Continental Rails II SdH 2012
Game # 20 - Turn # 14
Headline News 1867 to 1868
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1867: The first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable laid between U.S. and Europe.
1868: U.S. spends millions to purchase Alaska wasteland from Russia!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: Karl Von Backenheime bought SLSW for $2000, William Palmer bought SP&P for $5000, Leland Stanford bought KCS for $2605, Edward Harriman bought KCN for $4628.
PCs Merged: KC&D merges into MP, MON merges into TP&W.
PCs Incorporated: ATSF, M&SP, IC.
New Engines Acquired: GT bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NYC bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, PENN bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, N&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NER bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&H bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SCL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, COG bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, TP&W bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, NO&J bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, O&M bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CRIP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CASL bought Prairie 2-6-2, MP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, M&LR bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, UP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SL&A bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SLSF bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
RoWs built: IL2 by N&W, KY14 by W&M, AL8 by NER, MI1 by SCL, GA2 by COG, WV4 by P&FW, IN8 by TP&W, MS6 by NO&J, MS7 by SM, OH6 by MS, WI4 by C&NW, IA7 by CRIP, MO7 by MP, NV2 by CP, CA4 by SP.
B&O doubled B&O, SCL doubled KY10, SP doubled SP.
New RoWs acquired: MS got IN3, B&O got IN9, SL&A got IL11, P&FW got KY2, W&M got TN14, SCL got AL7, C&NW got WI6, CRIP got IA5, UP got NE1, CP got NV1, SP got CA3.
RR Mergers: B&O merges into PENN.
Loan Recalls: William Palmer.
New railroad Presidents: J. Edgar Thompson of TP&W, Karl Von Backenheime of M&LR, Leland Stanford of ATSF.
New Private Companies Available: SV, SL.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1048. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Edward Harriman, Leland Stanford, William Palmer
Invention of automatic couplers facilitates operations, improves safety.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Good 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
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
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Robber Baron
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Jay Gould (9)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
|
Rail Mogul
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
William Palmer (12)
|
|
Rail Builder
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Jay Gould (9)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
|
Rail Magnate
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Jay Gould (9)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
Thomas Scott (7)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
|
Rail Prodigal
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
William Palmer (12)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
|
Rail Baron
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
Jay Gould (9)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
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Player Summary
|
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
|
1
|
Jim Fisk |
SCL
|
C&NW
|
....
|
NP
|
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
PENN
|
TP&W
|
....
|
....
|
|
9
|
Jay Gould |
NYC
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
2
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
CRIP
|
KCN
|
WP
|
|
5
|
Leland Stanford |
SP
|
ATSF
|
....
|
KCS
|
|
6
|
Karl Von Backenheime |
M&LR
|
W&M
|
SLSW
|
....
|
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
MS
|
....
|
SP&P
|
|
7
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
O&M
|
....
|
....
|
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
P&FW
|
SL&A
|
....
|
MKT
|
|
10
|
Hannibal Kimball |
V&T
|
....
|
L&A
|
GW
|
|
4
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
C&H
|
CASL
|
....
|
....
|
|
8
|
John Forbes |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
13
|
William Ogden |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
14
|
Dan Drew |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
|
15
|
Cyrus Holliday |
....
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
Railroad Summary
|
RR
|
Name
|
Tracks
|
Revenues
|
Expense
|
Efficiency
|
Bonds
|
Loans
|
Profit / share
|
Dividend / share
|
Grant
|
Land
|
|
GT
|
Grand Trunk
|
329
|
43536
|
23945
|
99
|
73006
|
1198
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2729
|
485244
|
252329
|
99
|
715177
|
8405
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
287
|
31117
|
19604
|
91
|
75784
|
48854
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2278
|
476082
|
257084
|
97
|
599052
|
63393
|
15
|
9
|
0
|
24
|
|
READ
|
Reading
|
1498
|
274504
|
164702
|
91
|
408559
|
29374
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
949
|
102480
|
60463
|
95
|
230980
|
80716
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
1705
|
298744
|
155346
|
99
|
351674
|
22701
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
W&M
|
Wilmington & Manchester
|
1844
|
219082
|
131451
|
91
|
464877
|
312909
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
NER
|
Northeastern Line
|
1107
|
165091
|
85847
|
99
|
290839
|
93586
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&H
|
Charleston & Hamburg
|
321
|
54390
|
29914
|
99
|
72602
|
899
|
12
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2905
|
656137
|
387122
|
92
|
719763
|
52381
|
15
|
9
|
0
|
68
|
|
COG
|
Central of Georgia
|
410
|
61186
|
33651
|
99
|
99418
|
44022
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
P&FW
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne
|
531
|
56088
|
31410
|
95
|
117673
|
77530
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
597
|
86771
|
47723
|
99
|
152408
|
89497
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
NO&J
|
New Orleans & Jackson
|
603
|
84321
|
47219
|
98
|
144984
|
67420
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
255
|
32661
|
19270
|
95
|
64092
|
40188
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MS
|
Michigan Southern
|
418
|
59542
|
37511
|
91
|
118405
|
51542
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
O&M
|
Ohio & Mississippi
|
165
|
20755
|
11830
|
97
|
38581
|
12887
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185
|
24845
|
17640
|
83
|
47522
|
29128
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
400
|
51359
|
32356
|
91
|
97535
|
53149
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
358
|
44037
|
24221
|
99
|
87794
|
50782
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
185
|
25109
|
17074
|
86
|
38461
|
21621
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
M&SP
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul
|
326
|
34102
|
22507
|
88
|
77685
|
47615
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
572
|
74627
|
41792
|
98
|
140333
|
81921
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
132
|
16227
|
9574
|
95
|
27778
|
16334
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173
|
18433
|
11613
|
91
|
34568
|
20492
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
328
|
35623
|
21017
|
95
|
76344
|
49368
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
105
|
11422
|
6282
|
99
|
23253
|
15927
|
4
|
1
|
2580
|
0
|
|
SL&A
|
St Louis & Alton
|
99
|
18865
|
11885
|
91
|
24527
|
15853
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
239
|
27513
|
18434
|
87
|
48524
|
29596
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
SP
|
Southern Pacific
|
513
|
68489
|
39723
|
96
|
122398
|
77122
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
ATSF
|
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
|
183
|
20339
|
13424
|
88
|
44050
|
27000
|
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)
|
Grand Trunk (GT )
|
|
GT
|
C2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AN]
|
|
New York Central (NYC )
|
|
NYC
|
HRL
(Double)
|
NY3
|
B&A
|
B&M
|
B&H
|
C3
|
C4
|
C5
|
MN
|
|
MC
|
LS
|
P&LE
|
MRLE
|
OH3
|
OH5
|
MI5
|
MI4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOLCN]
|
|
Erie Lackawanna (ERIE)
|
|
ERIE
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Pennsylvania (PENN)
|
|
PENN
(Double)
|
C&A
(Double)
|
CNJ
(Double)
|
PA1
(Double)
|
NYNH
(Double)
|
PA3
(Double)
|
|
PA9
(Double)
|
PA10
(Double)
|
B&O
(Double)
|
MD1
(Double)
|
RF&P
(Double)
|
|
WV1
|
R&D
|
OH1
|
OH4
|
M&C
|
IN4
|
C&C
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IN9 |
[Regions: AOLC]
|
|
Reading (READ)
|
|
READ
(Double)
|
PA5
(Double)
|
PA6
(Double)
|
PA4
(Double)
|
LV
|
PA2
(Double)
|
|
PA8
|
NY2
|
PA11
|
GTW
|
NY1
|
MI2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOL]
|
|
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O )
|
|
C&O
|
VC
|
MD2
|
PA7
|
VA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AO]
|
|
Norfolk & Western (N&W )
|
|
N&W
(Double)
|
VA3
(Double)
|
VA4
(Double)
|
N&S
|
VA5
|
KY1
(Double)
|
IN5
(Double)
|
|
C&EI
(Double)
|
IN7
|
IL4
(Double)
|
IN6
|
IL2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AOCM]
|
|
Wilmington & Manchester (W&M )
|
|
W&M
|
W&W
|
NC1
|
NC2
|
SC5
|
VA1
|
G&C
|
TN2
|
TN4
|
N&C
|
A&C
|
|
TN6
|
TN7
|
KY14
|
|
|
Unbuilt: TN14 |
[Regions: AD]
|
|
Northeastern Line (NER )
|
|
NER
(Double)
|
SC2
|
SC1
(Double)
|
GA4
(Double)
|
FL4
|
FL5
|
FL6
|
AL8
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AG]
|
|
Charleston & Hamburg (C&H )
|
|
C&H
(Double)
|
SC4
|
SC3
(Double)
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: A]
|
|
Sea Coast Line (SCL )
|
|
SCL
(Double)
|
S&A
(Double)
|
S&G
(Double)
|
GA1
(Double)
|
GA8
(Double)
|
AL4
|
|
BRL
(Double)
|
GM&O
(Double)
|
AL3
(Double)
|
TN10
|
TN8
|
A&T
|
L&N
(Double)
|
|
KY10
(Double)
|
WBSH
(Double)
|
A&GW
(Double)
|
OH8
(Double)
|
IN1
(Double)
|
|
OH2
|
KY8
|
MI1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: AL7 |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
|
Central of Georgia (COG )
|
|
COG
|
A&WP
|
GA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AD]
|
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)
|
|
P&FW
|
WV2
|
WV3
|
WV4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KY2 |
[Regions: O]
|
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
|
|
TP&W
|
OH7
|
IN2
(Double)
|
MON
|
IN8
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: OC]
|
|
New Orleans & Jackson (NO&J)
|
|
NO&J
(Double)
|
MS4
|
MS5
|
MS6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: MG]
|
|
Southern Mississippi (SM )
|
|
SM
|
MS7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Michigan Southern (MS )
|
|
MS
|
FW&C
|
OH6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IN3 |
[Regions: LC]
|
|
Ohio & Mississippi (O&M )
|
|
O&M
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: O]
|
|
Illinois Central (IC )
|
|
IC
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)
|
|
C&NW
|
WI4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: WI6 |
[Regions: CW]
|
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
|
|
CRIP
|
IA7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IA5 |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
|
|
CASL
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: C]
|
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
|
|
M&SP
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: W]
|
|
Missouri Pacific (MP )
|
|
MP
|
KC&D
|
MO7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
|
|
M&LR
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T )
|
|
V&T
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Central Pacific (CP )
|
|
CP
|
NV2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NV1 |
[Regions: P]
|
|
Union Pacific (UP )
|
|
UP
|
|
|
Unbuilt: NE1 |
[Regions: W]
|
|
St Louis & Alton (SL&A)
|
|
SL&A
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IL11 |
[Regions: M]
|
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
|
|
SLSF
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
|
Southern Pacific (SP )
|
|
SP
(Double)
|
CA4
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CA3 |
[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
|
|
GT
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
+0
|
421
|
1621
|
24
|
|
2
|
1 3
|
|
NYC
|
46
|
44
|
42
|
-4
|
2830
|
13588
|
64
|
9
|
9
|
3
|
|
ERIE
|
42
|
32
|
22
|
-20
|
733
|
1435
|
0
|
|
12
|
|
|
PENN
|
42
|
43
|
54
|
+12
|
1156
|
11403
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
|
READ
|
38
|
45
|
52
|
+14
|
2287
|
7490
|
0
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
C&O
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
+2
|
1310
|
4668
|
77
|
|
11
|
1 5
|
|
N&W
|
42
|
38
|
35
|
-7
|
2417
|
8475
|
54
|
|
5
|
3
|
|
W&M
|
33
|
33
|
34
|
+1
|
1865
|
9143
|
77
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
|
NER
|
29
|
29
|
30
|
+1
|
1133
|
5476
|
59
|
|
5
|
12
|
|
C&H
|
32
|
32
|
33
|
+1
|
320
|
1611
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
|
SCL
|
64
|
60
|
57
|
-7
|
2501
|
14503
|
29
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
COG
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
+0
|
159
|
1964
|
86
|
|
10
|
1 12
|
|
P&FW
|
25
|
25
|
26
|
+1
|
745
|
2626
|
29
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
|
TP&W
|
24
|
28
|
32
|
+8
|
530
|
2843
|
142
|
3
|
3
|
12
|
|
NO&J
|
37
|
36
|
35
|
-2
|
356
|
2875
|
140
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
SM
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
+1
|
48
|
1170
|
105
|
|
6
|
|
|
MS
|
78
|
61
|
45
|
-33
|
357
|
2040
|
50
|
12
|
12
|
2 11
|
|
O&M
|
23
|
23
|
24
|
+1
|
202
|
809
|
16
|
7
|
7
|
3 12
|
|
IC
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
+16
|
0
|
833
|
92
|
|
3
|
|
|
C&NW
|
88
|
93
|
99
|
+11
|
117
|
1860
|
140
|
1
|
1
|
3 12
|
|
CRIP
|
51
|
49
|
47
|
-4
|
248
|
1686
|
104
|
2
|
2
|
1 12
|
|
CASL
|
21
|
21
|
22
|
+1
|
277
|
873
|
52
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
|
M&SP
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
+16
|
0
|
1467
|
163
|
|
12
|
|
|
MP
|
23
|
33
|
43
|
+20
|
437
|
2716
|
144
|
|
1
|
|
|
M&LR
|
14
|
16
|
19
|
+5
|
251
|
610
|
50
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
|
V&T
|
21
|
21
|
22
|
+1
|
232
|
816
|
49
|
10
|
10
|
12
|
|
CP
|
26
|
35
|
44
|
+18
|
214
|
1553
|
87
|
|
5
|
|
|
UP
|
14
|
17
|
21
|
+7
|
200
|
525
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
SL&A
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
+3
|
156
|
495
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
SLSF
|
14
|
16
|
19
|
+5
|
445
|
1105
|
90
|
|
6
|
12
|
|
SP
|
25
|
33
|
42
|
+17
|
161
|
2354
|
211
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
ATSF
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
+16
|
0
|
824
|
91
|
5
|
5
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
|
CB&Q
|
950
|
FEC
|
1495
|
CNS
|
425
|
GN
|
1475
|
KP
|
890
|
SV
|
750
|
SP&D
|
750
|
|
SL
|
750
|
|
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