300 4 2 0 1
B&O Baltimore & Ohio 1816 257917 134118 99 556128 279285 6 0 0 1
N&W Norfolk & Western 2466 353028 240058 83 474335 11097 6 0 0 1
C&H Charleston & Hamburg 1969 347863 180888 99 616494 364961 9 9 0 1
SCL Sea Coast Line 2827 417950 292564 81 574200 32431 6 0 0 3
P&LE Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 2999 533197 282593 98 952873 518392 9 9 0 4
WBSH Wabash Line 2928 591841 319594 97 828845 449814 11 9 0 2
C&NW Chicago & Northwestern 3391 450018 270010 91 810240 580260 4 7 0 121
CRIP Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific 3287 435707 252710 93 755485 117741 2 2 0 166
CB&Q Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2211 339434 183294 97 480082 123315 5 5 0 0
MP Missouri Pacific 2530 300085 162046 97 498125 359008 5 9 0 1494
M&LR Memphis & Little Rock 1446 175954 100293 94 271026 109397 4 0 0 7
V&T Vicksburg & Texas 2533 336125 178147 98 633758 370965 4 4 0 222
CP Central Pacific 2983 435233 226321 99 728818 392889 8 9 0 452
MKT Missouri, Kansas & Texas 4256 548382 427738 73 931137 642273 -1 8 0 276
SLSF St Louis & San Francisco 3062 425182 229597 97 731828 361328 7 9 0 623
SLSW St Louis & Southwestern 966 108468 61827 97 214056 108402 2 2 0 0
GN Great Northern 2981 433962 229998 98 780305 442956 7 1 0 286
SV Sacramento Valley 150 20806 14980 82 22399 15382 3 0 0 0
C&S Colorado & Southern 116 15246 10215 87 22323 14483 3 2 0 0
DRGW Denver & Rio Grande Western 116 15326 10115 88 21917 13660 4 3 0 0
DP Denver Pacific 106 14619 10087 85 20145 12565 3 1 0 0
A&P Atlantic & Pacific 116 11542 7733 87 24569 16381 1 0 0 0
M&W Missouri & Western 197 23252 15114 89 44069 29381 2 0 0 0

Railroad Lines:

Regions:  A = Atlantic ;  D = Deep South ;  O = Ohio ;  L = Great Lakes ;  C = Central ;  M = Mississippi ;  G = Gulf ;  W = Midwest ;  S = Southwest ;  T = Mountain ;  P = Pacific ;  N = Canada ;  X = Mexico 
  • Grand Trunk (GT)
  • New York Central (NYC)
  • Central New Jersey (CNJ)
  • Pennsylvania (PENN)
  • Reading (READ)
  • Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
  • Norfolk & Western (N&W)
  • Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)
  • Sea Coast Line (SCL)
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (P&LE)
  • Wabash Line (WBSH)
  • Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
  • Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
  • Missouri Pacific (MP)
  • Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
  • Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)
  • Central Pacific (CP)
  • Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
  • St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
  • St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
  • Great Northern (GN)
  • Sacramento Valley (SV)
  • Colorado & Southern (C&S)
  • Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW)
  • Denver Pacific (DP)
  • Atlantic & Pacific (A&P)
  • Missouri & Western (M&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
GT 37 44 51 +14  729 4760 0 8 8 1 4 7
NYC 49 56 64 +15  1094 10412 0 3 3 2 4 7 8
CNJ 42 52 62 +20  1447 9315 0 2 2 1 3 4
PENN 60 50 40 -20  3828 13460 0 6 6 3 7
READ 33 36 40 +7  3830 34369 201 5 5 11 15
B&O 25 27 30 +5  2986 9088 0   1 7
N&W 21 25 30 +9  5639 12308 22   7
C&H 26 34 42 +16  2300 9851 0 4 4 6 7 8
SCL 24 26 28 +4  3727 14135 0   3 1 4 8
P&LE 29 48 68 +39  3098 14995 0 1 1 4 7 8
WBSH 48 49 51 +3  885 14640 0 7 8 4
C&NW 56 51 47 -9  4920 16838 117 2 2 3 7
CRIP 19 22 25 +6  13646 45460 110 11 11 9
CB&Q 33 38 44 +11  1934 19190 100 5 5 2 8 11
MP 33 44 55 +22  1933 12575 75 1 1 2 3 4 7
M&LR 34 35 36 +2  2749 9615 45   7 1
V&T 28 30 32 +4  2745 16722 113 10 10 1 6 8
CP 30 33 36 +6  2958 14171 744 7 7 4 8
MKT 34 51 65 +31  1912 22245 425 6 6 1 2
SLSF 42 54 67 +25  2792 15310 0 4 4 1 3 7 8
SLSW 16 19 22 +6  1824 10783 127 15 15 1 6 7
GN 21 23 26 +5  3570 14905 0 3 3 2 4
SV 61 44 28 -33  194 750 0 8 8 1 3 6 7
C&S 13 21 29 +16  259 536 44   8
DRGW 13 21 29 +16  258 536 44   7
DP 13 21 29 +16  238 490 40   4
A&P 0 0 15 +15  0 522 58   10
M&W 0 0 15 +15  0 887 98   7

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