Continental Rails II SdH 2012
Game # 20 - Turn # 15
Headline News 1869 to 1870
WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS
1869: The Cincinnati Red Stockings organized as first professional baseball team.
1870: New Bessemer steel process reduces price of steel from $300 to $35 per ton!
Railroad News
Private Companies Purchased: J. Edgar Thompson bought CB&Q for $950, J. Edgar Thompson bought FEC for $1495, Karl Von Backenheime bought GN for $2500, Leland Stanford bought SV for $755, Jim Fisk bought SP&D for $2150.
PCs Merged: NP merges into C&NW, SP&P merges into M&SP, KCS merges into ATSF, KCN merges into CRIP.
PCs Incorporated: SLSW.
New Engines Acquired: READ bought Prairie 2-6-2, C&O bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, P&FW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, SM bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, MS bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, C&NW bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CASL bought Chesapeake 4-6-0, CP bought Chesapeake 4-6-0.
New Technologies Acquired: GT bought automatic couplers, NYC bought automatic couplers, PENN bought automatic couplers, READ bought automatic couplers, N&W bought automatic couplers, NER bought automatic couplers, C&H bought automatic couplers, SCL bought automatic couplers, COG bought automatic couplers, P&FW bought automatic couplers, TP&W bought Grand Station, TP&W bought automatic couplers, NO&J bought automatic couplers, SM bought automatic couplers, MS bought automatic couplers, O&M bought automatic couplers, IC bought automatic couplers, C&NW bought Grand Station, C&NW bought automatic couplers, M&SP bought automatic couplers, MP bought automatic couplers, M&LR bought Grand Station, M&LR bought automatic couplers, CP bought automatic couplers, UP bought automatic couplers, SL&A bought automatic couplers, SLSF bought automatic couplers, SP bought Grand Station, SP bought automatic couplers, ATSF bought automatic couplers.
RoWs built: IN9 by PENN, AL7 by SCL, KY2 by P&FW, IN3 by MS, WI6 by C&NW, IA5 by CRIP, NV1 by CP, NE1 by UP, IL11 by SL&A, CA3 by SP.
PENN doubled IN4, SCL doubled AL4, TP&W doubled MON, MS doubled MS, C&NW doubled C&NW, CRIP doubled CRIP, SP doubled CA4.
New RoWs acquired: MS got MI6, TP&W got IL5, PENN got IL6, P&FW got KY3, SL&A got MO1, ATSF got MO3, M&LR got AR4, C&NW got ND3, UP got CO7, SP got AZ3.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost W&M $22128.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost V&T $1384.
Stock splits: MS splits 3 for 1.
New railroad Presidents: Karl Von Backenheime of SLSF.
New Private Companies Available: T&P, CT.
Jim Fisk dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $1200. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: Leland Stanford, Edward Harriman, William Palmer
Pullman's sleeping car design favored by for long distance travel, improves revenues.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Improved to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Consolidation 2-8-0
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers
Top Victory Points
The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):
Robber Baron
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
Jay Gould (9)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
Rail Mogul
|
Jim Fisk (1)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
William Palmer (12)
|
Edward Harriman (2)
|
Leland Stanford (5)
|
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)
|
J. Edgar Thompson (3)
|
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)
|
Player Summary
|
|
President of
|
PCs owned
|
Player #
|
Tycoon name
|
RR 1
|
RR 2
|
PC 1
|
PC 2
|
3
|
J. Edgar Thompson |
PENN
|
TP&W
|
CB&Q
|
FEC
|
1
|
Jim Fisk |
SCL
|
C&NW
|
SP&D
|
....
|
9
|
Jay Gould |
NYC
|
....
|
....
|
....
|
5
|
Leland Stanford |
SP
|
ATSF
|
SV
|
....
|
2
|
Edward Harriman |
UP
|
CRIP
|
....
|
WP
|
12
|
William Palmer |
....
|
MS
|
....
|
....
|
7
|
Thomas Scott |
....
|
O&M
|
....
|
....
|
6
|
Karl Von Backenheime |
SLSF
|
W&M
|
....
|
GN
|
11
|
Thomas Durant |
P&FW
|
SL&A
|
....
|
MKT
|
4
|
J. Pierpont Morgan |
C&H
|
CASL
|
....
|
....
|
10
|
Hannibal Kimball |
V&T
|
....
|
L&A
|
GW
|
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
|
41782
|
23398
|
98
|
72642
|
987
|
8
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
NYC
|
New York Central
|
2729
|
467685
|
243196
|
99
|
674080
|
9824
|
13
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
ERIE
|
Erie Lackawanna
|
287
|
29702
|
18712
|
91
|
78396
|
48375
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
PENN
|
Pennsylvania
|
2426
|
485971
|
257563
|
98
|
647367
|
91808
|
14
|
16
|
0
|
12
|
READ
|
Reading
|
1498
|
265176
|
151151
|
94
|
406609
|
7190
|
11
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
C&O
|
Chesapeake & Ohio
|
949
|
98543
|
58141
|
95
|
238952
|
71585
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
N&W
|
Norfolk & Western
|
1705
|
289732
|
150660
|
99
|
326246
|
4604
|
14
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
W&M
|
Wilmington & Manchester
|
1844
|
208364
|
125018
|
91
|
477785
|
318441
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NER
|
Northeastern Line
|
1107
|
159537
|
82960
|
99
|
299363
|
60216
|
9
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
C&H
|
Charleston & Hamburg
|
321
|
53340
|
30404
|
97
|
68942
|
867
|
11
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
SCL
|
Sea Coast Line
|
2965
|
652955
|
339536
|
99
|
769513
|
30446
|
17
|
12
|
0
|
34
|
COG
|
Central of Georgia
|
410
|
59819
|
32901
|
99
|
102862
|
26288
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
P&FW
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne
|
656
|
65447
|
34032
|
99
|
153081
|
99367
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
TP&W
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw
|
597
|
92405
|
49900
|
97
|
156587
|
91288
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
NO&J
|
New Orleans & Jackson
|
603
|
81924
|
45058
|
99
|
149627
|
44906
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
SM
|
Southern Mississippi
|
255
|
32454
|
18823
|
96
|
66055
|
25218
|
5
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
MS
|
Michigan Southern
|
488
|
75359
|
41448
|
99
|
147072
|
68565
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
O&M
|
Ohio & Mississippi
|
165
|
19811
|
10896
|
99
|
40198
|
10738
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
IC
|
Illinois Central
|
185
|
23841
|
16450
|
85
|
49335
|
23948
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
C&NW
|
Chicago & Northwestern
|
952
|
117334
|
65707
|
95
|
221098
|
93826
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
CRIP
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific
|
716
|
93367
|
51352
|
99
|
169241
|
81036
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
CASL
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
|
185
|
24346
|
16312
|
87
|
39885
|
20445
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
M&SP
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul
|
612
|
62689
|
37613
|
94
|
143352
|
77868
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
MP
|
Missouri Pacific
|
572
|
72397
|
40542
|
98
|
143937
|
58624
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
M&LR
|
Memphis & Little Rock
|
132
|
16029
|
8656
|
97
|
29164
|
16928
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
V&T
|
Vicksburg & Texas
|
173
|
17595
|
11085
|
91
|
36384
|
19094
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
CP
|
Central Pacific
|
579
|
55345
|
33207
|
94
|
128329
|
65508
|
2
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
UP
|
Union Pacific
|
363
|
31188
|
17154
|
99
|
75125
|
48729
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
1419
|
SL&A
|
St Louis & Alton
|
184
|
29923
|
16457
|
99
|
47782
|
31028
|
8
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
SLSF
|
St Louis & San Francisco
|
239
|
26915
|
16956
|
91
|
50532
|
26278
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
SLSW
|
St Louis & Southwestern
|
155
|
20348
|
13633
|
87
|
35879
|
23921
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
SP
|
Southern Pacific
|
764
|
96226
|
50037
|
99
|
181192
|
114439
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
ATSF
|
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
|
281
|
33121
|
18216
|
99
|
74927
|
45713
|
3
|
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
(Double)
|
C&C
|
IN9
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IL6 |
[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
(Double)
|
|
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
|
AL7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: ADOLCMG]
|
Central of Georgia (COG )
|
|
COG
|
A&WP
|
GA2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: AD]
|
Pittsburgh & Ft Wayne (P&FW)
|
|
P&FW
|
WV2
|
WV3
|
WV4
|
KY2
|
|
|
Unbuilt: KY3 |
[Regions: O]
|
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw (TP&W)
|
|
TP&W
|
OH7
|
IN2
(Double)
|
MON
(Double)
|
IN8
|
|
|
Unbuilt: IL5 |
[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
(Double)
|
FW&C
|
OH6
|
IN3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MI6 |
[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
(Double)
|
WI4
|
NP
|
WI6
|
|
|
Unbuilt: ND3 |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Rock Is. & Pacific (CRIP)
|
|
CRIP
(Double)
|
IA7
|
KCN
|
IA5
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: CW]
|
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
|
|
CASL
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: C]
|
Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)
|
|
M&SP
|
SP&P
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: W]
|
Missouri Pacific (MP )
|
|
MP
|
KC&D
|
MO7
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: MW]
|
Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
|
|
M&LR
|
|
|
Unbuilt: AR4 |
[Regions: M]
|
Vicksburg & Texas (V&T )
|
|
V&T
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Central Pacific (CP )
|
|
CP
|
NV2
|
NV1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: P]
|
Union Pacific (UP )
|
|
UP
|
NE1
|
|
|
Unbuilt: CO7 |
[Regions: W]
|
St Louis & Alton (SL&A)
|
|
SL&A
|
IL11
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MO1 |
[Regions: M]
|
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
|
|
SLSF
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
St Louis & Southwestern (SLSW)
|
|
SLSW
|
|
|
Unbuilt: none |
[Regions: M]
|
Southern Pacific (SP )
|
|
SP
(Double)
|
CA4
(Double)
|
CA3
|
|
|
Unbuilt: AZ3 |
[Regions: P]
|
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
|
|
ATSF
|
KCS
|
|
|
Unbuilt: MO3 |
[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
|
33
|
32
|
-2
|
396
|
1627
|
18
|
|
2
|
1 3
|
NYC
|
42
|
39
|
37
|
-5
|
3296
|
13604
|
48
|
9
|
9
|
3
|
ERIE
|
22
|
25
|
29
|
+7
|
438
|
1435
|
0
|
|
12
|
3
|
PENN
|
54
|
63
|
72
|
+18
|
2360
|
12069
|
74
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
READ
|
52
|
42
|
32
|
-20
|
2607
|
7490
|
0
|
|
2
|
3
|
C&O
|
22
|
21
|
21
|
-1
|
1284
|
4687
|
58
|
|
11
|
1 5
|
N&W
|
35
|
38
|
41
|
+6
|
2054
|
8475
|
54
|
|
5
|
1 3
|
W&M
|
34
|
41
|
49
|
+15
|
3538
|
9220
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
9
|
NER
|
30
|
29
|
29
|
-1
|
1473
|
5490
|
45
|
|
5
|
12
|
C&H
|
33
|
40
|
48
|
+15
|
388
|
1611
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
3 10
|
SCL
|
57
|
50
|
43
|
-14
|
3611
|
14802
|
30
|
1
|
1
|
|
COG
|
32
|
30
|
28
|
-4
|
402
|
1985
|
65
|
|
10
|
1 12
|
P&FW
|
26
|
25
|
25
|
-1
|
788
|
3218
|
62
|
11
|
11
|
12
|
TP&W
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
+0
|
743
|
2985
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
12
|
NO&J
|
35
|
33
|
32
|
-3
|
799
|
2910
|
105
|
|
2
|
1
|
SM
|
27
|
22
|
18
|
-9
|
636
|
1196
|
79
|
|
|
|
MS
|
45
|
78
|
37
|
+66
|
478
|
7215
|
105
|
12
|
12
|
2 11
|
O&M
|
24
|
24
|
24
|
+0
|
195
|
813
|
12
|
7
|
7
|
3 12
|
IC
|
16
|
16
|
17
|
+1
|
315
|
856
|
69
|
|
3
|
|
C&NW
|
99
|
80
|
62
|
-37
|
441
|
4485
|
275
|
1
|
1
|
3 12
|
CRIP
|
47
|
53
|
60
|
+13
|
340
|
3402
|
178
|
2
|
2
|
1 12
|
CASL
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
+0
|
281
|
886
|
39
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
M&SP
|
16
|
18
|
20
|
+4
|
538
|
2794
|
266
|
|
12
|
|
MP
|
43
|
51
|
60
|
+17
|
1032
|
2752
|
108
|
|
1
|
3 12
|
M&LR
|
19
|
21
|
24
|
+5
|
194
|
660
|
0
|
|
6
|
1
|
V&T
|
22
|
22
|
22
|
+0
|
235
|
828
|
37
|
10
|
10
|
12
|
CP
|
44
|
55
|
67
|
+23
|
526
|
2704
|
191
|
|
5
|
2
|
UP
|
21
|
26
|
32
|
+11
|
154
|
1686
|
129
|
2
|
2
|
|
SL&A
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
+2
|
149
|
878
|
42
|
11
|
11
|
|
SLSF
|
19
|
19
|
19
|
+0
|
353
|
1127
|
68
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
SLSW
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
+15
|
0
|
698
|
77
|
|
6
|
|
SP
|
42
|
46
|
50
|
+8
|
1082
|
3695
|
125
|
5
|
5
|
|
ATSF
|
16
|
20
|
24
|
+8
|
327
|
1356
|
49
|
5
|
5
|
|
Private Companies Available for Purchase
CF
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Price
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CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CF
|
Price
|
CNS
|
425
|
KP
|
890
|
SL
|
750
|
T&P
|
1120
|
CT
|
845
|
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